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. Pre 1836. Room 6, drawing by Gell showing north wall of peristyle and doorway to atrium.

Gell wrote –

“This Plate exhibits one of the most splendidly decorated walls of the house of the Dioscuri.

The curtain is added because there is no trace of a door in the opening between the two courts, and the ceiling of the atrium is restored, since there can be no doubt on the subject, for the better comprehending of the original effect.

The pillars in front are even now covered with a paltry roof, which has been somewhat improved in this Plate in the style of the period when Pompeii was destroyed.”

See Gell, W and Gandy, J., 1880. Pompeii, its destruction and re-discovery. New York: Worthington.

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

VI.9.6 Pompeii. W.1007.

Room 6, north portico, looking towards doorway to atrium from peristyle, and wall on east side of doorway.

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

VI.9.6 Pompeii. W.233.

Room 6, drawing by N. La Volpe of wall painting of Venus Pompeiana from north wall of peristyle.

This would have been seen on the east side of the doorway from peristyle into the atrium.

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

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

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

VI.9.6 Pompeii. W.243.

Room 6, detail of wall decoration from east end of north wall of peristyle, on east side of doorway.

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

VI.9.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 6, painted dado at east end of north wall of peristyle.

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

VI.9.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 6, looking south towards shallow pool at west end of peristyle.

VI.9.6 Pompeii. January 2023. Room 6, looking west along north portico. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.

VI.9.6 Pompeii. Pre-1937-39. Room 6, looking west along north portico.

Photo courtesy of American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Warsher collection no. 1500.

VI.9.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to room 23, in north-west corner of peristyle.

VI.9.6 Pompeii. W.1001. Doorway to room 23, in north-west corner of peristyle, looking north.

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

VI.9.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 23, west wall.

VI.9.6 Pompeii. July 2008.

Room 23, south-west corner with downpipe in west wall. Photo courtesy of Barry Hobson.

VI.9.6 Pompeii. W.1041.

Room 23, south-west corner showing the remains of the vaulted ceiling on the west wall.

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

VI.9.6 Pompeii. W.297. Room 23, west wall.

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

VI.9.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 23, north wall.

VI.9.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 23, east wall.

VI.9.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 23, south wall.

VI.9.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 23, mosaic floor of room in north-west corner of the peristyle.

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Pseudoperistyle and east side        Atrium