V.4.3 Pompeii. House. Casa di un
Flamine.
Excavated 1842 and 1899.
V.4.3 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to cupboard in north-east corner of atrium. West wall.
According to Boyce, items were found among the ruins of two cupboards in the room to the east of the atrium.
They may have been found in this cupboard, or else in the triclinium on the east side of the atrium (see part 1)?
Together with a hoard of 130 silver and 54 bronze coins, also found were three bronze statuettes of the household gods.
The Genius, and two Lares each holding cornucopia and patera and standing solidly on two feet.
A marble statuette of Venus Anadyomene and a small marble altar may also have belonged to the shrine.
He quoted Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, 1899,
206.
See Boyce G. K., 1937. Corpus
of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome:
MAAR 14. (p.40, no.118, note 1).
See Giacobello, F., 2008. Larari Pompeiani: Iconografia e culto dei Lari in ambito domestico. Milano: LED Edizioni. (p.240).
V.4.3 Pompeii. 1899. Three bronze statuettes. The smaller Genius of the usual type and the two Lares each holding a cornucopia and a patera.
See Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, 1899
(p. 206).
See Boyce G. K., 1937. Corpus
of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome:
MAAR 14. (p.40, no.118, note 1)
V.4.3 Pompeii. 1899. Marble statuette of Venus Anadyomene.
When found it had traces of red paint and gilding.
See Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, 1899
(p. 206).
See Boyce G. K., 1937. Corpus
of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome:
MAAR 14. (p.40, no.118, note 1)
V.4.3 Pompeii. March 2009. Small cupboard. North-east corner.
V.4.3 Pompeii. March 2009. Small cupboard. South-east corner and south wall.
V.4.3 Pompeii. March 2009. Small cupboard. South wall with window overlooking atrium.
V.4.3 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to tablinum.
V.4.3 Pompeii. March 2009. Tablinum, looking north.
According to Sogliano, this spacious room was decorated with yellow panels divided by pilasters painted with a red background.
The central panel on the east and west wall was on a white background.
In the centre of each yellow panel was a painted medallion (diam.0.23m) on a green background.
Shown on these medallions were painted cupids with gladiatorial arms.
See Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, 1899,
(p.343)
V.4.3 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to triclinium/south portico, in north wall of tablinum.
V.4.3 Pompeii. March 2009. South-west corner of tablinum.
V.4.3 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking north into garden area, enclosed by a small wall.
V.4.3 Pompeii. May 2005. Looking north into garden area.
V.4.3 Pompeii. 1978. Looking north into garden area. 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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V.4.3 Pompeii. 1st May 1899. Epigraph traced on carbon on amphora in garden area.
According to Sogliano, two amphorae were found in the upper layer of soil near the north wall of the peristyle.
One showed the above epigraph traced with carbon.
The other showed the number CX.
See Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, 1899,
(p.208).
V.4.3 Pompeii. March 2009. Remains of terracotta pot filled with lapilli.
V.4.3 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking north-east across garden area.
V.4.3 Pompeii.
March 2009. Terracotta puteal.
V.4.3 Pompeii. March 2009. North-east corner of garden area.