VI.9.6 Pompeii. Casa dei Dioscuri
or House of Castor & Pollux.
Rear entrance at VI.9.9. Excavated 1826, 1828 and 1837.
Linked to VI.9.7 and VI.9.8.
Atrium
Large peristyle Pseudoperistyle and east side
VI.9.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 10, corridor to rear.
VI.9.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Remains of stucco plaster on atrium wall between tablinum and corridor.
VI.9.6 Pompeii. W.846. Room 10, south wall of corridor.
Photo by Tatiana
Warscher. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.
VI.9.6 Pompeii. W.844. Doorway to room, with steps in corridor.
Photo by Tatiana
Warscher. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.
VI.9.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 10, corridor and stairs. Looking east along corridor.
VI.9.6 Pompeii. W.845.
Room 10, looking east along north side of corridor, at stairs to upper floor and north wall with painted plaster.
Photo by Tatiana
Warscher. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.
VI.9.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 10, corridor. East wall of stairs to upper floor in north wall of corridor.
VI.9.6 Pompeii. W.402. Room 10, stairs in corridor. Looking north-west towards west wall of stairs.
Photo by Tatiana
Warscher. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.
VI.9.6 Pompeii. W.770
Room 3, looking north along east side of atrium towards doorway to room 11 (on right).
Photo by Tatiana
Warscher. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.
VI.9.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 11, looking north from atrium.
VI.9.6 Pompeii. December
2023. Room 11, looking north from atrium. Photo
courtesy of Miriam Colomer.
VI.9.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 11, remains of supports for benches around the west, north and east walls.
VI.9.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 11, west wall.
VI.9.6 Pompeii. W.841. Room 11, west wall.
Photo by Tatiana
Warscher. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.
VI.9.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 11, north-west corner.
VI.9.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 11, north wall.
VI.9.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 11, east wall.
VI.9.6 Pompeii. W.839. Room 11, north-east corner of ala with arca or chest base, from room 3, the atrium.
Photo by Tatiana
Warscher. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.
VI.9.6 Pompeii. W.790. Room 11, south end of east wall, with money chest base in north-east corner of atrium.
Photo by Tatiana
Warscher. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.
VI.9.6 Pompeii. c.1830. Drawing by Gell of the remains of the money chest on the east side of the atrium.
According to Gell –
“Bones of chests brick crusted in the marble, inside brass, outside iron, handles, locks, rosettes, nails, etc of bronze.
In first chest 45 gold and 5 silver coins, ancients had excavated in room behind and made a hole through the wall and got most of the money !!”
See Gell, W. Sketchbook of Pompeii, c.1830.
See book from Van Der Poel Campanian Collection on Getty website http://hdl.handle.net/10020/2002m16b425
This was a masonry base faced with marble, see PAH II, p.214.
Found in the chest were 45 gold coins, and 5 silver, see PAH III, p.89.
The chest had been partly rummaged through by the ancient scavengers.
According to Pernice –
Found on the left ala next to the passage to the peristyle in the atrium.
Almost square lava block, walled with rubble stones (including bricks). The stone lies crookedly in the wall.
In the middle there is a long spike in the lead casting.
The base was moved at some point, which could be where the pieces of brick come from.
See Pernice, E., 1932. Hellenistische Tische,
Zisternenmündungen, Beckenuntersätze, Altäre u. Truhen. Berlin, p. 75, Taf.
45.3.
DAIR 32.1101. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches
Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.
Thanks to Espen B. Andersson for assisting us in our interest in money-chests.
VI.9.6 Pompeii. W.805.
Room 3, looking towards north side of atrium, with marble clad money chest base and doorway to room 11 (on right).
Photo by Tatiana
Warscher. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.
VI.9.6 Pompeii. W.788. Room 3, marble clad money chest base, looking west along north side of atrium.
Photo by Tatiana
Warscher. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.
VI.9.6 Pompeii. W.789. Room 3, looking east along north side of atrium across second marble clad money chest base to first arca base.
Photo by Tatiana
Warscher. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.
VI.9.6 Pompeii. W.826.
Room 3, looking west along north side of atrium, past second chest base, towards doorways to rooms 16,15,14,13 and 12.
Photo by Tatiana
Warscher. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.
VI.9.6 Pompeii. December
2023. Room 3, looking south-west across atrium, from outside room 11. Photo courtesy of
Miriam Colomer.
VI.9.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 3, looking south-west across atrium, from room 11.
VI.9.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 3, looking south-west across atrium, from room 11.
VI.9.6 Pompeii. W.786.
Room 3, looking east along the north side of the atrium towards corridor 10, to pseudo-peristyle.
The doorway to room 12 is on the left with the two money chest bases beyond.
Photo by Tatiana
Warscher. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.
Atrium: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Plan
Large peristyle Pseudoperistyle and east side