VI.9.5 Pompeii. Casa del
Centauro or House of Centaur or Casa di A. Vettius Caprasius Felix.
Rear entrances at VI.9.10,
VI.9.11. Linked to VI.9.4, VI.9.3 and VI.9.12.
Excavated 1827. (Strada di
Mercurio 12).
Part 2 Part 3 Part 4
Part 1 VI.9.3 VI.9.4
VI.9.10 VI.9.11 VI.9.12
VI.9.3-5 and VI.9.10-12 Plan
VI.9.5 Pompeii. W741A. Corinthian atrium 16, looking towards north-east corner and triclinium 27.
Photo by Tatiana
Warscher. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.
VI.9.5 Pompeii. May 2005.
Remains of north-east side of Corinthian atrium 16, also damaged by the bombing of VI.9.3 in September 1943.
This would have been the site of the triclinium 27, and in it was found an important mosaic on 27th April 1829.
See Pagano, M. and Prisciandaro, R., 2006. Studio sulle provenienze degli oggetti rinvenuti negli scavi borbonici del regno di Napoli. Naples: Nicola Longobardi, (p.141).
PAH II, 222, III, 97.
VI.9.5 Pompeii. September 2024.
Looking across room in Naples Archaeological Museum with mosaic from triclinium 27, on right. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
VI.9.5 Pompeii. September 2024.
Triclinium 27, mosaic of lion and cupids between Dionysus and maenads. Found in April 1829. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 10019.
Kuivalainen
comments: the references to wine, the drinking vessel in the hand of the
maenad, the amphora uppermost on the scene, and finally the statue pouring wine
from a jug, all point to the cult of Bacchus in his presence.
See Kuivalainen, I., 2021. The Portrayal of Pompeian Bacchus. Commentationes Humanarum Litterarum 140. Helsinki: Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters, (p.91-93, A14).
VI.9.3/5 Pompeii. September 2024.
Information card from Naples Archaeological
Museum. Photo
courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella
Mosaic of lion and
cupids between Dionysus and maenads, found in April 1829 in triclinium 27. Photo
courtesy of Maribel Velasco.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 10019.
VI.9.5, Pompeii. March 2014.
Mosaic of lion and cupids between Dionysus and maenads, on display on a wall in Naples Museum. Found in April 1829 in triclinium 27.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 10019.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VI.9.5, Pompeii. Found in April 1829 in triclinium 27.
Drawing of mosaic of lion and cupids between Dionysus and maenads,
See Real Museo Borbonico VII, Taf. 61.
VI.9.5, Pompeii. Drawing by Zahn of mosaic, excavated 31st May 1829, from triclinium 27.
See Zahn, W., 1842-44. Die schönsten Ornamente und merkwürdigsten Gemälde aus Pompeji, Herkulanum und Stabiae: II. Berlin: Reimer, taf. 93.
VI.9.5 Pompeii. September 2024.
Triclinium 27, detail from mosaic of maenad and lion. Found in April 1829. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 10019.
VI.9.5 Pompeii. September 2024.
Triclinium 27, detail of lion from mosaic. Found in April 1829. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 10019.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 10019.
VI.9.5 Pompeii. September 2024.
Triclinium 27,
detail of maenad. Found in April 1829. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 10019.
VI.9.5 Pompeii. September 2024.
Triclinium 27, detail of border of mosaic. Found in April 1829. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 10019.
VI.9.5 Pompeii. W711. Corinthian atrium 16, looking north-east towards triclinium 27 and tablinum 26.
Photo by Tatiana
Warscher. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.
VI.9.5 Pompeii, linked to VI.9.3. pre-1937-39. Looking east across tablinum 26 from atrium.
Photo courtesy of American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Warsher collection no. 1770.
VI.9.5 Pompeii, linked to VI.9.3. pre-1937-39.
Corinthian atrium 16, looking north-east along south portico towards triclinium 27, tablinum 26 and room 28.
Photo courtesy of American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Warsher collection no. 1769.
VI.9.5 Pompeii. W712.
Corinthian atrium 16, looking north-east along south portico towards triclinium 27, tablinum 26 and room 28.
Photo by Tatiana
Warscher. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.
VI.9.5 Pompeii. W722. North wall of triclinium 27 (left) and peristyle 30.
Photo by Tatiana
Warscher. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.
VI.9.5 Pompeii. W723. Pseudo-peristyle 30, with rainwater channel near north wall.
Photo by Tatiana
Warscher. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.
VI.9.3/5 Pompeii. pre-1937-39. Pseudo-peristyle 30, with rainwater channel near north wall.
Photo courtesy of American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Warsher collection no. 1268
VI.9.5 Pompeii. W724. Top of capital. Photo by Tatiana Warscher. Photo © Deutsches
Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.
VI.9.5 Pompeii. W729. Looking north towards entrance to corridor and underground kitchen, on lower level.
On the left of the upper level are the doorways from the tablinum 26, and triclinium 27 onto the peristyle portico at 29/30.
Taken from near VI.9.10 at rear.
Photo by Tatiana
Warscher. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.
VI.9.5 Pompeii. W725. East wall of peristyle room 30, on upper level.
Photo by Tatiana
Warscher. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.
VI.9.5 Pompeii. W726. East wall of peristyle 30 with remains of stucco.
Photo by Tatiana
Warscher. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.
VI.9.5 Pompeii. W727. East wall of peristyle 30 detail of stucco.
Photo by Tatiana
Warscher. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.
Part 3 Part 4
Part 1 VI.9.3 VI.9.4
VI.9.10 VI.9.11 VI.9.12
VI.9.3-5 and VI.9.10-12 Plan