IX.3.5 Pompeii. House of M. Lucretius or Casa delle Suonatrici.

Linked to IX.3.24. Excavated 1846 and 1851. (Strada Stabiana 33).

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IX.3.5 Pompeii. October 2020. Doorway to room 31, cubiculum in east wall of atrium, of IX.3.24. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

IX.3.5 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to room 31, cubiculum.

IX.3.5 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 31, south wall.

IX.3.5 Pompeii.  March 2009. Room 31, recess in south-east corner, against east wall.

The walls would have been painted with a high yellow dado.

IX.3.5 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 32, west wall of tablinum. The west wall would have been painted with a black dado.

In the middle zone, the narrow central compartment would have had a white background.

The bordered side panels were probably red and yellow.

At the north end was a red panel, and decoration of candelabra could be seen.

See Bragantini, de Vos, Badoni, 1986. Pitture e Pavimenti di Pompei, Parte 3. Rome: ICCD. (p.444, tablino ‘33’)

IX.3.5 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 32, east wall of tablinum. The east wall had a black dado.

In the middle zone of the east wall would have been a panel on a white background.

The bordered side panels probably would have been red and yellow.

IX.3.5 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 30, west wall of secondary atrium. Masonry supports for cupboards.

IX.3.5 Pompeii. October 2020. Room 32, west wall of tablinum, and corridor on west side of tablinum on west side of secondary atrium.

Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

IX.3.5 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 33, corridor on west side of tablinum.

IX.3.5 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 33, corridor, looking south to room 21.

IX.3.5 Pompeii. May 2015. Room 30, secondary atrium. 

Looking west towards doorway to room 34, entrance doorway at IX.3.24, and doorway to room 29. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

IX.3.5 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 30, secondary atrium. Looking north-west towards doorway to room 34, on west side of entrance IX.3.24.

IX.3.5 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 30, secondary atrium. North-west corner with remains of painted plaster.

IX.3.5 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 30, painted plaster in north-west corner of secondary atrium. 

IX.3.5 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 34, doorway to cubiculum.

IX.3.5 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 34, north wall of cubiculum.

IX.3.5 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 34, south wall, with square niche and bed recess in cubiculum.

IX.3.5 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 34, south wall, with square niche in cubiculum.

IX.3.5 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 34, west wall of cubiculum.

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