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. September 2005. Room 32, corridor looking east towards corridor 30.

VI.9.2 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 33, looking across to room 34 and arch of room 35.

VI.9.2 Pompeii. September 2005. Room 34 and arch of room 35.

VI.9.2 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 35.

VI.9.2 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 35.

VI.9.2 Pompeii. September 2005.

Corridor 30, looking west. Room 36 left, room 33 behind, arch of room 35 and corridor 30 leading to room 32.

VI.9.2 Pompeii. W.498. Room 32, looking west along corridor from services area towards atrium.

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

VI.9.2 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 36.

VI.9.2 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 30, corridor on east side of the house, looking north.

VI.9.2 Pompeii. December 2007. Doorway into room 37, a room with doorway in corridor 30.

VI.9.2 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 38, west wall with recess in kitchen.

VI.9.2 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 38, remains of dolium over cistern mouth in kitchen.

VI.9.2 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 38, west wall of kitchen.

Area to the south of stone staircase on the east side of the house with arched recesses.

VI.9.2 Pompeii. September 2004. Room 38, west wall of kitchen.

The lararium painting was found in an area marked “u” on a plan by Overbeck.

This would coincide with the arched area on the right.

VI.9.2 Pompeii. About 1830. Room 38, kitchen, lararium painting. This was painted on a white plaster panel.

In the centre was a serpent coiled around an omphalos or an altar and on each side stood a Lar.

According to Boyce, the altar was a blue omphalos, the Lares wore bright violet Phrygian caps, blue tunic and red Pallium (cloak).

Each held a rhyton and situla. Each Lar was standing between two laurel trees. A garland was above.

See Boyce G. K., 1937. Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome: MAAR 14. (174, Pl: 21,2).

Helbig described the altar as an omphalos.

Giacobello said that Boyce erroneously described the altar as an omphalos.

Both Frohlich and Giacobello say the lararium was on the west wall, above the hearth.

See Real Museo Borbonico IX, T: XX.

See Helbig, W., 1868. Wandgemälde der vom Vesuv verschütteten Städte Campaniens. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel. (37).

See Fröhlich, T., 1991. Lararien und Fassadenbilder in den Vesuvstädten. Mainz: von Zabern. (p.277)

See Giacobello, F., 2008. Larari Pompeiani: Iconografia e culto dei Lari in ambito domestico. Milano: LED Edizioni. (p.175).

VI.9.2 Pompeii.

Painting by Giuseppe Marsigli, 16th October 1829, of a couple (Mars and Venus?) allocated as being found in the kitchen, room 38.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number ADS 321.

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This is a copy of the painting now in Naples Archaeological Museum, inv.no. 9250. (Helbig 314).

VI.9.2 Pompeii. September 2004. Room 38 to the left with stone staircase 39 to the right.

VI.9.2 Pompeii. December 2007.

Room 30. Corridor on east side of the house, with remains of stone staircase 39.

VI.9.2 Pompeii. September 2004. Room 30, remains of stone staircase 39 with room 40 behind.

VI.9.2 Pompeii. W.620. Room 30, looking north in corridor at rear of services area towards the east wall.

According to Tatiana Warscher’s notes, this is a photo of the lararium in the kitchen.

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

VI.9.2 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 40, looking south from corridor 30 across room 40 to stone staircase 39.

VI.9.2 Pompeii. July 2008. Room 40, looking north. Photo courtesy of Barry Hobson.

VI.9.2 Pompeii. December 2007. Doorway to room 45, area to the east of room 27.

VI.9.2 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 30, corridor on east side of the house, looking south.

VI.9.2 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 41, room with entrance in corridor 30.

VI.9.2 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 42, room with entrance in corridor 30.

VI.9.2 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 43, room with entrance in corridor 30.

VI.9.2 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 30, corridor on east side of the house, looking north.

VI.9.2 Pompeii. W.621. Looking north along corridor 30, east wall.

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

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