VII.7.5
Pompeii. Casa di Trittolemo or House of Tryptolemus
or House of the Cissonii or House of L. Calpurnius Diogenes.
Linked to VII .7.2, VII.7.4, VII .7.14 and VII .7.15.
Excavated 1859 and 1871. Bombed in 1943, restored 1946, and 2014.
Part 1 Part 2 Part
3 Part 4 Plan of VII.7.5 and VII.7.14.
VII.7.5 Pompeii. September 2019.
Looking
across north portico towards doorway into triclinium (q), on right.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VII.7.5 Pompeii. October 2024.
Triclinium (q), looking north from north portico. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VII.7.5 Pompeii. September 2019. Triclinium (q), looking
from north portico, on the left is a side doorway into corridor (r).
Foto Annette Haug, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VII.7.5 Pompeii. September 2019. Triclinium (q), looking
north across flooring.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VII.7.5 Pompeii. Pre-1937-39. Triclinium (q), detail of flooring.
Photo courtesy of American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Warsher collection no. 313.
VII.7.5 Pompeii, May 2018. Triclinium (q), doorway from north portico. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VII.7.5 Pompeii. 1970s. Mosaic floor in threshold of small doorway between corridor room (r), and triclinium (q).
VII.7.5 Pompeii. September 2019. Triclinium (q), looking
north across flooring.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VII.7.5 Pompeii. September 2019. Triclinium (q), looking
north across flooring towards central emblema.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
The central emblema consists of four squares of coloured marble pieces bordered by black and white borders.
VII.7.5
Pompeii. c. 1930. Looking across flooring of triclinium (q) towards the central
emblema.
According
to Blake –
Probably to
about the same time (of the Second Style of wall decoration) belongs the centre
of the triclinium of VII.7.5.
In this,
more valuable marbles are used, separated by bands of black and white, but the
field of black mosaic dotted with quincunxes of white is quite characteristic
of the end of the Republic and the beginning of the Empire.
See Blake, M., (1930). The pavements of the Roman Buildings of the Republic and Early Empire. Rome, MAAR, 8, (p.42 & pl.7, tav.3).
VII.7.5 Pompeii. September 2019. Triclinium (q), looking
towards north wall with high niche.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VII.7.5 Pompeii, May 2018. Triclinium (q), looking across
flooring towards north wall with high niche. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
According to
Fiorelli –
“La sala da
pranzo, o triclinio, ha due finestre, e due quadri.
Nel primo era
rappresentato Triptolemo presso la biga dei serpenti, poggiato alla verga, che
protende la mano a Proserpina per ricevere da lei le spighe del grano, mentre
tiene accanto il canestro delle biade;
nel secondo
sembra espressa la discesa di Venere protettrice di Pompei sul lido, ove fu poi
fabbricata la citta, con la dea che stringe il lungo scettro d’oro ed ha il
peplo sulle gambe, e che seduta sulle spire del Tritone porge la mano ad Amore,
per discendere sulla spiaggia, ove una giovane donna, personificazione del
luogo, la riceve facendo libazione su di un’ara inghirlandata.”
(trans: "The dining-room, or triclinium, has two
windows, and two paintings.
In the first was seen Triptolemus near to the serpent’s
chariot, resting on the rod, extending his hand towards Proserpina to receive
from her the ears of grain, while holding the basket of fodder nearby.
In the second, it seemed to show the descent of Venus
protector of Pompeii on the lido, where the city was built, with the goddess
holding the long golden sceptre and having her legs covered, and sitting on the
coils of the Triton holding her hand to Cupid, in order to descend to the
beach, where a young woman, personification of the place, receives her by
making a libation on the garlanded altar.”)
See Fiorelli, G. Guida
di Pompei. 1877. (p.5).
VII.7.5 Pompeii, May 2018.
Triclinium (q), north wall at west end with detail of high black painted zoccolo. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VII.7.5 Pompeii, May 2018. Looking east across peristyle, towards room (n) and remaining north wall of room (m).
The doorway, second on left, links both houses VII.7.2 and 5 by peristyles. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.7.5, Pompeii. May 2018. Rectangular pool in peristyle. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.7.5, Pompeii. May 2018. Detail of rectangular pool in peristyle. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.7.5 Pompeii. September 2019. Looking south along east portico
towards doorway and window of room (n).
Foto Annette Haug, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VII.7.5 Pompeii. September 2019. Doorway into room (n).
Foto Annette Haug, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VII.7.5 Pompeii. September 2015. Doorway and window to room (n) on east side of peristyle.
