VIII.2.26 Pompeii. Casa del Cinghiale II or House of Vesbinus.

Linked to VIII.2.27. Excavated 1887, 1928.

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VIII.2.26 Pompeii. December 2005. Entrance doorway.

According to Della Corte, a mutilated electoral recommendation written on the façade between the two entrances, on the left of the doorway, read –

…………cum Vesbino rog(at)      [CIL IV 786]

See Della Corte, M., 1965.  Case ed Abitanti di Pompei. Napoli: Fausto Fiorentino. (p.258)

 

VIII.2.26 Pompeii. December 2005.

Doorway to room on east of entrance with steps to upper floor.

 

VIII.2.26 Pompeii. December 2004. Looking south from entrance.

 

VIII.2.26 Pompeii. Looking south from entrance.

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

 

VIII.2.26 Pompeii. May 2010. Boar mosaic in entrance.

 

VIII.2.26 Pompeii. May 2010. Detail of boar mosaic in entrance.

 

VIII.2.26 Pompeii. December 2005. Painted wall decoration on west wall of fauces.

 

VIII.2.26 Pompeii. September 2005. Painted wall decoration.

 

VIII.2.26 Pompeii. December 2005. Painted wall decoration on east wall of fauces.

 

VIII.2.26 Pompeii. May 2004.  Looking south from entrance.

 

VIII.2.26 Pompeii. September 2005. Looking north across atrium to entrance doorway.

 

VIII.2.26 Pompeii. September 2005.

Doorways to three cubicula and triclinium on the west side of atrium.

 

VIII.2.26 Pompeii. September 2005. Steps to lower level.

 

VIII.2.26 Pompeii. September 2005. Corridor on lower floor.

 

VIII.2.26 Pompeii. September 2005. Steps to lower floor.

 

VIII.2.26 Pompeii. September 2005. Hearth in kitchen area on lower floor.

 

VIII.2.26 Pompeii. September 2005.

 

 

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