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.

Large Peristyle.

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Pseudoperistyle and east side        Atrium

VI.9.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 6, wall painting of three hanging birds, a parrot, two brooms and a bowl of fruit.

From east end of the south wall of the peristyle.

See Helbig, W., 1868. Wandgemälde der vom Vesuv verschütteten Städte Campaniens. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel. (1631: p.403).

VI.9.6 Pompeii. W.223. Room 6, wall decoration at east end of the south wall of portico.

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

VI.9.6 Pompeii. December 2006. Room 6, architectural painting from east end of south wall of peristyle.

VI.9.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 6, east end of south wall of peristyle.

VI.9.6 Pompeii. March 2009.

Room 6, wall painting of a youth with a red cloak holding a spear in his left hand and a horse with his right hand.

From east end of south wall of peristyle.

See Helbig, W., 1868. Wandgemälde der vom Vesuv verschütteten Städte Campaniens. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel. (1841: p.431).

VI.9.6 Pompeii. W.285.

Room 6, wall painting of a youth with a red cloak holding a spear in his left hand and a horse with his right hand.

From east end of south wall of portico.

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

VI.9.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 6, east end of south wall of peristyle.

VI.9.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 6, wall painting on east end of south wall of peristyle.

VI.9.6 Pompeii. W.997. Room 6, looking across pool towards east end of south wall with remains of wall paintings.

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

VI.9.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 6, looking south-east across deep pool in peristyle.

VI.9.6 Pompeii, 1978.

Room 6, looking south-east across deep pool in peristyle. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.  

Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.

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VI.9.6 Pompeii. W.995 Room 6, looking towards south-east corner of peristyle, and doorway to room 24.

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

VI.9.6 Pompeii. W.232.

Room 6, drawing of wall painting of Dionysus and Satyr, from east wall of peristyle on pilaster between rooms 22 and 24.

See Real Museo Borbonico, I, taf 29.

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

VI.9.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 6, east end of peristyle with two pilasters and east wall, with doorways to rooms 22 and 24.

VI.9.6 Pompeii. W.1029. Room 6, east wall of portico, with doorway to room 22, on left, and room 24, on right.

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

VI.9.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 6, mosaic floor at east end of peristyle in south-east corner.

VI.9.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 6, mosaic floor at east side of peristyle.

VI.9.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 6, mosaic floor at east end of peristyle, and threshold to room 22.

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Pseudoperistyle and east side      Atrium