VII.2.16 Pompeii. House of Gavius Rufus or Casa di Teseo
or House of the Seven Skeletons.
Excavated 1867.
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VII.2.16 Pompeii. October 2019. Doorway to cubiculum 5, looking
east.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VII.2.16 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to room 5, cubiculum.
VII.2.16 Pompeii. c.1930. Doorway to room 5, from east portico.
DAIR 41.670. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung
Rom, Arkiv.
See Pernice, E. 1938. Pavimente und Figürliche Mosaiken:
Die Hellenistische Kunst in Pompeji, Band VI. Berlin: de Gruyter, (described
as cubiculum “r”, Taf. 26,5).
VII.2.16 Pompeii. W.6.
Photograph of mosaic flooring, and room threshold, (exact location inside this house unknown, but according to Pernice “cubiculum “r”).
Photo by Tatiana
Warscher. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.
VII.2.16 Pompeii. October 2019. Cubiculum 5, east wall.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VII.2.16 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 5, east wall of cubiculum.
VII.2.16 Pompeii. October 2019. Looking east through doorway to
room 6.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VII.2.16 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to room 6 on east portico, with other door linking to room 7.
VII.2.16 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 6, small room or staircase to upper floor? Looking east.
VII.2.16 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 6, remains of wall plaster on north wall.
VII.2.16 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to room 7 from room 6, south wall.
VII.2.16 Pompeii. October 2019. Looking north-east on east
portico, with doorways to oecus 3, on left, and rooms 4, 5 and 6.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VII.2.16 Pompeii. October 2019.
Cubiculum 7, looking east towards doorway from east portico.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VII.2.16 Pompeii. October 2019.
Cubiculum 7, looking east through doorway.
Foto
Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VII.2.16
Pompeii. October 2019. Cubiculum 7, north wall and
north-east corner.
Foto
Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VII.2.16 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 7, north wall of cubiculum, with doorway to room 6.
VII.2.16
Pompeii. October 2019. Cubiculum 7, looking towards east wall.
Foto
Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VII.2.16 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 7, east wall of cubiculum.
VII.2.16
Pompeii. October 2019. Cubiculum 7, east wall, south-east corner
and south wall.
Foto
Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VII.2.16 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 7, south wall of cubiculum.
VII.2.16 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 7, doorway and floor of east portico, with remains of mosaic floor.
VII.2.16 Pompeii. March 2009. Near room 7 doorway, remains of floor mosaic.
VII.2.16 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 8, oecus, with door through to room 9 in south wall, looking south-east from east portico.
VII.2.16 Pompeii. Room 8, oecus.
Painting of Lycurgus and bacchante, presumably from the
south wall, opposite the other painting on the north wall.
See Archäologische
Zeitung, 27, 1869, Tafel 21,2.
VII.2.16 Pompeii. October 2019. Oecus 8, looking east from east
portico.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VII.2.16 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 8, oecus. Looking east.
According to PPM,
“Cubiculum “u”: of the white mosaic flooring only a few tesserae remain under the north wall, whilst the doorway threshold of the room was perfectly preserved”.
See Carratelli,
G. P., 1990-2003. Pompei: Pitture e
Mosaici. VI, 6. Roma: Istituto della enciclopedia italiana, (p.574).
Both PPM and Pernice describe this room as a cubiculum.
VII.2.16 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 8, oecus. Looking north-east.
VII.2.16 Pompeii. Room 8, oecus. North wall. Painting of
Myth of Lycurgus with Dionysus and maenad.
See Archäologische
Zeitung, 27, 1869, Tafel 21,1.
Kuivalainen comments –
This is a half-naked young Bacchus persecuted by Lycurgus, fleeing
into the sea and to the safety of Thetis. The billowing cloak is also sometimes
depicted in paintings of the discovery of Ariadne and meeting other humans. The
gestures here are noteworthy for expressing feelings: Thetis anxious, Bacchus
calm and having almost reached safety, as the touching arms indicate; the
maenad is trying to protect herself, while checking on the progress of the
other two. Most probably there were other figures in the destroyed part.
See Kuivalainen, I., 2021. The Portrayal of Pompeian Bacchus.
Commentationes Humanarum Litterarum
140. Helsinki: Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters, (F28, p.181, (from room
u, cubiculum, north wall).
VII.2.16 Pompeii. c.1930. Oecus 8, also described as Cubiculum “u”. Flooring.
DAIR 41.671. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung
Rom, Arkiv.
See Pernice, E. 1938. Pavimente und Figürliche Mosaiken:
Die Hellenistische Kunst in Pompeji, Band VI. Berlin: de Gruyter, (described
as cubiculum “u”, Taf. 26.6.)
VII.2.16 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 9, doorway to biclinium from east portico.
VII.2.16 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 9, biclinium. Looking east.
VII.2.16 Pompeii. October 2019. Looking north-east along east
portico, from room 9, on right.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
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