VI.10.2 Pompeii. Casa dei Cinque
Scheletri or Casa del Vaticinio di Cassandra.
Excavated 1826 - 1831. Bombed in 1943.
VI.10.2 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking west through tablinum to front of house.
VI.10.2 Pompeii. March 2009. Remains of floor pattern in tablinum.
VI.10.2 Pompeii. March 2009. South wall of triclinium and garden area with remains of column.
VI.10.2 Pompeii. 1957. Looking east from garden area into the triclinium. 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.10.2 Pompeii. December 2018.
Looking
north-west from area of triclinium towards area of rooms that were on the left
(north) side of the garden area.
Photo
courtesy of Aude Durand.
VI.10.2 Pompeii. December 2004.
Looking west across garden area towards tablinum and entrance doorway, taken from the triclinium at the rear.
VI.10.2 Pompeii. December 2004. Looking west from the rear, showing remains of cubicula, on right.
VI.10.2 Pompeii. December 2006. Looking south from Vicolo di Mercurio across area bombed in 1943.
View showing total devastation of north-east sector of the house.
VI.10.2 Pompeii. December 2006. Looking towards site of triclinium in south-east corner.
Looking south from Vicolo di Mercurio across area bombed in 1943. View showing total devastation of north-east sector of the house.
According to De Jorio –
“Questa casa fu
scavata parte nel 1826 e tutta poi nel 1831.
In quest’ultima
epoca si era disotterrato alle spalle del suo tablino un portico ed un piccolo
viridario, donde per una scaletta si cala uscendo nell’opposto vicolo,e nel
tempo stesso si discende ad una stanza sotterranea.”
(Trans: “This house was excavated in part in 1826 and
then completely excavated in 1831.
In this last
era a portico and a small garden had been unearthed behind the tablinum, where
a staircase descended into the opposite vicolo, and at the same time descended
to an underground room.")
See De Jorio A., 1836. Guida di Pompei. Napoli: Fibreno, (p.105).
VI.10.2 Pompeii. December
2006. The corner of Vicolo di Mercurio and Vicolo del Fauno, bombed in 1943.
View showing loss of north-east perimeter wall of the house.
VI.10.2 Pompeii. December 2006. Looking west across ruined bedrooms towards atrium.
VI.12 Pompeii, on left. December 2004. Vicolo del Fauno, looking south. Rear of VI.10.2, on right.