VII.16.13 Pompeii. Casa di Umbricius Scaurus (II) or House of Aulus Umbricius Scaurus, Father and Son (II).
Linked to VII .16.12, VII .16.14, VII .16.15
and VII .16.16.
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VII.16.13/12/14 Casa di Umbricius Scaurus
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VII.16.13 Pompeii. December 2007. Area
39, on lower level, looking west onto
VII.16.13 Pompeii. December 2007. Corridor 40, looking east to upper level.
VII.16.13 Pompeii. December 2007. Corridor 40, looking east to upper level. Room 30 is on the left. Rooms 50, 22 and 23 are on the right.
VII.16.13 Pompeii. December 2007. Small room or storeroom on north side of corridor 40.
VII.16.13 Pompeii. December 2007. Upper level, doorway to room 10 looking east from peristyle.
VII.16.13 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 10, looking east.
VII.16.13 Pompeii. December 2007. Area 18, south-east corner of peristyle outside room 10. Broken columns from peristyle.
VII.16.13 Pompeii. December 2007. Doorway to room 8 on north side of tablinum.
VII.16.13 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 8 on north side of tablinum, looking east.
VII.16.13 Pompeii. December 2007. Doorway to room 7 on north-west side of atrium.
VII.16.13 Pompeii. December 2007. Doorway to room 6, ala on north side of atrium.
VII.16.13 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 6, ala, looking north.
VII.16.13 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 2, floor in atrium.
According to Mau, the floor of the atrium is made of a black mosaic with pieces of coloured marble arranged in rows, and white stripes at the edges.
See Mau, A., 1907, translated by Kelsey F. W. Pompeii: Its Life and Art. New York: Macmillan. (p. 300).
VII.16.13 Pompeii. December 2007. Doorway to room 5 on the north-east side of atrium, on the left.
According to Mau, there was an alcove for a bed opposite the doorway.
The ceiling of the alcove, in the form of a vault, was lower than that of the rest of the room.
See Mau, A., 1907, translated by Kelsey F. W. Pompeii: Its Life and Art. New York: Macmillan. (p. 300).
VII.16.13/14 Pompeii. Pre-1937-39. North-east corner of atrium, with doorway to room 5, in centre.
Between the two doorways are the remains of the brick base of a shrine to the household gods.
The doorway on the right leads to VII.6.14.
Photo courtesy of American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Warsher collection no. 1743.
VII.16.13 Pompeii. December 2007. Doorway to room 5, on left, and to room 3, in centre.
Doorway from atrium to rooms 3 and 4 and entrance doorway from
On the left of the doorway are the remains of the brick base of a shrine to the household gods.
According to Boyce, in the north-east corner of the atrium stood a ruined brick base.
It was later in date than the stucco on the wall and is described by Fiorelli as “l’altare dei sacrifizi”.
Mau described it as “die Basis der Larenkapelle”.
See Boyce G. K., 1937. Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome: MAAR 14. (p. 73, no. 340).
VII.16.13 Pompeii. December 2007. Doorway from room 3 into atrium room 2.
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