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IX.5.11 Pompeii. December 2007.
Doorway to room k oecus with a window overlooking the garden, looking south-west.
The walls of this room were decorated in the fourth Style.
The zoccolo was divided into panels, the middle zone was divided into compartments with a white background, and the upper zone also had a white background.
This room was decorated with images of the Muses, beginning from the east wall, of –
Clio, who reads from an open volume held between her hands,
Thalia, with comic mask and shepherds crook,
Urania, with globe and pen (stilo),
Euterpe, with two long pan-pipes,
Melpomene with tragic mask and club,
Erato in attitude of playing the lyre,
Terpsichore, playing the zither,
And finally, Polyhymnia wrapped in her cloak.
In this room, a burnt human skeleton was found, with a gold ring on the finger.
See Notizie degli Scavi di Antichitŕ, 1877, (p.250)
See Bullettino dell’Instituto di Corrispondenza
Archeologica (DAIR), 1879, (p.201, nos, 46-62).
IX.5.11 Pompeii. March 2017. Room k, looking
south through doorway from atrium b.
Foto Christian Beck, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.5.11 Pompeii. May 2017. Room k, threshold of
doorway.
Foto Christian Beck, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.5.11 Pompeii. March 2017. Room k, doorway
threshold.
Foto Christian Beck, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.5.11 Pompeii. December 2007. Room k, looking south along east wall.
IX.5.11 Pompeii. Old photo c.1880. Room k, oecus, east wall.
A floating figure and two muses, Clio with an open scroll and Thalia with comic mask.
See Schefold, K.,
1962. Vergessenes Pompeji. Bern:
Francke. (Fig. 134 [f]: Ostwand)
IX.5.11 Pompeii. May 2017. Room k, upper east
wall.
Foto Christian Beck, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.5.11 Pompeii. March 2017. Room k, detail of
stucco frieze on upper east wall at south end.
Foto Christian Beck, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.5.11 Pompeii. May 2017. Room k, east wall.
Foto Christian Beck, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.5.11 Pompeii. May 2017. Room k, centre of east
wall and towards south end.
Foto Christian Beck, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.5.11 Pompeii. May 2017.
Room k, hole made by the ancient searchers
breaking through into/or out of the tablinum.
Foto Christian Beck, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.5.11 Pompeii. March 2017. Room k, zoccolo
below central panel on east wall with remaining painted decoration.
Foto Christian Beck, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.5.11 Pompeii. March 2017. Room k, detail
from zoccolo on east wall below central panel.
Foto Christian Beck, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR
IX.5.11 Pompeii. May 2017. Room k, upper east
wall in north-east corner.
Foto Christian Beck, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.5.11 Pompeii. May 2017. Room k, panel on east
wall at north end.
Foto Christian Beck, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.5.11 Pompeii. May 2017. Room k, detail of
flying figure from north end of east wall.
Foto Christian Beck, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.5.11 Pompeii. May 2017. Room k, central
panel on east wall.
Foto Christian Beck, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.5.11 Pompeii. May 2017.
Room k, detail of figure of Clio in middle of centre
panel on east wall.
Foto Christian Beck, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.5.11 Pompeii. Room k, oecus, east wall.
Undated drawing (between 1877-1888) by A. Sikkard of Muse Clio reading from an open volume held between her hands.
DAIR 83.246. Photo
© Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.
IX.5.11 Pompeii. May 2017. Room k, south end of
east wall.
Foto Christian Beck, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.5.11 Pompeii. May 2017.
Room k, remaining detail of figure of Thalia in
panel at south end of east wall.
Foto Christian Beck, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.5.11 Pompeii. Room k, oecus, east wall.
Undated drawing (between 1877-1888) by A. Sikkard of Muse Thalia with comic mask and shepherds’ crook.
DAIR 83.247. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom,
Arkiv.
IX.5.11
Pompeii. May 2017. Room k, window at south end of east wall in south-east
corner.
Foto
Christian Beck, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.5.11
Pompeii. May 2017. Room k, window on south wall at east end.
Foto
Christian Beck, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.5.11
Pompeii. March 2017. Room k, below window on south wall in south-east corner.
Foto
Christian Beck, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.5.11 Pompeii. March 2017. Room k, detail
from below window on south wall.
Foto Christian Beck, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.5.11 Pompeii. March 2017. Room k, detail of
border edging from below window on south wall.
Foto Christian Beck, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.5.11 Pompeii. December 2007. Room k, south-east corner, with window to garden on south wall.
IX.5.11
Pompeii. May 2017. Room k, flooring near south-east corner and south wall.
Foto
Christian Beck, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.5.11
Pompeii. May 2017. Room k, floor in south-east corner.
Foto
Christian Beck, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.5.11
Pompeii. March 2017. Room k, floor in south-east corner.
Foto
Christian Beck, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.5.11
Pompeii. March 2017. Room k, flooring near south wall.
Foto
Christian Beck, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.5.11
Pompeii. May 2017. Room k, flooring near south wall.
Foto
Christian Beck, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.5.11
Pompeii. May 2017. Room k, flooring.
Foto
Christian Beck, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.5.11
Pompeii. May 2017. Room k, lower south wall
Foto
Christian Beck, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.5.11
Pompeii. May 2017. Room k, south wall.
Foto
Christian Beck, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.5.11
Pompeii. March 2017. Room k, south wall.
Foto
Christian Beck, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.5.11 Pompeii. Old photo c.1880. Room k, oecus, south wall.
The muses Urania with globe and compass and Euterpe holding two auloi.
See Schefold, K., 1962. Vergessenes Pompeji. Bern: Francke. (Fig. 132.2 [f]: Sudwand)
IX.5.11
Pompeii. May 2017. Room k, panel on west side of window on south wall with
faded figure of Urania.
Foto
Christian Beck, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.5.11
Pompeii. May 2017. Room k, faded figure of Urania from
south wall.
Foto
Christian Beck, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.5.11
Pompeii. May 2017. Room k, enlargement of detail of Urania from south wall.
Foto
Christian Beck, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.5.11 Pompeii. Room k, oecus, south wall.
Undated drawing (between 1877-1888) by A. Sikkard of Muse Urania with globe and pen (stilo),
DAIR 83.248. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.
IX.5.11
Pompeii. May 2017. Room k, west end of south wall.
Foto
Christian Beck, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.5.11
Pompeii. May 2017. Room k, panel at west end of south wall with faded figure of
Euterpe.
Foto
Christian Beck, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.5.11
Pompeii. March 2017.
Room
k, panel at west end of south wall with faded figure of Euterpe.
Foto
Christian Beck, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.5.11
Pompeii. May 2017. Room k, figure of Euterpe from west end of south wall.
Foto
Christian Beck, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.5.11
Pompeii. March 2017. Room k, enlarged figure of
Euterpe from west end of south wall.
Foto
Christian Beck, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.5.11 Pompeii. Room k, oecus, south wall.
Undated drawing (between 1877-1888) by A. Sikkard of Muse Euterpe with two long auloi.
DAIR 83.249. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.
IX.5.11
Pompeii. May 2017. Room k, upper south wall at west end.
Foto
Christian Beck, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.5.11
Pompeii. May 2017. Room k, detail from upper south wall at west end.
Foto
Christian Beck, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.5.11 Pompeii. December 2007. Room k, south-west corner.
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