VIII.2.39 Pompeii. Casa di Giuseppe II or Casa di Fusco or House of Emperor Joseph II.

Linked to VIII.2.38. Excavated 1750, 1767, 1769, 1826, 1884, 1928.

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VIII.2.39 Pompeii. May 2006.

Doorways to room n, staircase to upper floor, and kitchen d’ in north-west corner of atrium.

VIII.2.39 Pompeii. May 2006. Staircase n to upper floor, and doorway leading to VIII.2.38.

VIII.2.39 Pompeii. May 2006. Hearth in kitchen d’.

VIII.2.39 Pompeii. May 2006. Kitchen d’, niche latrine.

VIII.2.39 Pompeii. May 2006.

VIII.2.39 Pompeii. May 2006.

VIII.2.39 Pompeii. September 2019.

Looking south across atrium towards doorways to room t, tablinum r, in centre, and corridor q to rear, on right.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR

VIII.2.39 Pompeii. October 2023. Doorway to room t. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VIII.2.39 Pompeii. October 2023. Looking south across atrium into tablinum r.  Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VIII.2.39 Pompeii. October 2023.

Looking south across atrium through doorway into corridor q. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VIII.2.39 Pompeii. September 2019. Corridor q to rear on west side of tablinum.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR

VIII.2.39 Pompeii. October 2023. Detail of west wall of corridor q. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VIII.2.39 Pompeii. September 2019. Looking north through tablinum window towards atrium, and across to entrance doorway.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR

VIII.2.39 Pompeii. May 2006. Room r, tablinum, from large room, w. Looking north across tablinum, towards atrium and entrance doorway.

According to Jashemski, all of the rooms at the rear of this house were built out over the south wall of the city.

At the rear on the street level, the large room w, and the triclinia on either side of it (rooms v and x) were completely open onto the portico that preceded the terrace.

See Jashemski, W. F., 1993. The Gardens of Pompeii, Volume II: Appendices. New York: Caratzas. (p.209 and fig 244, reconstruction of rear of house).

VIII.2.39 Pompeii. Room r, tablinum east wall. 19^th century drawing by G Discanno.

A statue of Apollo with a lyre under his arm, the omphalos on which is a crow and in front of that the tripod placed on a rise.

Nearby is a table with ribbons: on the bottom there are plants and trees.

On the left are two women one in an act of adoration, the other holding a basket and on the right is an armed man.

DAIR 53.519. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.

See Carratelli, G. P., 1990-2003. Pompei: Pitture e Mosaici: Vol. VIII. Roma: Istituto della enciclopedia italiana, p. 333.

VIII.2.39 Pompeii. Room r, tablinum west wall, central panel. 19^th century drawing by G Discanno.

A column is surmounted by a small herm. The sparse fronds of a tree surround it and from the branches hang objects.  

On the right there is a female statue that holds something between the raised hands.

From the left comes a man preceded by a dog.

DAIR 53.516. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.

See Carratelli, G. P., 1990-2003. Pompei: Pitture e Mosaici: Vol. VIII. Roma: Istituto della enciclopedia italiana, p. 333.

VIII.2.39 Pompeii. Sketch by G. Discanno, of wall decoration in tablinum.

DAIR 83.178. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.

VIII.2.39 Pompeii. May 2006. Large room w, looking west towards room v, a triclinium, and part of room p.

VIII.2.39 Pompeii. May 2006. Room p, north-west corner, with window in north wall to west ala, room h.

VIII.2.39 Pompeii. September 2019. Looking towards room x with windows, on east side of large room w.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR

VIII.2.39 Pompeii. May 2006. Large room w, looking east towards room x, another triclinium with windows.

On the right would have been the portico, leading to the street-level terrace.

VIII.2.39 Pompeii. May 2011. Large room w, looking east towards room x, another triclinium with windows, upper left.

On the right would have been the portico, leading to the street-level terrace.  Photo courtesy of Ivo van der Graaff.

VIII.2.39 Pompeii. May 2006. Looking south overlooking rooms on first lower floor and terrace.

Originally, these rooms would have been under the street-level portico and terrace.

According to Jashemski, the principal room had a door and two windows that opened onto a wide terrace at the rear on this lower level.

A triclinium (room on the lower right) and a cubiculum (on the extreme left of the terrace, see below) each had a window opening onto the terrace.

See Jashemski, W. F., 1993. The Gardens of Pompeii, Volume II: Appendices. New York: Caratzas. (p.209)

VIII.2.39 Pompeii. May 2006. Looking south-east overlooking rooms on first lower floor and terrace.

VIII.2.39 Pompeii. May 2011. Looking east across rooms on first lower floor and terrace. Photo courtesy of Ivo van der Graaff.

VIII.2.39 Pompeii. May 2006. Room q, corridor to room b, atrium. Looking north.

VIII.2.39 Pompeii. May 2006. Room b, atrium and impluvium. Looking north to entrance doorway.

VIII.2.39 Pompeii. May 2006. Room u, cistern shaft.

VIII.2.39 Pompeii. May 2006. Room u, ramp.

VIII.2.39 Pompeii. May 2006. Room u, stairs to lower levels.

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