II.2.2 Pompeii. House of Loreius Tiburtinus or House of D. Octavius Quartio.

Excavated 1916, 1918, 1921, 1933-35 and 1973. Linked to II.2.5.

Quick outline

This page has been created to give a quick appreciation of the main rooms and areas of the beautiful House of Loreius Tiburtinus without the need to navigate the many detailed pages of photographs.

Detail

If you are interested to see the house in more detail, the rooms are shown in much greater detail in the subsequent parts.

Detailed photos

II.2.2 Pompeii. July 2017. Looking south to entrance doorway on Via dell’Abbondanza.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

II.2.2 Pompeii. July 2017.

Looking towards east side of entrance doorway, with plaster cast of the door shutters.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

II.2.2 Pompeii. December 2018. Looking south across atrium 2, from entrance corridor 1. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

II.2.2 Pompeii. July 2017. Room 2, looking south-east across atrium.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

II.2.2 Pompeii. July 2017. Room 2, looking south-west across atrium.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

II.2.2 Pompeii. July 2017. Room 2, looking north across atrium to entrance.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

II.2.2 Pompeii. January 2017. Room “b”, doorway in south-west corner of atrium 2.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

II.2.2 Pompeii. May 2016.

Room “b”, looking towards the south wall and south-west corner of the ala. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

II.2.2 Pompeii. January 2017. Room “b”, looking towards west wall.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

II.2.2 Pompeii. January 2017. Room “b”, north-west corner and north wall.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

II.2.2 Pompeii. May 2016. East side of atrium, with doorways to rooms 3, “c” and 5, on right. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

II.2.2 Pompeii. January 2017. Room “c”, looking through entrance doorway towards east wall.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

II.2.2 Pompeii. January 2017. Room “c”, north wall and north-east corner.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

II.2.2 Pompeii. August 2021. Room “c”, looking towards north wall. Photo courtesy of Robert Hanson.

II.2.2 Pompeii. January 2017. Room “c”, looking towards south-east corner.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

II.2.2 Pompeii. July 2017. Looking south across atrium 2, towards doorway in south wall into pseudoperistyle “g”.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

II.2.2 Pompeii. July 2017. Pseudoperistyle “g”, looking west towards doorway to room “d”, on right.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

II.2.2 Pompeii. August 2021. Room “d”, looking west through entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Robert Hanson.

II.2.2 Pompeii. May 2016. Room “d”, looking west from entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

II.2.2 Pompeii. May 2016. Room “d”, west wall. Fresco in fourth style. Photo courtesy of Davide Peluso.

II.2.2 Pompeii. May 2016. Room “e”, mosaic floor and marble threshold. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

II.2.2 Pompeii. May 2016. Room “e”, looking west from entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

II. 2. 2 Pompeii. April 2016. Room “e”, painted central panel on west wall. Photo courtesy of Davide Peluso.

II.2.2 Pompeii. July 2017. Pseudoperistyle “g”, looking south, with doorway to room “f”, on right.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

II.2.2 Pompeii. December 2005. Room “f”, south wall of oecus.

The painting of the priest of Isis was found on the west side of the south wall. Underneath it was written the inscription -

AMISUSIUS LoreiUS TIBURTinus.

According to Warscher (1930) it was supposed that he was the owner of the house.

See Warscher, T., 1930. Pompeii in three hours. Rome, (p.134)

According to Varone and Stefani, under the figure was CIL IV 7534, which is no longer readable.

See Varone, A. and Stefani, G., 2009. Titulorum Pictorum Pompeianorum, Rome: L’erma di Bretschneider, (p.198 with photo).

According to Garcia y Garcia, this room also suffered due to the bombing of 19th September 1943.

Partly damaged was the south wall of the white oecus in IV Style.

The other walls also suffered from the fall and partial loss of the painted stucco, which was largely saved and restored from numerous small fragments.

See Garcia y Garcia, L., 2006. Danni di guerra a Pompei. Rome: L’Erma di Bretschneider. (p.45-47).

Kuivalainen describes the upper central figure as partially destroyed, and comments –

“Young sitting Bacchus, on account of the pose and the thyrsus. The decoration clearly indicates cultic purposes.”

See Kuivalainen, I., 2021. The Portrayal of Pompeian Bacchus. Commentationes Humanarum Litterarum 140. Helsinki: Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters, (p.102, B15).

II.2.2 Pompeii. 1961.

Room “f”, panel on west side of south wall. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.

Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.

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II.2.2 Pompeii. 1961.

Room “f”, detail from panel on west side of south wall. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.

Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.

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II.2.2 Pompeii. 1961.

Room “f”, south-west corner, west wall and decorative ceiling. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.

Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.

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II.2.2 Pompeii. April 2016.

Room “f”, detail of upper centre of west wall with fresco in Fourth style of seated figure. Photo courtesy of Davide Peluso.

II.2.2 Pompeii. December 2006. Room “f”, west and north walls showing the restored walls from the saved minute fragments.

II.2.2 Pompeii. January 2017. Pseudoperistyle “g”, looking south-east, with doorway to room “h”, on left.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

II.2.2 Pompeii. March 2009.

