VI.9.2 Pompeii. Casa del Meleagro or House of Meleager.

Rear entrance at VI.9.13. Excavated 1829, 1837 and 1966.

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VI.9.2 Pompeii. December 2007. Doorway to room 14, cubiculum on south side of atrium.

According to PPM, the walls were painted with a black zoccolo and a red middle zone with a glimpse of architectural decoration.

The floor was of cocciopesto ornamented with white tesserae, which seemed to have been later modernised with the insertion of pieces of marble.

VI.9.2 Pompeii. May 2010. Room 14, looking towards the south-east corner.

VI.9.2 Pompeii. May 2010. Room 14, west wall.

According to Overbeck-Mau, a painting of Leda and the swan would have been in the centre of the wall.

See Overbeck J., 1884. Pompeji in seinen Gebäuden, Alterthümen und Kunstwerken. Leipzig: Engelmann. (p.310)

See Helbig, W., 1868. Wandgemälde der vom Vesuv verschütteten Städte Campaniens. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel. (149)

VI.9.2 Pompeii. Drawing of painting of Leda and the swan, from the west wall of room 14.

See Real Museo Borbonico, X, taf 3.

VI.9.2 Pompeii. W.495. Room 14, remains of painted decoration from north end of west wall.

Photo by Tatiana Warscher. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.

VI.9.2 Pompeii. W.479. Room 14, remains of wall decoration from west wall.

Photo by Tatiana Warscher. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.

VI.9.2 Pompeii. W.478. Room 14, looking towards south-west corner.

At the west end of the south wall in the last panel, centre left, a flying figure can be seen.

Photo by Tatiana Warscher. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.

VI.9.2 Pompeii. May 2010. Room 14, south wall.

The outline of the painted flying figure can just about be seen on the right side of the south wall.

According to Overbeck-Mau, a painting of Venus fishing would have been seen in the centre of wall.

See Overbeck J., 1884. Pompeji in seinen Gebäuden, Alterthümen und Kunstwerken. Leipzig: Engelmann. (p.310)

See Helbig, W., 1868. Wandgemälde der vom Vesuv verschütteten Städte Campaniens. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel. (355)

VI.9.2 Pompeii. May 2010. Room 14, east wall.

VI.9.2 Pompeii. W.144. Drawing of wall painting of Hercules and Telephus.

According to Bragantini, this would have been seen on the east wall.

See Bragantini, de Vos, Badoni, 1983. Pitture e Pavimenti di Pompei, Parte 2. Rome: ICCD. (p.187)

See Real Museo Borbonico, VIII, taf 50.

See Helbig, W., 1868. Wandgemälde der vom Vesuv verschütteten Städte Campaniens. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel. (1144)

Photo by Tatiana Warscher. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.

VI.9.2 Pompeii. May 2010. Room 14, doorway in north wall to atrium, and north-east corner.

VI.9.2 Pompeii. W.481. Room 14, doorway in north wall, and north-east corner.

Photo by Tatiana Warscher. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.

VI.9.2 Pompeii. May 2010. Room 14, doorway in north wall leading to south side of atrium.

VI.9.2 Pompeii. W.477. Room 14, remains of wall decoration from north wall on west side of doorway.

Photo by Tatiana Warscher. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.

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