V.1.18 Pompeii. Casa degli
Epigrammi Greci or House of the Epigrams.
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V.1.18 Pompeii. December 2007.
Doorway to room “l” on north side of corridor “h”, looking north-west from south portico, towards north wall.
V.1.18 Pompeii. c.2005-2008.
Room “l” (L), looking towards north wall. Photo by Hans Thorwid.
Photo courtesy of The Swedish Pompeii Project.
V.1.18 Pompeii.
Wall painting of a lying down Satyr and a Bacchante trying to free herself from him, found on the north wall of Room “l” (L).
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 110878.
According to Mau –
No.32. Resta
quella del muro d’ingresso a destra di chi entra; appena vi si distingue a
destra la testa d’un mostro colla bocca aguzza.
Dei quadri che
adornavano i compartimenti medii delle pareti non è rimasto che quello del muro
destra, trasportato al Museo nazionale ed esposto nella Galleria degli oggetti
osceni. Vi è rappresentato
un Satiro coricato e una Baccante che s’ingegna per svincolarsi da lui.
La
composizione è molto bella.
See Mau in Bullettino dell’Instituto di Corrispondenza
Archeologica (DAIR), 1877, p.26.
No.32. The one on the entrance wall to the right of the person entering remains; on the right you can barely see the head of a monster with a sharp mouth. Of the paintings that adorned the middle compartments of the walls, only the one on the right (north) wall remains, which was transported to the National Museum and exhibited in the Gallery of Obscene Objects. It depicts a reclining Satyr and a Bacchante who does her best to free herself from him. The composition is very beautiful.
See Mau in Bullettino dell’Instituto di Corrispondenza
Archeologica (DAIR), 1877, p.26
House on the Via degli Augustali, Pompeii. Painting of satyr embracing a nymph.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 27705.
According to PPM -
This painting has been wrongly attributed to the triclinium in the house at V.1.18, but the measurements and details described by Sogliano (So.238) do not add up.
The painting was identified as early as 1868, 6-7 years before the excavation of this house, by Helbig (H.554) as coming from a house on the Via degli Augustali.
See Carratelli,
G. P., 1990-2003. Pompei: Pitture e
Mosaici: Vol. III. Roma: Istituto della enciclopedia italiana, p. 552, no.26.
V.1.18 Pompeii. 1882 painting of wall with bacchante group. Room “l” (L), north wall at west end.
According to Presuhn:
“At the Peristyle, accessible through a door from the fauces “h”, there is a small living room or bedroom, which by its very rich, well executed and interesting decoration has a high value. Unfortunately, it has fallen quickly into ruin; However, immediately after the excavation, we had all the walls, with all the details, copied to the best of our ability, and we intend to create a nice publication with these plates.
The centre wall is bounded above by a wide painted stucco cornice.
We have copied a wall panel with an intermediate field at h=“l north wall” (Tafel VI). where the piece was unfortunately shortly afterwards lost to moisture and frost. The opposite field (with i= “l south wall”) shows a similar Bacchante group very well preserved. and even more green and yellow monochrome can also be found on the walls; similar to the sea centaur on our page. A panel from a central field is in the museum at Naples.”
“Am Peristyle
auch durch eine Tür von den fauces (g=“h“) zugänglich, befindet sich ein
kleines Wohn oder Schlafzimmer, welches durch seine überaus reiche, gut
ausgeführte und interessante Decoration einen hohen Werth hat.
Unglücklicherweise ist es rasch dem Ruin verfallen; wir haben aber sofort nach
der Ausgrabung sämmtliche Wände mit allen Details aufs beste copiren lassen,
und gedenken mit diesen Tafeln eine hübsche Publication zu veranstalten.
Die Mittelwand
ist oben durch einen breiten bemalten Stuckkarniess begrenzt.