Room “h”, looking towards the west wall and north-west corner of the triclinium with walls painted with scenes of myths.

Two friezes occupy the middle upper zones of the four walls and they continue all around the room, interrupted only by the door openings.

In the large upper frieze are eight episodes from the life of Heracles.

Below these in the narrower 30cm high frieze are scenes from the Iliad.

II.2.2 Pompeii. May 2016. Room “h”, west wall and north-west corner. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

II.2.2 Pompeii. January 2017. Room “h”, looking towards north wall.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

II.2.2 Pompeii. May 2016.

Room “h”, west end of north wall. Iliad frieze, possibly the Body of Sarpedon, above the marbled zoccolo. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

II.2.2 Pompeii. May 2016. Room “h”, north wall. Patroclus fights wearing the armour of Achilles. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

II.2 2 Pompeii. May 2016. Room “h”, north wall of triclinium lower frieze. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee

Thetis gives the weapons to her son Achilles (on left);

Automedon (Achilles' charioteer) readies Achilles' chariot (on right):

These had the inscriptions THETIS, BADIUS, ACHiLL[e]S and AUTO[me]DON. 

See Della Corte in Maiuri, A., 1928. Nuovi Scavi nella Via dell’Abbondanza. Milano: Hoepli. (p. 111-2).

II.2.2 Pompeii. August 2021. Room “h”, detail of marble style zoccolo or lower part of north wall. Photo courtesy of Robert Hanson.

II.2.2 Pompeii. July 2017. Room “h”, looking towards north-east corner, east wall and ceiling.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

II.2.2 Pompeii. August 2021. Room “h”, looking towards east wall. Photo courtesy of Robert Hanson.

The larger upper section depicts three scenes

Telamon and Laomedon

Heracles and Laomedon, King of Troy and

Hesione and Telamon.

The narrower lower section shows stories from the Trojan War featuring Achilles.

The Funeral of Patroclus.

Games in his honour.

Ransom of the body of Hector.

II.2.2 Pompeii. May 2016.

Room “i”, looking north-east across upper euripus towards doorway to “myths” room “h” and north wall of upper euripus.

Replaced statue of the muse Erato or Mnemosyne. SAP inventory number 2909. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

II.2.2 Pompeii. December 2023.

Room “i”, looking south to temple at junction of upper and lower euripus, see room “l” (L) for further photos of the lower garden area.

Photo courtesy of Miriam Colomer.

II.2.2 Pompeii. December 2023. Room “l” (L), looking south-west across garden. Photo courtesy of Miriam Colomer.

II.2.2 Pompeii. July 2017. Room “i”, looking west along upper euripus from east end.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

II.2.2 Pompeii. July 2017. Room “i”, looking west along upper euripus towards wall paintings of Diana and Actaeon on west wall.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

II.2.2 Pompeii. December 2005. Room “i”, west end of upper euripus showing the paintings of Diana and Actaeon.

II.2.2 Pompeii. May 2016.

Room “i”, west end of upper euripus. Detail of Diana bathing as Actaeon discovers her. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

II.2.2 Pompeii. May 2016.

Room “i”, west end of upper euripus. Painting of Actaeon being attacked by the goddess Diana’s dogs. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

II.2.2 Pompeii. July 2017.

Room “i”, north side of upper euripus, looking towards painted walls at west end of north wall and doorway to room “h”. 

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

II.2.2 Pompeii. January 2017. Room “i”, looking east along north wall of upper euripus, towards summer biclinium “k”.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

II.2.2 Pompeii. August 2021.

Room “k”, looking east towards summer dining room with biclinium, water feature and painted decoration, at east end of upper euripus.

Photo courtesy of Robert Hanson.

II.2.2 Pompeii. May 2016.

Room “k”, painting of Narcissus from north end of east wall of summer dining room. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

II.2.2 Pompeii. January 2017. Room “k”, aedicula at centre of east wall with kneeling satyr statuette.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

II.2.2 Pompeii. May 2016.

Room “k”, painting of Pyramus and Thisbe, from south end of east wall of summer dining room. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

II.2.2 Pompeii. July 2017. Room “l” (L), looking north along lower euripus towards the temple with nymphaeum below it.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

II.2.2 Pompeii. July 2017. Room “l” (L), looking north-east towards water feature at north end of garden.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

II.2.2 Pompeii. May 2016.

Room “l”, (L), garden. Looking north to marble steps in the nymphaeum at the northern end of the lower euripus.

Lower level of nymphaeum with a copy of a white statuette of a cupid with a mask found above the steps in 1920.

Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

II.2.2 Pompeii. May 2016. Room “l”, (L), garden.

Pool and fountain which may have been shaded by a pergola, although the columns for it have now been reduced in size.

Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

II.2.2 Pompeii. Room “l”, (L), garden. Pool and fountain with columns and pergola.

Photographed 1970-79 by Günther Einhorn, picture courtesy of his son Ralf Einhorn.

II.2.2 Pompeii. August 2021.

Room “l”, (L), garden, looking north-west towards small pavilion from east side of garden. Photo courtesy of Robert Hanson.

II.2.2 Pompeii. August 2021. Room “l”, (L), garden, looking north from south end of garden. Photo courtesy of Robert Hanson.