IX.8.6 Pompeii. Casa del
Centenario or House of the Centenary
or Domus A Rustii Veri e Tiberius
Claudi Veri.
Linked to IX.8.3, IX.8.8, IX.8.a, and IX.8.c. Excavated 1879, 1881 and 1902.
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IX.8.6 Pompeii. December 2007. Entrance on Via Nola, looking east.
According to Della Corte, this magnificent dwelling, belonged to the Verus family.
According to the graffiti written on the façade, this was A. Rustius Verus, noted as aedile and duumvir candidate.
Another mentioned was Ti. Claudius Verus, who held the position of supreme magistrate for the year 61-62.
Much graffiti was found on the façade, especially between IX.8.6 and 7, for this see IX.8.7.
See Della Corte,
M., 1965. Case ed Abitanti di Pompei.
Napoli: Fausto Fiorentino. (p.133).
IX.8.6 Pompeii. October
2023. Looking south towards entrance doorway with bench on either side. Photo
courtesy of Klaus Heese.
IX.8.6 Pompeii. 1961. Looking south to entrance doorway and bench on either side. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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IX.8.6 Pompeii. October
2023. Steps to entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
IX.8.6 Pompeii. September 2015. Entrance doorway, looking south across atrium.
IX.8.6 Pompeii. September 2004. Entrance doorway, looking south.
IX.8.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Entrance mosaic of dolphin pursued by a seahorse.
IX.8.6 Pompeii. Entrance mosaic.
Photographed 1970-79 by Günther Einhorn, picture courtesy of his son Ralf Einhorn.
Photo courtesy of
American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Warsher collection
no. 340.
IX.8.6 Pompeii. October
2023. Looking south across atrium from entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of
Klaus Heese.
IX.8.6 Pompeii. 2016/2017.
Looking south-west
from entrance doorway across mosaic floor in atrium.
Photo
courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
IX.8.6 Pompeii. September 2015. Looking south from entrance doorway across mosaic floor in atrium.
IX.8.6 Pompeii. September 2015. Looking south across mosaic floor towards impluvium.
IX.8.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to room 1, cubiculum.
IX.8.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 1, north wall and north-east corner.
IX.8.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking south along east side of atrium.
IX.8.6 Pompeii. September 2004. East side of atrium looking south.
IX.8.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to room 2, small room or cubiculum.
IX.8.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to room 3, cubiculum.
IX.8.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 3, east wall.
IX.8.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 4, entrance to ala on east side of atrium.
IX.8.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 4, south wall.
IX.8.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 4, east wall.
IX.8.6 Pompeii.
Casa del Centenario: room 4, east wall.
1886 painting by Alfred Rettelbusch. Photo courtesy of © Kulturhistorisches Museum Magdeburg.
IX.8.6 Pompeii. W.1460. Drawing of goat, base, garland and crook, from side panel of east wall of room 4.
Photo by Tatiana
Warscher. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.
IX.8.6 Pompeii. W.1463. Room 4, drawing of Artemis, or Diana, with deer in hand.
According to Bragantini, in the centre of the north and east wall were paintings of Artemis, or Diana.
See
Bragantini, de Vos, Badoni, 1986. Pitture e Pavimenti di Pompei, Parte 3. Rome: ICCD. (p.513)
Photo by Tatiana
Warscher. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut,
Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.
IX.8.6 Pompeii. W.381. Drawing of winged griffin or lion, altar and palm tree, from side panel of east wall of room 4.
Photo by Tatiana
Warscher. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.
IX.8.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 4, north wall.
IX.8.6 Pompeii. W.1461. Drawing of panther, rhyton (drinking horn) and tambourine, from side panel of north wall of room 4.
According to Bragantini, in the centre of the north and east wall were paintings of Artemis, or Diana.
The one to the left, north wall, showed Diana with serpent in hand.
See
Bragantini, de Vos, Badoni, 1986. Pitture e Pavimenti di Pompei, Parte 3. Rome: ICCD. (p.513)
See Schefold, K., 1962. Vergessenes Pompeji. Bern: Francke. (fig.105,1 for a photo).
Photo by Tatiana Warscher. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.
IX.8.3 Pompeii. 1961. Painting of Diana (Artemis) from north wall of room 4. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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According to Bragantini, de Vos, Badoni, Diana is holding a serpent in her hand.
This photograph seems to indicate that she was, in fact, holding a bow.
See Bragantini, de Vos, Badoni, 1986. Pitture e Pavimenti di Pompei, Parte 3. Rome: ICCD. (p.513)
IX.8.6 Pompeii. W.1462. Drawing of sphynx with crowned head, from side panel of north wall of room 4.
Photo by Tatiana
Warscher. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.
IX.8.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 4, floor.
IX.8.6 Pompeii. September 2004. Looking north along east side of atrium from near doorway to room 4.
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