Wir haben ein
Wandfeld mit einem Zwischenfelde bei (h) copirt (Tafel VI), wo der Stück leider
kurz nachher durch Nässe und Frost sich abgelöst hat. Das gegenüberliegende
Feld (bei "i") zeigt eine ähnliche Bacchantengruppe sehr gut erhalten,
und ebenso fìnden sich an den Wänden noch mehrere grüne und gelbe Monochrome;
ähnlich wie der Seekentaur auf unserem Blatt. Ein Tafelbild aus einem
Mittelfelde ist ins Museum zu Neapel versetzt.“
See Presuhn E.,
1882. Pompeji: Die Neuesten Ausgrabungen
von 1874 bis 1881. Leipzig: Weigel. Abtheilung II, p. 4, Taf. VI.
V.1.18 Pompeii.
Room “l”, at base of wall. Painting of Heron and Cobra, from west end of north wall of triclinium.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 110876.
See Presuhn E., 1882. Pompeji: Die Neuesten Ausgrabungen von
1874 bis 1881. Leipzig:
Weigel. Abtheilung II, p. 4.
V.1.18 Pompeii. c.2005-2008.
Room “l” (L), detail of painted decoration in centre of lower north wall. Photo by Hans Thorwid.
Photo courtesy of The Swedish Pompeii Project.
Under the central painting of Satyr and a Bacchante in the middle zone of the north wall, was a painted taut garland with head of Silenus and tambourine, in the centre of the red panel.
V.1.18 Pompeii. 1966.
Room “l”, at base of wall. Painting of heron pecking at a lizard seen in profile on the left, and a white dog on the right in front of a plant tuft, from east end of north wall of triclinium.
Above the puppy is the inscription A. SYNCLETVS.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 110877.
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.
J66f0800
See Presuhn E.,
1882. Pompeji: Die Neuesten Ausgrabungen
von 1874 bis 1881. Leipzig: Weigel. Abtheilung II, p. 4.
V.1.18 Pompeii. c.2005-2008.
Room “l” (L), looking towards west wall. Photo by Hans Thorwid.
Photo courtesy of The Swedish Pompeii Project.
V.1.18 Pompeii. December 2007. Room “l” (L) on north side of corridor, looking west.
According to NdS, in this exedra the painted walls had a black dado and each wall was divided into panels of red and yellow.
On the red panels were three paintings, but only one was preserved. This showed a bearded Satyr and a Bacchante.
In the yellow panel at the side, one could see a Satyr carrying a Bacchante on his shoulders.
See Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, Gennaio 1876, (p. 77).
V.1.18 Pompeii. c.2005-2008.
Room “l” (L), detail of painted decoration from zoccolo on west wall. Photo by Hans Thorwid.
Photo courtesy of The Swedish Pompeii Project.
V.1.18 Pompeii. c.2005-2008.
Room “l” (L), looking towards south-west corner. Photo by Hans Thorwid.
Photo courtesy of The Swedish Pompeii Project.
V.1.18 Pompeii. c.2005-2008.
Room “l” (L), detail of painted decoration in south-west corner. Photo by Hans Thorwid.
Photo courtesy of The Swedish Pompeii Project.
V.1.18 Pompeii. c.2005-2008.
Room “l” (L), south wall with doorway into corridor “h”. Photo by Hans Thorwid.
Photo courtesy of The Swedish Pompeii Project.
V.1.18 Pompeii. c.2005-2008.
Room “l” (L), looking towards east wall and doorway into peristyle. Photo by Hans Thorwid.
Photo courtesy of The Swedish Pompeii Project.
V.1.18 Pompeii. c.2005-2008.
Room “l” (L), north-east corner, detail of stucco decoration. Photo by Hans Thorwid.
Photo courtesy of The Swedish Pompeii Project.
V.1.18 Pompeii. December 2007.
Corridor “m’ ”, leading to large triclinium room “m” on north side of corridor.
V.1.18 Pompeii. c.2005-2008.
Doorway threshold in corridor “m’ ”, leading to large triclinium room “m” on north side of corridor.
Photo by Hans Thorwid.
