VIII.5.39 Pompeii. House of Acceptus and the Euhodia.
Excavated 1881.
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VIII.5.39 Pompeii. March 2009. West side of room 1, with remains of two columns. Doorways to rooms 2, 4, 5 and 6
VIII.5.39 Pompeii. October 2022. Doorways to rooms 4, 5 and 6 on east side of atrium. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VIII.5.39 Pompeii. March 2009. North-west side of room 1 with doorways to rooms 4, 5 and 6.
VIII.5.39 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to room 2, small room.
VIII.5.39 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 2, west wall.
VIII.5.39 Pompeii. September 2005. Room 2, west wall.
VIII.5.39 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 2, south wall with window overlooking Vicolo delle Pareti Rosse.
VIII.5.39 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 2, south-east corner.
VIII.5.39 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 2, north-east corner.
VIII.5.39 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 2, painted plant decoration.
VIII.5.39 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 2, painted plant decoration.
VIII.5.39 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 2, remains of painted plant decoration.
VIII.5.39 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to room 4, corridor leading to kitchen 3.
VIII.5.39 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 4, corridor leading to kitchen 3.
VIII.5.39 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to room 3, kitchen.
VIII.5.39 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 3, west wall of kitchen.
VIII.5.39 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 3, remains of hearth or bench in south-west corner of kitchen.
VIII.5.39 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 3, south wall of kitchen, with bench and remains of lararium painting.
In the south-east corner, on the left of the photo, would have been the latrine.
See Hobson, B., 2009. Pompeii, Latrines and Down Pipes. Oxford, Hadrian Books: (p.466).
VIII.5.39 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 3, faded lararium painting on south wall of kitchen.
On the south wall of the kitchen was a painting of Fortuna, with the usual attributes, a cornucopia, and a rudder resting on a ball.
The Genius and the Lares appear nowhere, and as a lotus blossom was painted on the forehead of the goddess, she was thought to be a form of Isis.
See Mau, A., 1907, translated by Kelsey F. W. Pompeii: Its Life and Art. New York: Macmillan, p.341-343.
See Fröhlich, T., 1991. Lararien und Fassadenbilder in den Vesuvstädten. Mainz: von Zabern, L97 on page 293 and Taf 46,2.
According to Boyce, on the south wall of the kitchen beneath the window was a painting of Isis-Fortuna.
This was painted on a rough rectangle of white plaster, bordered in red.
The goddess stands, a wreath of leaves upon her head, the lotus flower on her forehead, her dark hair falling over her shoulders.
She wears a long yellow chiton and blue mantle.
In her left hand, she held a cornucopia.
In her right hand, she held a yellow rudder, the lower end of which rested upon a globe.
To the right and left of her, there were large shrubs with red flowers.
See Boyce G. K., 1937. Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome: MAAR 14. (p.78, no.372)
VIII.5.39 Pompeii. Room 3, south wall of kitchen. Drawing by G. Discanno of lararium painting of Isis Fortuna with rudder, globe and cornucopia.
DAIR 83.201. Photo
© Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.
See Fröhlich, T., 1991. Lararien und Fassadenbilder in den Vesuvstädten. Mainz: von Zabern, L97 on page 293 and Taf 46,2.
VIII.5.39 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 3, north-east corner of kitchen.
VIII.5.39 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 3, north wall of kitchen, and upper floor.