VI.10.7 Pompeii. Casa dell’ Ancora or House of the Black Anchor.
Excavated 1826 and 1829. Rear entrance at VI.10.16.
VI.10.7 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to room 7, on north side of tablinum.
According to Bragantini, the walls of this room would have decorated with a dado which was faded and unrecognisable.
The middle area of the walls was yellow, divided into panels.
See Bragantini, de Vos, Badoni, 1983. Pitture e Pavimenti di Pompei, Parte 2. Rome: ICCD. (p.232, ambiente 5)
VI.10.7 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 7, east wall of room to north of tablinum.
VI.10.7 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 7, north wall of room to north of tablinum.
VI.10.7 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 7, south wall of room to north of tablinum.
VI.10.7 Pompeii. September 2017.
Looking east across atrium towards tablinum, with steps to lower
garden area, on right.
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VI.10.7 Pompeii. September 2017. Looking east towards tablinum.
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VI.10.7 Pompeii. July 2017. Pilaster on east wall of atrium on
north side of tablinum.
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VI.10.7 Pompeii. September 2019. Looking south towards tablinum on
east side of atrium.
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VI.10.7 Pompeii. September 2019. Looking east towards tablinum.
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VI.10.7 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 8, looking east across tablinum.
According to Helbig, a wall painting of Adonis was found on the north wall in the tablinum.
See Helbig, W., 1868. Wandgemälde der vom Vesuv verschütteten Städte Campaniens. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel. (334).
VI.10.7 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 8, north wall of tablinum.
According to Helbig, a wall painting of Adonis was found on the north wall.
See Helbig, W., 1868. Wandgemälde der vom Vesuv verschütteten Städte Campaniens. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel. (334)
VI.10.7 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 8, north wall of tablinum, with remains of painted plaster.
According to Bragantini, although the dado was faded and colour unrecognisable, the walls would have been red and divided into panels.
The central panel would have had the painting of Adonis.
See Bragantini, de Vos, Badoni, 1983. Pitture e Pavimenti di Pompei, Parte 2. Rome: ICCD. (p.232, tablinum 4)
VI.10.7 Pompeii. January 2019.
Room 8, tablinum, looking west towards atrium and entrance
doorway. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.
VI.10.7 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 8, south wall of tablinum.
VI.10.7 Pompeii. July 2017. Pilaster on east wall of atrium on
south side of tablinum.
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VI.10.7 Pompeii. September 2019. Looking south-east from upper
portico level.
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VI.10.7 Pompeii. September 2019. Looking north towards room 9, 10
and 11 reached from rear of tablinum.
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VI.10.7 Pompeii. January 2019.
Room 9, on left, 10, in centre, and 11, doorway on the
right, rooms on north side of house at upper level.
Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.
VI.10.7 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 9, 10 and 11. Rooms on north side of house at upper level.
VI.10.7 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 9, room on north side of house at upper level, with north wall of tablinum, on left.
VI.10.7 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 9, looking towards north wall of room on north side of house at upper level.
VI.10.7 Pompeii. September 2019. Doorway in east wall of room 9
into room 10.
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VI.10.7 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 10, large room or triclinium on north side of house at upper level.
This was completely open to the portico giving views towards the fountains at the south end of the garden.
VI.10.7 Pompeii. January 2019.
Looking south from room 10, large room or triclinium on
north side of house at upper level giving views across lower garden.
Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.
VI.10.7 Pompeii. September 2019. View across garden from upper
floor room 10.
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VI.10.7
Pompeii. c.1900.
C.
and G. Lantern slide published by A. Laverne. Looking south across upper floor
towards garden area below.
VI.10.7 Pompeii. September 2019.
Looking down towards area on lower floor and through to garden.
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Room 10, triclinium or large room on north side of house at upper level. Looking towards east wall.
On the lower level is a doorway to one of the rooms on the north side of room 16.
Photo courtesy of American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Warsher collection no. 1727.
VI.10.7 Pompeii. September 2019. Looking east across room 10
towards doorway into room 11.
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Room 10, looking towards north wall of triclinium and decorative black and white mosaic floor.
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VI.10.7 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 10 on left, and behind it, on right, room 11 on upper level.
VI.10.7 Pompeii. September 2019. Room 11, looking north-east
across flooring.
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VI.10.7 Pompeii. September 2019. Room 11, looking north across
flooring.
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VI.10.7 Pompeii. September 2019. Room 11, detail of flooring.
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VI.10.7 Pompeii. September 2019. Detail from flooring (sinopia) in
north-east corner.
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VI.10.7 Pompeii. September 2019.
Detail from flooring (sinopia – the pattern upon which the floor
was laid).
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Photo courtesy of American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Warsher collection no. 891.