Photo courtesy of The Swedish Pompeii Project.
V.1.18 Pompeii. c.2005-2008.
Room “m”, looking towards west wall. Photo by Hans Thorwid.
Photo courtesy of The Swedish Pompeii Project.
V.1.18 Pompeii. December 2007.
Triclinium “m” at end of corridor “m’ ” leading north from peristyle “i”, with remains of wall decoration in north-west corner.
V.1.18 Pompeii. c.2005-2008. Room “m”, looking towards north wall. Photo by Hans Thorwid.
Photo courtesy of The Swedish Pompeii Project.
V.1.18 Pompeii. Triclinium “m”, 1882 painting of wall decoration.
Room at end of corridor leading north from peristyle.
See Presuhn E.,
1882. Pompeji: Die Neuesten Ausgrabungen
von 1874 bis 1881. Leipzig: Weigel. Abtheilung II, Taf IV, left.
V.1.18 Pompeii. c.2005-2008.
Room “m”, looking towards east wall. Photo by Hans Thorwid.
Photo courtesy of The Swedish Pompeii Project.
V.1.18 Pompeii. December 2007. Large rear room or triclinium “m”, at end of corridor leading north from peristyle. Looking east.
According to NdS, this large triclinium had painted walls which were half yellow and half black.
The colours were separated by painted elegant Ionic columns, between which hung garlands of ivy.
See Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, Gennaio 1876, (p. 77)
V.1.18 Pompeii. Triclinium “m”. 1882 painting of wall decoration.
Large rear room or triclinium “m”, at end of corridor leading north from peristyle.
See Presuhn E.,
1882. Pompeji: Die Neuesten Ausgrabungen
von 1874 bis 1881. Leipzig: Weigel. Abtheilung II, Taf X.
Reproduction painting of a wall from triclinium “m”. at end of corridor leading north from peristyle.
Niccolini described this as “a gracious but simple wall”.
See Niccolini, F., 1890. Le Case ed i Monumenti
di Pompei Book 3. Napoli. (L’Arte in Pompei, Tav. XXXVI).
Room “m”, looking towards south wall, with doorway to corridor “m’ ” leading to peristyle, on right.
Photo by Hans Thorwid.
Photo courtesy of The Swedish Pompeii Project.
V.1.18
Pompeii. October 2019. Looking north-east across peristyle “i”.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
V.1.18 Pompeii. May 2012. Looking north-east across peristyle “i”. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
V.1.18 Pompeii. December 2007. Looking north-east across peristyle “i” from tablinum “g”.
V.1.18 Pompeii. Pre-1937-39. Looking north-east across peristyle.
Photo courtesy of American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Warsher collection no. 849.
V.1.18 Pompeii. c.2005-2008.
Room “n”, oecus, looking towards west wall, with doorway into corridor “m’ ”.
Photo by Hans Thorwid.
Photo courtesy of The Swedish Pompeii Project.
V.1.18 Pompeii. c.2005-2008.
Room “n”, oecus, looking towards north wall. Photo by Hans Thorwid.
Photo courtesy of The Swedish Pompeii Project.
V.1.18 Pompeii. c.2005-2008.
Room “n”, oecus, looking towards east wall. Photo by Hans Thorwid.
Photo courtesy of The Swedish Pompeii Project.
V.1.18 Pompeii. c.2005-2008.
Room “n”, oecus, detail of painted decoration in south-east corner. Photo by Hans Thorwid.
Photo courtesy of The Swedish Pompeii Project.
V.1.18 Pompeii. c.2005-2008.
Room “n”, oecus, looking towards south wall with window onto peristyle. Photo by Hans Thorwid.
Photo courtesy of The Swedish Pompeii Project
V.1.18 Pompeii. December 2007. Oecus “n” with window, room on east of corridor “m” leading north from peristyle.
Looking north-east through window from peristyle.
V.1.18 Pompeii. Copy of wall painting of satyr and maenad, cubiculum “n”.
