II.2.2 Pompeii. House of Loreius Tiburtinus or House of D. Octavius Quartio.

Excavated 1916, 1918, 1921, 1933-35 and 1973. Linked to II.2.5.

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II.2.2 Pompeii. Entrance.

Photographed 1970-79 by Günther Einhorn, picture courtesy of his son Ralf Einhorn.

 

 

II.2.2 Pompeii. December 2007. Entrance doorway on Via dell’ Abbondanza.

 

II.2.2 Pompeii. December 2007. Entrance vestibule with benches on either side.

 

II.2.2 Pompeii. December 2007. Looking through fauces towards atrium.

 

II.2.2 Pompeii. December 2005. Cast of door on east side.  

 

II.2.2 Pompeii. December 2005. Cast of door on west side with nails.

 

II.2.2 Pompeii. December 2004. Doors and fauces.

 

II.2.2 Pompeii. December 2005.

Room 1, atrium. Looking south across atrium, impluvium and fountain.

According to Jashemski, Spinazzola said the space between the walls had been lined in wood and would have formed a permanent planting box.

The impluvium had been bordered by a low, double masonry wall, covered with marble on the outside.

See Jashemski, W. F., 1993. The Gardens of Pompeii, Volume II: Appendices. New York: Caratzas. (p.78)

 

II.2.2 Pompeii. July 2011.

Room 1, looking south-west across atrium towards doorway to room 4.

Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

 

II.2.2 Pompeii. July 2011. Room 1, fountain base which may have held a statuette.

Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

 

II.2.2 Pompeii. July 2011. Room 1, north side of impluvium.

Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

 

II.2.2 Pompeii. December 2005. Room 1, remains of flooring on south side of atrium.

 

II.2.2 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 1, atrium.  Looking east across impluvium and fountain.

The east and west sides of the impluvium were badly damaged by bombing in 1943 and have been rebuilt.

See Jashemski, W. F., 1993. The Gardens of Pompeii, Volume II: Appendices. New York: Caratzas. (p.78)

 

II.2.2 Pompeii. December 2005. 

Room 1, looking north across atrium to entrance. The doorway to room 7 is behind scaffolding.

 

II.2.2 Pompeii. December 2005. Doorways to rooms 2 and 3 on west side of atrium.

According to Garcia y Garcia, as a result of the bombing of 19th September 1943, the three rooms on the west side of the atrium were partially destroyed.

All of the corresponding perimeter external wall was also destroyed.

See Garcia y Garcia, L., 2006. Danni di guerra a Pompei. Rome: L’Erma di Bretschneider. (p.45-47)

 

II.2.2 Pompeii. March 2009.

North-west corner of room 1, the atrium, with doorway to II.2.1

 

 

 

 

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