Between the doorways of rooms (m) and (n) was a painting of a priestess making on offering, accompanied by an attendant.
See Sogliano, A., 1879. Le pitture murali campane scoverte negli anni 1867-79. Napoli: Giannini, no 637.
VII.7.5 Pompeii. September 2019.
Room
(n), looking towards window in north wall overlooking south portico of
VII.7.2.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VII.7.5 Pompeii, May 2018.
Room (n), looking from south portico of VII.7.2 through window into room (n) of VII.7.5. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.7.5 Pompeii. October 2024. Room (n), looking towards east wall.
The mosaics leaning against the west wall do not come from this house but are from the nearby Suburban Baths near the Porta Marina.
Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VII.7.5 Pompeii, April 2019. Room (n), looking across mosaic flooring towards east wall.
On the left, north wall, is a window from south portico of linked house at VII.7.2.
The mosaics leaning against the west wall do not come from this house but are from the nearby Suburban Baths near the Porta Marina.
Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
VII.7.5 Pompeii. Room (n), painting by P, Gusman, entitled Venus as protectress of Pompei.
See Gusman, P. (1900). Pompei, the city, its life and art. London, William Heinemann. (pl.1).
Original painting now in Naples Archaeological Museum.
VII.7.5 Pompeii, 1871.
Room (n). Drawing by N. La Volpe of painting of Aphrodite, Poseidon and a female figure burning incense.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number ADS 701.
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VII.7.5 Pompeii, 1871.
Room (n). Drawing by N. La Volpe of Tryptolemus receiving the ears of corn from Prosperina.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number ADS702.
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VII.7.5
Pompeii. September 2019. Room (n), looking towards east and south walls.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VII.7.5 Pompeii. October 2024. Room (n), looking towards south wall. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VII.7.5 Pompeii, May 2018. Room (n), looking towards south wall. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.7.5 Pompeii, May 2018. Room (n), looking towards south wall in south-west corner. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Room (n), detail from south wall with yellow painted panel in middle area of wall, with painted medallion of female figure with feather fan.
Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.7.5 Pompeii, May 2018. Room (n), lower south wall/zoccolo.
The zoccolo was decorated as a sort of imitation opus sectile wall of polychrome marble. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.7.5 Pompeii. October 2024. Room (n), looking towards south wall and west wall with window. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VII.7.5 Pompeii. December 2019.
Room (n), looking across to south-west corner with window
and door in west wall to east portico. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
VII.7.5 Pompeii, May 2018. Room (n), doorway threshold from east portico into room. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.7.5 Pompeii, May 2018.
Room (n), detail of central emblema of flower with six petals set in geometric motif, in white and black mosaic floor.
Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.7.5 Pompeii, May 2018. Room (n), detail of flower with six petals set in central emblema. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.7.5
Pompeii. c.1930. Flooring from the triclinium (n) on the right of the peristyle
This
triclinium was constructed in the period when the symmetry of the house number
2 was destroyed by its annexation to house number 5.
On the
other hand, this pavement does not belong to the last modification of the
house, since it was patched at the insertion of the limestone sill upon which
rests piers of the block and brick construction which was characteristic of the
building activities following the earthquake of 63AD.
This centre
probably belongs to the first half of the first century AD.
The
tesserae of the central square are small (0.06cm) and the black ones are badly
worn; the workmanship is poor.
The design
of this centre is merely an adaptation of the familiar pattern showing a
hexagon surrounded by triangles to make a star, which in its turn is enclosed
in a larger hexagon. When the hexagon has been included in a circle and the
circle in a square, the general outline of the centre is complete.
A
six-petalled flower on a black background framed in an ornamental border forms
the centre of the composition.
See Blake,
M., (1930). The pavements of the Roman Buildings of the Republic and Early
Empire. Rome, MAAR, 8, (p.114, pl.39, tav.3)
VII.7.5 Pompeii, May 2018. Room (n), these two fragments of a mosaic vault belong to the nearby Suburban Baths at Porta Marina.
See VII.16.a Nymphaeum for more detail. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.7.5 Pompeii. December 2019. Room (n), looking east across mosaic fragments.
Photo courtesy of
Giuseppe Ciaramella.
VII.7.5 Pompeii. December 2019. Room (n), detail from mosaic fragment.
Photo courtesy of
Giuseppe Ciaramella.
VII.7.5 Pompeii. December 2019.
Room (n), detail of one of the mosaic fragments. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
VII.7.5 Pompeii. December 2019.
Looking south-west across peristyle/garden from east portico.
Photo courtesy of
Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Plan of VII.7.5 and VII.7.14.