DAIR 83.32. Photo
© Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.
See http://arachne.uni-koeln.de/item/marbilder/5022207
The DAIR identifies the above painting as being from V.1.18.
The painting has Casa del Naviglio written on the bottom left. The above has also been entered in VI.10.11.
The Satyr holds a pedum and a bucket, the Maenad does not hold anything in her left hand.
See also Mau in Bullettino dell’Instituto di Corrispondenza
Archeologica (DAIR), 1877, p. 26 no. 34.
V.1.18 Pompeii. c.2005-2008.
Room “n”, oecus, remaining flooring. Photo by Hans Thorwid.
Photo courtesy of The Swedish Pompeii Project
V.1.18 Pompeii. 1882 painting of mosaic floor in oecus “n”.
See Presuhn E.,
1882. Pompeji: Die Neuesten Ausgrabungen
von 1874 bis 1881. Leipzig: Weigel. Abtheilung II, p. 5, Taf. VII.
V.1.18 Pompeii. October 2019. Exedra “o”, looking north
through doorway into the middle room on north side of peristyle “i”,
Foto Annette Haug, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
V.1.18 Pompeii. 2012.
Room “o”, exedra, west wall. Photo by Hans Thorwid.
“West wall in 2012. Lower part and floor line taken in 2012.”
Photo and words courtesy of The Swedish Pompeii Project.
V.1.18 Pompeii. 2012.
Room “o”, exedra, west wall, socle zone, northern part. Photo by Hans Thorwid.
Photo and words courtesy of The Swedish Pompeii Project.
V.1.18 Pompeii. March 2009.
Exedra “o”, west wall. In the middle of the west wall was a painting of Danae holding the child Perseus arriving in Seriphos.
V.1.8 Pompeii. Pre-1943. Looking towards north-west corner of exedra “o”.
According to Warscher, -
“x” marks the spot on the west wall where the painting of Danae holding the child Perseus, was removed and transferred to the museum.
V.1.18 Pompeii. Exedra “o”, west wall.
In the middle of the west wall was a painting of Danae holding the child Perseus, arriving in Seriphos.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 111212.
See Sogliano, A., 1879. Le pitture murali campane scoverte negli
anni 1867-79. Napoli:
Giannini. (p. 22, No. 77).
See Schefold, K., 1957. Die Wände Pompejis. Berlin: De Gruyter. p. 64-5.
V.1.18 Pompeii. 2012.
Room “o”, exedra, north wall. Photo by Hans Thorwid.
“North wall in 2012. Lower part and floor line taken in 2012.”
Photo and words courtesy of The Swedish Pompeii Project.
V.1.18 Pompeii. 2012. Room “o”, exedra, north wall, stucco detail. Photo by Hans Thorwid.
Photo and words courtesy of The Swedish Pompeii Project.
V.1.18 Pompeii. May 2012.
Looking north in exedra “o”, the middle room on north side of peristyle “i”. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
V.1.18 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking towards north wall of Exedra “o”.
According to NdS, found in this exedra on 10th January 1876 was a large (0.35 wide x 0.24 high) bronze musical instrument in the form of a pan-pipe.
See Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, Gennaio 1876, (p.77-8)
V.1.18 Pompeii. Pre-1943. Looking towards north wall of Exedra “o”.
See Warscher, T.
1942. Catalogo illustrato degli affreschi del Museo Nazionale di Napoli.
Sala LXXXII. Vol.4. Rome, Swedish Institute, p.38, no.9.
V.1.18 Pompeii. 1890 painting by A. Magliano of north wall of Exedra “o”.
See Niccolini F,
1890. Le case ed i monumenti di Pompei:
Volume Terzo. Napoli, L’Arte in Pompei, tav. XL.
V.1.18 Pompeii. 2012.
Room “o”, exedra, north wall, socle zone, western part. Photo by Hans Thorwid.
Photo and words courtesy of The Swedish Pompeii Project.
