IX.1.22 Pompeii. House of M. Epidi Sabini.  

Linked to IX.1.29. Excavated 1858 and 1866. Restored 1985.

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IX.1.22 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 24, looking north along east side of second peristyle. 

IX.1.22 Pompeii. Pre-1943.

Room 24, looking north towards oecus/triclinium 25, along east side of second peristyle. Photo by Tatiana Warscher.

See Warscher, T. Codex Topographicus Pompeianus, IX.1. (1943), Swedish Institute, Rome. (no.155), p. 270.

IX.1.22 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 25, oecus in north-east corner of peristyle.

IX.1.22 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 25, remains of painted decoration on pedestal or column.

IX.1.22 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 25, east wall of room in north-east corner of peristyle.

IX.1.22 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 25, looking towards north wall of room in north-east corner of peristyle.

Figures were seen in the rectangular panels above the middle zone of the walls.

These were not easily discernible because of the poor conservation but stood out reasonably well on the west wall.

See Mau in Bullettino dell’Instituto di Corrispondenza Archeologica (DAIR), 1876, (p.101-2)

IX.1.22 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 25, west wall of room in north-east corner of peristyle.

Starting from the left the figures seen in the small rectangular panels would have been –

a) A man, walking half to the left and half towards the viewer. He was naked but held a robe with both hands which fell from behind the lower part of his body and was visible between his legs. Each of his hands held a border.

b) Two wrestlers who could be named Hercules and Antaeus. The one on the right had embraced the opponent from behind and held him up high resting him on the thigh – but it was not possible to distinguish whether it was on the right or left. This one painfully took with the left hand the left arm of his conqueror.

c) A naked man, who put the stretched left leg towards the right, whilst the right leg was curved behind. The right arm was stretched from the shoulder towards the right, and it seemed as if his hand was disproportionately large, as if armed with a boxing-glove. Probably here one recognised a boxer.

d) Very faded. I seem to recognise a standing figure turned to the left, which could have been a boxer, corresponding to figure c).

e) A female figure in long robe. It seemed that the head was seen faced forward but that the rest of her moved towards the right; hanging on the right was certainly an object, but it was not recognisable. The left hand held a long stick, either a spear or a sceptre, from the top of which, a line nearly horizontal stretched above her head.

f) A man, walking quickly half to the right, half towards the viewer, with the curved right leg put forward. Holding a shepherd’s crook towards the right (in his left hand), with the curved part up, whilst near to the right shoulder as if leaning on it, was a high and narrow object, but not definable.

See Mau in Bullettino dell’Instituto di Corrispondenza Archeologica (DAIR), 1876, (p.101-2)

According to PPM,

e) was described as being on the west wall in the central area, details of the ashlar in relief, with the figure of a Muse with a lyre raised towards the right.

f) was described as being on the north end of the west wall, details of the ashlar in relief, with the figure of a Satyr (?) dancing with his right hand raised, in a similar pose to the bronze statuette of the House of the Faun, and with a shepherd’s crook in the left hand.

See Carratelli, G. P., 1990-2003. Pompei: Pitture e Mosaici: Vol. VIII. Roma: Istituto della enciclopedia italiana, (p.1013, nos. 98 and 99)

IX.1.22 Pompeii. 1941 photo by Tatiana Warscher.

Room 25, west wall of room in north-east corner of peristyle.

DAIR 79.1985. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.

IX.1.22 Pompeii. December 2007. First style decoration. Wall between rooms 25 and 26.

IX.1.22 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 26, room in north-west corner of second peristyle.

IX.1.22 Pompeii. Pre-1943. Photo by Tatiana Warscher.

North-east corner of second peristyle, with steps to upper floor, and window of room 28.

See Warscher, T. Codex Topographicus Pompeianus, IX.1. (1943), Swedish Institute, Rome. (no.157), p. 274.

IX.1.22 Pompeii. December 2007. Stone staircase between rooms 25 and 28.

IX.1.22 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 24, second peristyle. Looking south along east wall of peristyle and through window of room 28.

IX.1.22 Pompeii. September 2019. Room 27, second atrium. Looking east to rear entrance at IX.1.29.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR

IX.1.22 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 27, second atrium. Looking east to rear entrance at IX.1.29.

IX.1.22 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 27, impluvium in second atrium.

IX.1.22 Pompeii. December 2007. Doorway to room 28 on north side of second atrium, with marble threshold.

IX.1.22 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 28, north-east corner with recess.

IX.1.22 Pompeii. December 2007. Doorway to room 27, looking into room 29. Private bakery area.

IX.1.22 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 30.

IX.1.22 Pompeii. July 2008. Latrine, on right, in bakery kitchen area. Photo courtesy of Barry Hobson.

IX.1.22 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 29, bench in private bakery area.

IX.1.22 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 29, private bakery area.

IX.1.22 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 29, oven in private bakery area. 

IX.1.22 Pompeii. Pre-1943.

Room 29, north-east area of private bakery area, next to oven, on left. Photo by Tatiana Warscher.

See Warscher, T. Codex Topographicus Pompeianus, IX.1. (1943), Swedish Institute, Rome. (no.162), p. 278.

IX.1.22 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 29, oven in private bakery area.

The door on the left of the oven led into the bakery workshop, the arched alcove on the left of the doorway contained the cistern mouth.

IX.1.22 Pompeii. Pre-1943. Room 29, bakery, on the left is the arched alcove with the cistern mouths. Photo by Tatiana Warscher.

See Warscher, T. Codex Topographicus Pompeianus, IX.1. (1943), Swedish Institute, Rome. (no.160), p. 276.

IX.1.22 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 29, larger arch and cistern mouth in bakery area.

The cistern mouth was located near to the bakery workshop, to be able to draw water nearby.

A hole in the top of the vault also allowed water to be drawn from the upper floor.

IX.1.22 Pompeii. Pre-1943. Top of steps on upper floor. Photo by Tatiana Warscher.

See Warscher, T. Codex Topographicus Pompeianus, IX.1. (1943), Swedish Institute, Rome. (no.158), p. 275.

IX.1.22 Pompeii. Pre-1943. Upper room above arch with embedded puteal in floor. Photo by Tatiana Warscher.

Warscher described it as “a piece of square tufa with a wide round opening”. 

This opening would allow water to be drawn up through the cistern mouth on the lower floor, via the opening above it directly to the upper floor.

See Warscher, T. Codex Topographicus Pompeianus, IX.1. (1943), Swedish Institute, Rome. (no.159), p. 275.

IX.1.22 Pompeii. December 2007.

Room 29, doorway into bakery workshop for the working of the bread, with barrel-vaulted ceiling and square window at its east end.

IX.1.22 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 29, private bakery area, corner of bakery workshop.

IX.1.22 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 29, wall in bakery workshop in private bakery area.

IX.1.22 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 29, small arch recess in bakery area, under stairs to upper floor area. 

IX.1.22 Pompeii. December 2007. Looking south from room 29 into room 27, second atrium.

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