VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. Casa dei
Capitelli colorati or Casa di Arianna
or House of Ariadne or House of the Coloured Capitals.
Linked to VII.4.32, VII.4.33 and VII.4.51. Excavated 1822, 1832 and 1846.
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VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking north along gutter of north peristyle garden.
VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. May 2012. Looking north-west across north peristyle. Photo courtesy of Marina Fuxa.
VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking north-west across north peristyle garden.
VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Remains of brick-edged flower beds in north peristyle garden.
VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Remains of brick-edged flower beds in north peristyle garden. Looking east.
VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. West side of north peristyle garden.
VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. North peristyle, east portico, marble puteal.
VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. North peristyle, east portico, olive press between rooms 47 and 48.
VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking north along east portico, from room 37.
VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. May 2012. Looking across north peristyle. Photo courtesy of Marina Fuxa.
VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking south across the north peristyle, towards the main entrance at VII.4.31.
VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking south-east across the north and east portico.
VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. North peristyle, looking south-east.
Looking south-east from the north-west corner towards the east portico of the north peristyle, showing the brick edged flower-bed.
According to Jashemski, the garden area was divided by a shallow square pool (1.15 x 1.15m) with a marble fountain in the centre.
On each side of the pool was an imperfectly preserved planting bed, consisting of bricks set on edge arranged to form four concentric circles within two rectangles.
Only the west half of the bed to the north of the pool is visible today.
See Jashemski, W. F., 1993. The Gardens of Pompeii, Volume II: Appendices. New York: Caratzas. (p.179-80)
Photo by permission of the Institute of
Archaeology, University of Oxford. File name instarchbx202im015. Resource ID.
44484.
See photo on
University of Oxford HEIR database
VII.4.31/51 Pompeii, although shown as VII.4.57 on photo. Pre-1937-39.
Looking north across brick-edged planting bed, towards doorway at VII.4.51, on right.
Photo courtesy of American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Warsher collection no. 397.
VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. North peristyle, east portico. Remains of an olive press.
It is not clear whether it now stands exactly where the original excavators found it, but so massive a block is unlikely to have been moved any great distance.
See Descoeudres J-P., Ed., 1994. Pompeii Revisited: The life and death of a Roman town. Sydney: Meditarch, p. 135.
VII.4.31/51 Pompeii, 1978.
Looking south across the north peristyle, towards the main entrance at VII.4.31. 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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VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking south-west across the north and west portico.
VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Fauces 49.
Looking north to entrance at VII.4.51 on Via della Fortuna.
VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Floor of entrance fauces 49.
VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. September 2019.
Looking south across north peristyle from entrance corridor at
VII.4.51.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. September 2004. Fauces 49.
Looking south across the north peristyle, towards the main entrance at VII.4.31.
VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. December 2005. Fauces 49.
Looking south across the north peristyle, towards the main entrance at VII.4.31.
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