Exedra “o”, central
panel on north wall showing wall painting of Mars and Venus.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
V.1.18 Pompeii. May 2012.
Exedra “o”, wall painting from central panel on north wall showing Venus at her toilette. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
V.1.18 Pompeii.
April 2012.
Exedra “o”. Wall painting from central panel on north wall showing Venus at her toilette. Photo courtesy of Marina Fuxa.
V.1.18 Pompeii. May 2012.
Exedra “o”, detail from wall painting from central panel on north wall. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
V.1.18 Pompeii. May 2012.
Exedra “o”, detail from wall painting from central panel on north wall. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
V.1.18 Pompeii. May 2012.
Exedra “o”, detail from wall painting from central panel on north wall. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
V.1.18 Pompeii. March 2009. Exedra “o” on north side of peristyle. North wall.
Remains of wall painting of Venus at her toilette with Mars at her shoulder and with four cupids.
Sogliano refers to them as Ares and Aphrodite. A cupid, sitting between their feet, plays with Mars helmet.
A cupid to the left presents a small green box. Above left a third cupid holds a sword.
The cupid to the right takes the lance. A shield is seen on the lower right.
See Schefold, K.,
1957. Die Wände Pompejis. Berlin: De Gruyter. p. 65.
See Sogliano, A., 1879. Le pitture murali campane scoverte negli anni 1867-79. Napoli: Giannini. (p. 34, no.139).
V.1.18 Pompeii. December 2007. Remains of wall painting on north wall of Exedra “o”.
V.1.18 Pompeii.
1882 drawing by Discanno of painting of Mars and Venus.
Exedra “o” on north side of peristyle. North wall.
See Presuhn E.,
1882. Pompeji: Die Neuesten Ausgrabungen
von 1874 bis 1881. Leipzig: Weigel. Abtheilung II, Taf VIII.
V.1.18 Pompeii. Copy by Discanno of wall painting of Mars and Venus from exedra “o”.
DAIR 83.33. Photo
© Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.
See http://arachne.uni-koeln.de/item/marbilder/5022208
V.1.18 Pompeii.
19th century photograph of painting of Mars and Venus. North wall of exedra “o” on north side of peristyle.
V.1.18 Pompeii. 2012.
Room “o”, exedra, east wall. Photo by Hans Thorwid.
“E. Wall in 2012. Lower part and floor line taken in 2012.”
Photo and words courtesy of The Swedish Pompeii Project.
V.1.18 Pompeii. 2012.
Room “o”, exedra, east wall, socle zone. Photo by Hans Thorwid.
Photo courtesy of The Swedish Pompeii Project.
V.1.18 Pompeii. March 2009. Exedra “o”, east wall.
V.1.18 Pompeii. March 2009. Exedra “o”, east wall. Remains of wall painting of Ariadne abandoned.
See Sogliano, A.,
1879. Le pitture murali campane scoverte
negli anni 1867-79. Napoli: Giannini. P. 98, No 536.
See Schefold, K., 1957. Die Wände Pompejis. Berlin: De Gruyter. p. 64-5.
V.1.18 Pompeii. 1882 drawing of wall painting of Ariadne
abandoned. Exedra “o”, east wall.
See Presuhn E., 1882. Pompeji: Die Neuesten Ausgrabungen von 1874 bis 1881. Leipzig: Weigel. Abtheilung II, Taf IX.
V.1.18 Pompeii. December 2007.
Exedra “o”, east wall. Remains of wall painting on east wall and doorway through to large Oecus “p”.
V.1.18 Pompeii. 2012.
Room “o”, exedra, floor. Photo by Hans Thorwid.
Photo courtesy of The Swedish Pompeii Project.
V.1.18 Pompeii. 2012.
Room “o”, exedra, floor centre detail, wet. Photo by Hans Thorwid.
Photo courtesy of The Swedish Pompeii Project.
V.1.18 Pompeii. May 2012.
Exedra “o”, area in centre of floor for the table, marked by a rectangular marble slab. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
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