VI.11.9 Pompeii. House of Labyrinth or Casa del Labirinto.

Linked to VI.11.10. Side entrance at VI.11.8. Excavated c.1831.

Part 4      Part 5      Part 6      Part 7      Part 8      Part 1      Part 2      Part 3      VI.11.8 /9 /10 Room Plan

VI.11.9 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway into room 13, kitchen.

VI.11.9 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 13, doorway to kitchen.

VI.11.9 Pompeii. December 2006. Room 13, looking west across kitchen area.

VI.11.9 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 13, west wall of kitchen with arched niche.

VI.11.9 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 13, kitchen next to bath area.

VI.11.9 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 13, south-west corner of kitchen and doorway into room 12.

VI.11.9 Pompeii. December 2006. Room 13, south-west corner of kitchen and cistern shaft.

VI.11.9 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 13, west wall of kitchen with arched niche.

VI.11.9 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 13, cistern shaft near west wall of kitchen

VI.11.9 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 13, west wall of kitchen with niche.

VI.11.9 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 13, upper north-west corner of kitchen.

VI.11.9 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 13, lower north-west corner of kitchen.

VI.11.9 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 13, north wall of kitchen with bench or hearth.

VI.11.9 Pompeii. December 2006. Room 13, kitchen area.

VI.11.9 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 13, bench or hearth in kitchen.

VI.11.9 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 13, north wall of kitchen with bench or hearth.

VI.11.9 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 13, north-east corner.

VI.11.9 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 13, north-east corner of kitchen.

VI.11.9 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 13, north-east corner of kitchen, against east wall.

VI.11.9 Pompeii. December 2006. Room 13, south-east corner of kitchen area.

VI.11.9 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 13, south-east corner of kitchen.

VI.11.9 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 13, square niche on south wall of kitchen.

According to Boyce, in the south wall beside the hearth was a rectangular niche.

On the rear wall was painted the figure of the Genius.

On the floor in front of the niche stood a small masonry altar.

See Boyce G. K., 1937. Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome: MAAR 14. (p.51, no.183).

VI.11.9 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 13, kitchen. Detail of painted decoration on square niche on south wall.

Painted on the rear wall was a painting of the Genius, but today faded and no longer recognisable.

In the front of the niche, there was originally a small brick altar.

See Giacobello, F., 2008. Larari Pompeiani: Iconografia e culto dei Lari in ambito domestico. Milano: LED Edizioni. (p.177).

Part 5      Part 6      Part 7      Part 8      Part 1      Part 2      Part 3      VI.11.8 /9 /10 Room Plan