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VI.15.23 Pompeii. Unnamed house. Excavated 1896.

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VI.15.23 Pompeii. September 2005. Looking south-west across peristyle towards kitchen area, from north-east corner near ala and oecus. The doorway to the kitchen can be seen on the left of centre.

VI.15.23 Pompeii. September 2005.

Looking south-west across peristyle towards kitchen area, from north-east corner near ala and oecus.

The doorway to the kitchen can be seen on the left of centre.

 

VI.15.23 Pompeii. September 2005. Half-column in west peristyle wall near doorway to kitchen.

VI.15.23 Pompeii. September 2005.

Half-column in west peristyle wall near doorway to kitchen.

 

VI.15.23 Pompeii. September 2005. Hearth against west wall of kitchen.

VI.15.23 Pompeii. September 2005. Hearth against west wall of kitchen, looking south.

The latrine would have been in the south-west corner of the kitchen, top-left of photo.

 

VI.15.23 Pompeii. September 2005. Lararium in north-west corner of kitchen, near doorway to south portico. Boyce said, against the wall below the aedicula and that of the entrance doorway was a masonry seat (h.0.30). It was decorated upon a background of red with painted luxuriant foliage which covered the front surface if the bench. It extended above the bench to form a background for the serpents. Not. Scavi, 1897, 39, with photograph, p.105.

VI.15.23 Pompeii. September 2005. Kitchen in south-west corner of peristyle.

Lararium in north-west corner of kitchen, near doorway to south portico.

Boyce said, against the wall below the aedicula and that of the entrance doorway was a masonry seat (h.0.30).

It was decorated upon a background of red with painted luxuriant foliage which covered the front surface if the bench.

It extended above the bench to form a background for the serpents.

Not. Scavi, 1897, 39, with photograph, p.105.

 

VI.15.23 Pompeii. September 2005. Lararium. According to Boyce, the three rooms in the south-west portion, to the right of the entrance, have bare walls without any decoration. The kitchen in the corner is the exception, with the lararium on the west wall, in the north-west corner. In the kitchen, the hearth is built against the west wall and between it and the north wall is the lararium. A heavy ledge, held by consoles projecting from the wall, supported a temple façade constructed before a semicircular niche with flat ceiling. The façade consisted on two Doric columns with bases and capitals, an architrave and a pediment. The ledge and the aedicula were constructed of a mixture of brick and tufa. The whole was painted red except for a star on a white ground in the centre of the tympanum. The curved back wall of the niche was painted blue, and upon it was the lararium painting. On each side was a Lar, between them stood the Genius. On the wall on each side of the aedicula was painted a garland and a flying bird. Two large yellow serpents were painted on the wall beneath the aedicula, and extended over onto the north wall on the one side. On the other side, extending to the adjacent side of the hearth. The serpent on the right had the larger body, a crest and a beard, the one on the left was smaller with no crest or beard. They were on either side of a cylindrical altar painted in imitation of yellow marble beneath the aedicula. The altar was furnished with two eggs and fruit. See Boyce G. K., 1937. Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome: MAAR 14. (p.56, no.219, and Pl.15, 1 and 2) See Fröhlich, T., 1991. Lararien und Fassadenbilder in den Vesuvstädten. Mainz: von Zabern. (L73 and Pict. 35,3) See Giacobello, F., 2008. Larari Pompeiani: Iconografia e culto dei Lari in ambito domestico. Milano: LED Edizioni. (p.183)

VI.15.23 Pompeii. September 2005. Lararium.

According to Boyce, the three rooms in the south-west portion, to the right of the entrance, have bare walls without any decoration.

The kitchen in the corner is the exception, with the lararium on the west wall, in the north-west corner.

In the kitchen, the hearth is built against the west wall and between it and the north wall is the lararium.

A heavy ledge, held by consoles projecting from the wall, supported a temple façade constructed before a semicircular niche with flat ceiling.

The façade consisted on two Doric columns with bases and capitals, an architrave and a pediment.

The ledge and the aedicula were constructed of a mixture of brick and tufa.

The whole was painted red except for a star on a white ground in the centre of the tympanum.

The curved back wall of the niche was painted blue, and upon it was the lararium painting.

On each side was a Lar, between them stood the Genius.

On the wall on each side of the aedicula was painted a garland and a flying bird.

Two large yellow serpents were painted on the wall beneath the aedicula, and extended over onto the north wall on the one side.

On the other side, extending to the adjacent side of the hearth. 

The serpent on the right had the larger body, a crest and a beard, the one on the left was smaller with no crest or beard.

They were on either side of a cylindrical altar painted in imitation of yellow marble beneath the aedicula.

The altar was furnished with two eggs and fruit.

See Boyce G. K., 1937. Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome: MAAR 14.  (p.56, no.219, and Pl.15, 1 and 2)

See Fröhlich, T., 1991. Lararien und Fassadenbilder in den Vesuvstädten. Mainz: von Zabern. (L73 and Pict. 35,3)

 See Giacobello, F., 2008. Larari Pompeiani: Iconografia e culto dei Lari in ambito domestico.  Milano: LED Edizioni. (p.183)

 

VI.15.23 Pompeii. September 2005. Painted west wall beneath the lararium. Part of the altar and some of the two serpents can still be seen.

VI.15.23 Pompeii. September 2005. Painted west wall beneath the lararium.

Part of the altar and some of the two serpents can still be seen.

 

VI.15.23 Pompeii. Lararium from north-west corner of kitchen. See Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, 1897, 39, with photograph, p.105.

VI.15.23 Pompeii. Lararium from north-west corner of kitchen.

See Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, 1897, 39, with photograph, p.105.

 

 

 

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