VIII.2.34 Pompeii. Casa delle Colombe a mosaico or House of the Mosaic Doves.

Excavated 1767, 1885, 1928.

Entrance level

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VIII.2.34 Pompeii. October 2023.

Looking south along west side of atrium, with doorway to room ‘o’ on left, followed by west ala ‘i’, and doorways to ‘k’, ‘L’ , and ‘q’, on right.

Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VIII.2.34 Pompeii. May 2006. Room ‘i’, looking west into ala from atrium ‘c’.

VIII.2.34 Pompeii. May 2006. West side of ala, room ‘i’.

VIII.2.34 Pompeii. October 2023.

Doorway to room ‘k’ on west side of atrium. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VIII.2.34 Pompeii. May 2006. Doorway of cubiculum ‘k’, on west side of atrium next to ala ‘i’.

VIII.2.34 Pompeii. May 2006. Looking north-west through doorway of cubiculum ‘k’ on west side of atrium ‘c’.

The flooring found in this room was of cocciopesto with a net of meandering swastikas, alternating with squares with a white central cross.

When excavated, only a fragment of black zoccolo was found on the east wall.

VIII.2.34 Pompeii. c.1930. Flooring in cubiculum “k”, consisting of a “net” of swastika meanders alternating with squares containing a central white cross.

DAIR 41.689. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.

See Pernice, E.  1938. Pavimente und Figürliche Mosaiken: Die Hellenistische Kunst in Pompeji, Band VI. Berlin: de Gruyter, (taf. 31.6)

VIII.2.34 Pompeii. May 2006. Doorways to rooms ‘k’, ‘L’ and ‘q’, on west side of atrium ‘c’.

VIII.2.34 Pompeii. October 2023. Doorway to room ‘L’. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VIII.2.34 Pompeii. May 2006. Looking west through middle doorway of small room ‘L’, on west side of atrium ‘c’.

VIII.2.34 Pompeii. May 2006.

North-west corner of atrium ‘c’ with doorway to small room ‘L’ and doorway linking to room ‘q’, kitchen area and VIII.2.33.

VIII.2.34 Pompeii. May 2006.

Doorway to room ‘q’, linking to VIII.2.33 and kitchen area in north-west corner of atrium ‘c’.

VIII.2.34 Pompeii. May 2006. North-west corner of atrium ‘c’.

According to NdS, the kitchen was entered through the first doorway on the west side of the atrium.

As well as the hearth and latrine, the kitchen also contained another rustic room that at one time was linked to the atrium.

The posticum at VIII.2.33 was also near the kitchen.

See Notizie degli Scavi, April 1885, (p.163)

VIII.2.34 Pompeii. May 2006. Looking north in room ‘r’, linked to posticum entrance at VIII.2.33. On the right would be the doorway to the kitchen.

VIII.2.34 Pompeii. May 2006. Looking north at stairs to upper floor, near entrance at VIII.2.33.

VIII.2.32 Pompeii. May 2006. Looking north along corridor ‘u’ of VIII.2.32, linked to VIII.2.33 and VIII.2.34.

VIII.2.32 Pompeii. May 2006. Looking south along corridor ‘u’ to entrance to terrace and lower levels of VIII.2.34

VIII.2.34 Pompeii. May 2006. Looking north from atrium ‘c’ through entrance corridor ‘b’, towards Vicolo della Regina.

Finds

VIII.2.34 Pompeii. March 2024. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.

No. 6 – Fragments of carbonised woollen fabrics (perhaps a tunic), Ist century AD.

(No. 6 - Frammenti di tessuti in lana carbonizzati (forse di tunica), I sec, d.C).

On display in exhibition in Palaestra entitled – “L’altra Pompei, vite comuni all’ombra del Vesuvio”.

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