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IX.9.6 Pompeii. May 2006. West wall of wide portico, with lararium niche.
This portico was supported by two pillars, by a masonry arch and a long architrave.
The portico had rustic walls with a high black zoccolo/plinth, which, however, was not continuous: in the west wall, and really in the vertical wall from which the arch originated, a semicircular niche covered in white plaster was hollowed out. Underneath of which, was a matching masonry altar, leaning against the wall and parapet of the inter-columnisation.
See Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, 1889, p.123.
IX.9.6 Pompeii.
Looking north from garden area towards masonry arch above portico. On the right the decorated north wall of the triclinium can be seen.
Archive photo C150,
su concessione del Ministero della Cultura - Parco Archeologico di Pompei.
Photograph ©
Parco Archeologico di Pompei.
IX.9.6 Pompeii. May 2006. Arched lararium niche with white stucco walls in west wall of portico, with masonry altar built under it.
According to Boyce a coin of Claudius was found on the floor of the niche.
See Boyce G. K., 1937. Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome: MAAR 14. (p.91 no. 458)
IX.9.6 Pompeii. May 2006. North-west corner of portico, with doorway to corridor leading to front of house.
IX.9.6 Pompeii. May 2006. Looking north along corridor, leading to entrance.
IX.9.6 Pompeii. May 2006. Looking east along portico, along garden wall.
According to NdS, the portico had rustic walls with a tall black dado or plinth (zoccolo), which was not seen on all walls.
See Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, 1889, p.123.
IX.9.6 Pompeii, 1978. Pot in north-east corner, looking east. 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.9.6 Pompeii. 1964. Pot in north-east corner, looking north.
At the rear is the east portico, and a room belonging to IX.9.9 can be seen behind the broken wall.
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.9.6 Pompeii. May 2006. Room on south-east corner of portico, looking south.
According to NdS, in this small room there was nothing much of note, other than a window onto the garden and some numbered graffiti on the south wall.
See Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, 1889, p.125
IX.9.6 Pompeii. 1964. Looking north from garden area. 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.9.6 Pompeii. May 2006. Looking south into garden at IX.9.10.
On the right of the photo, the base of the money-chest can just be seen.
According to NdS, in this area many amphorae were found (see NdS, 1887, p.562; 1888, p.523 and following), so it was assumed the owner had been a “vinarius” (a vintner).
On 13th February 1888, a human skeleton with a silver bracelet, four silver and eleven bronze coins were found here (see NdS, 1888, p.525 for description).
On the left of the photo, was the entrance to a latrine, which was under a mezzanine level above.
It could not be confirmed whether the room also contained the kitchen, as there was no trace of a hearth, but it was too large to only contain the toilet.
It was lit by a circular window, in which was buried the belly of an amphora.
On the same east side of the garden was the rear doorway into the adjacent roadway, (see IX.9.10).
On the south side of the garden was the domestic sacrarium, entered by a doorway on the west side, (see IX.9.10).
See Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, 1889, p.125.
IX.9.6/10 Pompeii. 1964. West side of garden area.
The flat block on the left in front of the wall is a money chest base. 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.9.6/10 Pompeii. Chest base.
According to Pernice –
Found in front of the un-plastered long wall of the large courtyard.
The base was probably in place before the building was remodelled, but due to its weight it was simply left lying there and used for something else.
No traces of rust can be found on the surface. The notches indicate square feet. The iron spike and the hole that are typical for money box foundations are missing.
See Pernice, E.,
1932. Hellenistische Tische, Zisternenmündungen, Beckenuntersätze, Altäre u.
Truhen. Berlin, p. 73, Taf. 43.5.
DAIR 32.1112. Photo
© Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.
Thanks to Espen B. Andersson for assisting us in our interest in money-chests.
IX.9.6 Pompeii, 1978. Looking south into garden at IX.9.10. 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.9.6
Pompeii, 1973. Looking south across garden area. 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.9.6 Pompeii. 1964. Looking south across garden. 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.9.6 Pompeii. 1961. Looking south-east across garden area. The doorway to the latrine is on the left. 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.9.6 Pompeii. 1961. Looking south across garden to the domestic sacrarium. 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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