VII.4.51 Pompeii. Casa dei
Capitelli colorati or Casa di Arianna
or House of Ariadne or House of the Coloured Capitals.
Linked to VII.4.31, VII.4.32 and VII.4.33. Excavated 1822, 1832 and 1846. (Strada della Fortuna 11).
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Pompeii. December 2005. Entrance VII.4.51 on Via della Fortuna.
VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. Old photograph of capital from the house doorway at VII.4.51. Now in VII.7.29 forum granary market.
VII.4.51 Pompeii. December 2006. Items in storage in VII.7.29. Capital from house doorway.
VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. December 2006. Capital from the house doorway at VII.4.51.
Now in VII.7.29 forum granary market.
VII.4.51 Pompeii. December 2007. Remains of a capital in storage in the Forum Granary store VII.7.29.
According to Spano, this damaged capital of Nocera tufa stone was found lying abandoned in a room of VII.4.59 the House of the Black Wall.
When found, only half of each side was preserved, the left half of the front face and the right half of the side face.
The above photo shows the side that would have been pointing into the fauces.
He suggested it may have been the capital from the right side of the entrance of the House of Ariadne.
See Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, 1910,
p.280 and p.282, fig. 12.
VII.4.51 Pompeii. December 2007. Remains of a capital in storage in the Forum Granary store VII.7.29.
The above photo shows the side that would have been pointing onto the Via della Fortuna.
VII.4.51 Pompeii. December 2006. Remains of a capital in storage in the Forum Granary store VII.7.29.
The capital is laying on its back showing the front side and the pointed corner with the remains of the scroll that separated the two sides.
The capital stone was badly splintered, and the details destroyed or damaged.
However, these few parts were sufficient to show the figures of this capital were similar to that of the other that is very much better conserved.
These show similarities in the heads of a satyr and of a maenad looking to the front, the one near to the other.
To the side of each group a small scroll and a line of leaves of vertical acanthuses below, both things characteristic of Pompeian figured capitals.
See Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, 1910,
p.282.
VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. Entrance VII.4.51 on Via della Fortuna. Looking south.
VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. April 2019.
Looking south from rear entrance doorway on Via della Fortuna. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
(Note: other photos of the third (north) peristyle near to VII.4.51, can also be seen in VII.4.31, pt.15).
VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. March 2009. North peristyle. Looking south across the third (north) peristyle, towards the main entrance at VII.4.31.
VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. September 2004. Fauces 49. Looking south across the third (north) peristyle, towards the main entrance at VII.4.31.
VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. December 2005. Fauces 49. Looking south across the third (north) peristyle, towards the main entrance at VII.4.31.
VII.4.31/51 Pompeii. December 2005. Fauces 49, looking south.
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