VII.9.47 Pompeii. Casa di Marte e Venere or Casa delle Nozze di Ercole.

House of Mars and Venus or House of the Wedding of Hercules.

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VII.9.47 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to room 9, cubiculum.

VII.9.47 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 9, west wall of cubiculum. 

VII.9.47 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 9, north wall of cubiculum. 

VII.9.47 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 9, north-east corner.

VII.9.47 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 9, south-east corner of cubiculum.

VII.9.47 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 10, small room with sacellum.

According to Boyce –

In a recess in the north wall of the atrium, to the right of the entrance, was a domestic shrine – described by Fiorelli as “un sacrario”.

See Fiorelli, Descr., 270.

See Boyce G. K., 1937. Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome: MAAR 14. (p.69, no.304).

VII.9.47 Pompeii. December 2005. Room 10, sacellum.

According to PPM, a masonry altar was built in a recess against the east wall supported by two massive pillars which were painted in black:

the middle zone of the wall painted above, was in yellow.

See Pompei: Pitture e Mosaici, Vol. VII. Roma: Istituto della enciclopedia italiana, (p.364).

VII.9.47 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 10, two massive pilasters of sacellum., which had been painted in black.

VII.9.47 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 10, wall above sacellum, which had been painted in yellow..

VII.9.47 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 10, beneath sacellum.

VII.9.47 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 6, tablinum.  Looking south towards garden area.

VII.9.47 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 6, tablinum. Looking north towards atrium and entrance.

VII.9.47 Pompeii. December 2005. Room 6, tablinum. Looking north.

VII.9.47 Pompeii. Room 6, tablinum.  Looking north towards atrium and entrance from tablinum.

Photographed 1970-79 by Günther Einhorn, picture courtesy of his son Ralf Einhorn.

VII.9.47 Pompeii. Looking north-west across garden area, towards room 11, oecus.

Photographed 1970-79 by Günther Einhorn, picture courtesy of his son Ralf Einhorn.

VII.9.47 Pompeii. Pre-1937-39. Looking north-west across garden area, towards room 11, oecus.

On the left, the altar built against the column in the north-west corner of the portico area, can just be seen.

Photo courtesy of American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Warsher collection no. 1459

See also Warscher, T. 1942. Catalogo illustrato degli affreschi del Museo Nazionale di Napoli. Sala LXXX. Vol.2. Rome, Swedish Institute.

According to Gell –

“In the Hypaethrum (open to the air) are two cisterns or baths, and, at an angle, is a marble pedestal about fifteen inches square and two feet in height, with two iron cramps for fastening the feet of the statue or vase, and this inscription.

See Gell, W, 1832. Pompeiana: Vol 1. London: Jennings and Chaplin, (p.9-10).

VII.9.47 Pompeii. Marble pedestal with inscription discovered 5th September 1820.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 3787.

According to Franklin, this names the ministri Augusti for the year 31-32 AD.

See Franklin J. L., 2001. Pompeis Difficile Est. Ann Arbor: Univ. Michigan Press, p. 52.

According to Epigraphic Database Roma this reads

Philippus Melissaeì
Faustì 〈:servus〉,
Ianuarius Piricati
Quartionis 〈:servus〉,
Iucundus Holconi
Anterotis 〈:servus〉,
Auctus Helvi
Nymphodoti 〈:servus〉.
ministri Aug(usti),
iussu
M(arci) Lucreti Manlianì, L(uci) Albieni Staì I̅I̅v(irorum) i(ure) d(icundo),
L(uci) Eumachi Fusci, N(umeri) Herenni Veri d(uum)v(irorum)
v(iis) a(edibus) s(acris) p(ublicis) p(rocurandis),
Cn(aeo) Domitio, Camillo Arrun̂t̂io
co(n)s(ulibus).       [CIL X 899]

Franklin provides this translation:

[Philippus (slave) of Melissaeus Faustus, Ianuarius (slave) of Piricatius Quartio, Iucundus (slave) of Holconius Anteros, and Auctus (slave) of Helvius Nymphodotus (are named) attendants of Augustus by order of Marcus Lucretius Manlìanus and Lucius Albienus Staius, duovirs iure dicundo, and of Lucius Eumachius Fuscus and Numerius Herennius Verus, duovirs viis aedibus sacris publicisque procurandis, Gnaeus Domitius and Camillus Arruntius (being) consuls (at Rome).]

See Franklin J. L., 2001. Pompeis Difficile Est. Ann Arbor: Univ. Michigan Press, p. 53.

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