V.4.13 Pompeii. Domus of M Fabius Secundus and Optata
or Casa delle origine di Roma.
Linked to V.4.12. Excavated 1873, 1899 and 1903.
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V.4.13 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking east through doorway from triclinium “R”, along south wall into triclinium “S”.
V.4.13 Pompeii. March 2009. Triclinium “S”, recess in north-west corner.
V.4.13 Pompeii. March 2009. Triclinium “S”, north wall.
V.4.13 Pompeii. March 2009. Triclinium “S”, north wall.
V.4.13 Pompeii. March 2009. Triclinium “S”, north wall.
V.4.13 Pompeii. Pre-1937-39. Triclinium “S”, north wall.
Photo courtesy of American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Warsher collection no. 683
According to Sogliano, Triclinium “S” was decorated with walls with a white background.
The room had doorposts of wood and probably the threshold was also of the same material.
The white background of the walls was partitioned into large square ornamentations:
in the middle of each of two of the squares on the north wall were medallions with purple (paonazzo) backgrounds:
the medallion on the left was better preserved and showed a flying griffin.
He also said that this room was also used as a bedroom, as shown by the bed recess in the west wall.
See Notizie
degli Scavi di Antichità, 1905,
(p.96).
V.4.13 Pompeii. March 2009. Triclinium “S”, north-east corner.
V.4.13 Pompeii. March 2009. Triclinium “S”, east wall.
V.4.13 Pompeii. Pre-1937-39. Triclinium “S”, east wall.
Photo courtesy of American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Warsher collection no. 682
According to Sogliano –
in the central square of the east wall a rectangular panel contained a peacock between two plants, one of which he was pecking at.
See Notizie
degli Scavi di Antichità, 1905,
(p.96).
V.4.13 Pompeii. March 2009. Triclinium “S” Looking east along south wall towards entrance into atrium or light yard.
V.4.13 Pompeii. March 2009. Triclinium “S”, south-west corner and door to triclinium “R”.
V.4.13 Pompeii. March 2009. Triclinium “S”, painted plaster on south side of doorway.
V.4.13 Pompeii. March 2009. Triclinium.
Painted plaster on south side of doorway of triclinium “S” from triclinium “R”
V.4.13 Pompeii. March 2009. Triclinium “R”, looking south into garden area.
On display in exhibition in Palaestra entitled – “L’altra Pompei, vite comuni all’ombra del Vesuvio”. March 2024.
No.1 – Gaming counters made of glass paste, die and tesserae made of bone, from Porta Stabia Necropolis.
No.2 – Worked bone dice, from V.4.13, Pompeii.
No.3 – Gaming counters made of worked bone, from VI.16.26/27, Pompeii.
No.5 – Pottery dice shakers, from II.1.6, Pompeii.
No.6 – Reproduction of a gaming table.
Photo courtesy of
Giuseppe Ciaramella.
March 2024.
Information card on Board Games from exhibition in Palaestra entitled – “L’altra Pompei, vite comuni all’ombra del Vesuvio”.
Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
V.4.13, Pompeii. March 2024. No.2 – Worked bone dice. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
On display in
exhibition in Palaestra entitled – “L’altra Pompei, vite comuni all’ombra del
Vesuvio”.
Perhaps these are the ones mentioned by Sogliano –
“Room Q – leaning against the western wall was a chest or cupboard, which was found on 6th April 1903………………..
The following items were stored there: ………………… Bone: three dice and five checkers.”
See Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, 1905, (page 92-93).
V.4.13 Pompeii. March 2009. Garden area, looking south.
V.4.13 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking south across two diaeta or living rooms.
V.4.13 Pompeii. March 2009. Diaeta, north-east corner.
V.4.13 Pompeii. March 2009. Diaeta, south-east corner.
V.4.13 Pompeii. March 2009. Entrance to second diaeta on south side.