VII.15.13 Pompeii. House of A. Octavius Primus.

Linked to VII.15.14. Excavated 1859 and 1872.

Numbered on Eschebach plan as number 12.

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VII.15.13 Pompeii. December 2007. Doorway to room in south-east corner of atrium.

VII.15.13 Pompeii. December 2007. South wall of room in south east corner of Atrium.

VII.15.13 Pompeii. December 2007. South wall of room in south-east corner of atrium.

VII.15.13 Pompeii. December 2007. Tablinum.

VII.15.13 Pompeii. December 2007. Corridor to garden at rear in south west corner.

VII.15.13 Pompeii. December 2007. Corridor to garden at rear in south-west corner.

VII.15.13 Pompeii. December 2007. Garden at rear in south west corner.

VII.15.13 Pompeii. December 2007. Garden at rear in south-west corner.

VII.15.13 Pompeii. December 2007. Looking west towards north-west corner of garden area.

VII.15.13 Pompeii. December 2007. Garden at rear in south west corner.

VII.15.13 Pompeii. December 2007. Garden at rear in south-west corner.

VII.15.13 Pompeii. December 2007. Garden at rear in south west corner.

VII.15.13 Pompeii. December 2007. Garden at rear in south-west corner.

VII.15.13 Pompeii. December 2007. Looking north across garden to window of Cubiculum.

VII.15.13 Pompeii. December 2007. Looking north across garden to window of cubiculum.

VII.15.13 Pompeii. December 2007. Cubiculum in south west corner of Atrium with window overlooking garden.

VII.15.13 Pompeii. December 2007. Cubiculum in south-west corner of atrium with window overlooking garden.

VII.15.13 Pompeii. December 2007. West wall of cubiculum in south-west corner of atrium.

VII.15.13 Pompeii. December 2007. Looking into VII.15.16.

VII.15.13 Pompeii. September 2005. Looking south-west across west side of atrium, with site of stairs above niche.

VII.15.13 Pompeii. December 2007. Arched Niche in Atrium. According to Boyce, the walls inside the niche were painted with birds perching upon leafy boughs. They were painted in red and blue on the white background.
See Boyce G. K., 1937. Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome: MAAR 14. (p.72, No. 334).

VII.15.13 Pompeii. December 2007. Arched niche in atrium.

According to Boyce, the walls inside the niche were painted with birds perching upon leafy boughs.

They were painted in red and blue on the white background.

See Boyce G. K., 1937. Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome: MAAR 14. (p.72, no. 334).

VII.15.13 Pompeii. December 2007. Door to VII.15.14 from Atrium.

VII.15.13 Pompeii. December 2007. Doorway to VII.15.14 from atrium.

VII.15.13 Pompeii. December 2007. Door to Triclinium in north west corner of Atrium.

VII.15.13 Pompeii. December 2007. Doorway to triclinium in north-west corner of atrium.

VII.15.13 Pompeii. December 2007. Looking north across triclinium in north-west corner of atrium.

The central painting of the sacred landscape with statue of Artemis has now faded and disappeared.

The III Style decoration on the north wall showed at the centre an aedicula enclosed by white columns with a large red border.

The side panels were black.

See Sogliano, A: Le Pitture Murali Campane scoverte negli anni 1867-79.(p. 141, no.687).

VII.15.13 Pompeii. Drawing by Geremia Discanno, 1872, of sacred landscape from north wall of triclinium.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number ADS 798.
Photo © ICCD. http://www.catalogo.beniculturali.it
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VII.15.13 Pompeii. Drawing by Geremia Discanno, 1872, of sacred landscape from north wall of triclinium.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number ADS 798.

Photo © ICCD. https://www.catalogo.beniculturali.it/

Utilizzabili alle condizioni della licenza Attribuzione - Non commerciale - Condividi allo stesso modo 2.5 Italia (CC BY-NC-SA 2.5 IT)

VII.15.13 Pompeii. 21st October 1885 watercolour painting of sacred landscape. North wall of triclinium.

The temple canopy is supported by a herm of Dionysus holding a kantharos and a thyrsus.

Artemis, identified by her crown, bow, quiver, lance and the crown at the top of the pole, is sitting in the temple.

See Carratelli, G. P., 1990-2003. Pompei: Pitture e Mosaici: Vol. VII. Roma: Istituto della enciclopedia italiana, p. 832-3.

See Kuivalainen, I., 2021. The Portrayal of Pompeian Bacchus. Commentationes Humanarum Litterarum 140. Helsinki: Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters, p.89-90, A12.

VII.15.13 Pompeii. December 2007. Doorway to oecus on west side of entrance corridor.

VII.15.13 Pompeii. December 2007. North wall of oecus on west side of entrance, with doorway blocked in antiquity.

VII.15.13 Pompeii. December 2007. Looking east across north side of atrium.

VII.15.13 Pompeii. Wooden cupboard or apotheca, found in this house.

Reconstruction on display in Pompeii Museum prior to 1943 bombing, drawn by Pierre Gusman.

According to Gusman this was provenanced from VII.15.12 and on the Eschebach plan, this is number 12, which according to Garcia y Garcia is correct.

See Garcia y Garcia, L., 2006. Danni di guerra a Pompei. Rome: L’Erma di Bretschneider. (P.183, fig..425)

See Gusman P., 1899. Pompei : La Ville, Les Mœurs, Les Arts. Paris: Société française d'éditions d'art, (p.312).

VII.15.13 Pompeii, according to Warsher. Pre-1937-39. Detail.
Photo courtesy of American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Warsher collection no. 1282.

VII.15.13 Pompeii, according to Warsher. Pre-1937-39. Detail.

Photo courtesy of American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Warsher collection no. 1282.

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