VIII.5.24 Pompeii. House of the Physician or House of the Judgement of Solomon.

Excavated 1841, 1882.

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VIII.5.24 Pompeii. May 2010. Peristyle south wall.

VIII.5.24 Pompeii. May 2010. Looking south along east portico.

VIII.5.24 Pompeii. May 2010. Looking east across peristyle from south-west corner.

According to PPM –

In the south-east corner of the peristyle, between the columns was a low small wall which, around its inside, was decorated with a series of painted panels in IV Style: some of those representing Nilotic scenes have been cut and taken to Naples Museum, while those that showed, for example, a lion chasing a deer or roe deer... a marsh plant... a rooster... an ibis pecking at a toad (see Mau) remained in situ and have been destroyed by time. These were on a red background.

See Carratelli, G. P., 1990-2003. Pompei: Pitture e Mosaici, VIII. Roma: Istituto della enciclopedia italiana, (p. 605).

VIII.5.24 Pompeii. May 2010. Pluteus around portico of peristyle garden.

VIII.5.24 Pompeii. Wall painting of Pygmies acting the Judgement of Solomon.

From a low wall connecting peristyle columns in VIII.5.24. 

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 113197.

VIII.5.24 Pompeii. Detail from wall painting of Pygmies acting the Judgement of Solomon. 

From a low wall connecting peristyle columns in VIII.5.24. 

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 113197.

VIII.5.24 Pompeii. Drawing by Pierre Gusman entitled Parody of the Judgement of Solomon.

See Gusman, P. (1900). Pompei, the city, its life and art. London, William Heinemann. (p.377).

VIII.5.24 Pompeii. March 2014. Display of painting on a wall in Naples Archaeological Museum.

The lowest painting is a Nile banquet scene with pygmies. From a low wall connecting peristyle columns in VIII.5.24. 

The upper paintings are from VII.2.25.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VIII.5.24 Pompeii. March 2014. Wall painting of Nile banquet scene with pygmies or a parody of the story of Jonah.

From a low wall connecting peristyle columns in VIII.5.24. 

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number113196.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VIII.5.24 Pompeii. Drawing by Pierre Gusman entitled Parody of the Story of Jonah.

See Gusman, P. (1900). Pompei, the city, its life and art. London, William Heinemann. (p.377).

VIII.5.24 Pompeii. 2016/2017.

Wall painting of Pygmies in a Nile Scene. Found 1882, from a low wall connecting peristyle columns in VIII.5.24. 

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 113195.  Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.

VIII.5.24 Pompeii. Wall painting of Pygmies in a Nile Scene. Found 1882, from a low wall connecting peristyle columns in VIII.5.24. 

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 113195.

VIII.5.24 Pompeii.

Detail from a wall painting of Pygmies in a Nile Scene. Found in 1882 from a low wall connecting peristyle columns in VIII.5.24. 

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 113195.

Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella taken December 2019.

VIII.5.24 Pompeii. Detail from a wall painting of Pygmies in a Nile Scene. From a low wall connecting peristyle columns in VIII.5.24. 

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 113195.

VIII.5.24 Pompeii. Detail from a wall painting of Pygmies in a Nile Scene. From a low wall connecting peristyle columns in VIII.5.24. 

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 113195.

VIII.5.24 Pompeii. Detail from a wall painting of Pygmies in a Nile Scene. From a low wall connecting peristyle columns in VIII.5.24. 

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 113195.

VIII.5.24 Pompeii. May 2010. Looking north along west portico.

VIII.5.24 Pompeii. December 2004. Looking east along north portico, with doorways to rooms 10,9 and 8.

VIII.5.24 Pompeii. May 2010. Looking east along north portico, from the north-west corner.

VIII.5.24 Pompeii. May 2010. Looking north from peristyle entrance across atrium, to front of house on Via dell’Abbondanza.

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