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91. HGE12 Pompeii. Villa delle Colonne a Mosaico or Villa of the Mosaic Columns.

Herculaneum Gate East Side. (Eschebach East 12, Kockel Nord 12).

Excavated 1837, 1905-1906.

 

According to NdS, this Villa was first excavated in 1837, however the excavation was not completely finished.

See Notizie degli Scavi, 1910, (p.256-262, for excavation from March 1905 until all of December 1906).

 

On the Kockel villas plan 1985 this is numbered 91.

 

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HGE12, Villa of Mosaic Columns, plan from NdS, 1910, fig.1, p.254.

HGE12, Villa of Mosaic Columns, plan from NdS, 1910, fig.1, p.254.

 

HGE12, Villa of Mosaic Columns, April 2019. Looking east to entrance doorway.
Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

HGE12, Villa of Mosaic Columns, April 2019. Looking east to entrance doorway.

Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

 

HGE12 Pompeii. May 2006. Entrance doorway, looking east.

HGE12 Pompeii. May 2006. Entrance doorway, looking east.

 

HGE12 Pompeii. May 2006. Entrance doorway, looking north along Via dei Sepolcri.

HGE12 Pompeii. May 2006. Entrance doorway, looking north along Via dei Sepolcri.

 

HGE12 Pompeii. December 2006. Looking east along entrance corridor.

HGE12 Pompeii. December 2006. Looking east along entrance corridor.

 

HGE12 Pompeii. May 2006. North wall of entrance corridor.

HGE12 Pompeii. May 2006. North wall of entrance corridor.

 

HGE12 Pompeii. May 2006. South wall of entrance corridor.

HGE12 Pompeii. May 2006. South wall of entrance corridor.

 

HGE12 Pompeii. December 2006. Detail of painting on wall of entrance corridor.

HGE12 Pompeii. December 2006. Detail of painting on wall of entrance corridor.

 

HGE12 Pompeii.  Remains of painted plaster on north side of entrance doorway.

HGE12 Pompeii.  Remains of painted plaster on north side of entrance doorway.

 

HGE12 Pompeii. December 2006. Looking south across garden, from end of entrance corridor.

HGE12 Pompeii. December 2006. Looking south across garden, from end of entrance corridor.

 

HGE12 Pompeii. December 2006. Doorway in south-west corner of garden area.

HGE12 Pompeii. December 2006. Doorway in south-west corner of garden area leading into funeral enclosure.

 

HGE06 Pompeii. Drawing from Notizie degli Scavi, 1943 (p.296, fig.14).
Details of tombs HGE02 – HGE09, including the rear entrance to HGE08 in the funeral enclosure of the Villa of the Mosaic Columns, (p.295-314).
According to Jashemski –
“Since this was the only tomb that had a door leading from the tomb chamber into the garden, and since the only entrance to the garden was from the villa of the Mosaic Columns, it was obvious to Maiuri that the tomb and its garden belonged to this villa.”
See Jashemski, W. F., 1993. The Gardens of Pompeii, Volume II: Appendices. New York: Caratzas, (p.256).

HGE06 Pompeii. Drawing from Notizie degli Scavi, 1943 (p.296, fig.14).

Details of tombs HGE02 – HGE09, including the rear entrance to HGE08 in the funeral enclosure of the Villa of the Mosaic Columns, (p.295-314).

According to Jashemski –

“Since this was the only tomb that had a door leading from the tomb chamber into the garden, and since the only entrance to the garden was from the villa of the Mosaic Columns, it was obvious to Maiuri that the tomb and its garden belonged to this villa.”

See Jashemski, W. F., 1993. The Gardens of Pompeii, Volume II: Appendices. New York: Caratzas, (p.256).

 

HGE12 Pompeii. December 2006. Looking south-east across garden.

HGE12 Pompeii. December 2006. Looking south-east across garden.

 

HGE12 Pompeii. December 2006. Looking north-west towards entrance HGE12 on west side of garden area.

HGE12 Pompeii. December 2006. Looking north-west towards entrance HGE12 on west side of garden area.

 

HGE12 Pompeii. December 2006. Looking north across garden, from end of entrance corridor.

HGE12 Pompeii. December 2006. Looking north across garden, from end of entrance corridor.

 

HGE12 Pompeii. December 2006. Looking east across garden towards mosaic fountain and columns.

HGE12 Pompeii. December 2006. Looking east across garden towards mosaic fountain and columns.

 

HGE12 Pompeii. December 2006. Mosaic fountain at rear of columns. The four mosaic columns once supported a pergola in the middle of the garden. These were removed and are now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory numbers 9996, 9998, 10000 and 100001. Cement columns now replace the mosaic ones.

HGE12 Pompeii. December 2006. Mosaic fountain at rear of columns.

The four mosaic columns once supported a pergola in the middle of the garden.

These were removed and are now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory numbers 9996, 9998, 10000 and 100001.

Cement columns now replace the mosaic ones.

 

HGE12 Pompeii. 1957. Looking east towards fountain at rear of columns. 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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HGE12 Pompeii. 1957. Looking east towards fountain at rear of columns. 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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HGE12 Villa of the Mosaic Columns. 2012. The four mosaic columns in Naples Archaeological Museum. 
Inventory numbers from left to right are 9995, 9996, 10000, 10001.
Photo courtesy of Carlo Raso.

HGE12 Villa of the Mosaic Columns. 2012. The four mosaic columns in Naples Archaeological Museum.

Inventory numbers from left to right are 9995, 9996, 10000, 10001. Photo courtesy of Carlo Raso.

 

HGE12 Villa of the Mosaic Columns. August 2016. 
Detail of two of the columns on display in Naples Archaeological Museum. Photo courtesy of Maribel Velasco.

HGE12 Villa of the Mosaic Columns. August 2016.

Detail of two of the columns on display in Naples Archaeological Museum. Photo courtesy of Maribel Velasco.

 

HGE12 Villa of the Mosaic Columns. August 2016. 
Detail from column on display in Naples Archaeological Museum. Photo courtesy of Maribel Velasco.

HGE12 Villa of the Mosaic Columns. August 2016.

Detail from column on display in Naples Archaeological Museum. Photo courtesy of Maribel Velasco.

 

HGE12 Villa of the Mosaic Columns. 2001. The columns in Naples Archaeological Museum. 
Photo courtesy of Current Archaeology.

HGE12 Villa of the Mosaic Columns. 2001. The columns in Naples Archaeological Museum. Photo courtesy of Current Archaeology.

 

HGE12 Villa of the Mosaic Columns. Two of the mosaic columns.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory numbers 9996 (front) and 9995 (rear).

HGE12 Villa of the Mosaic Columns. Two of the mosaic columns.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory numbers 9996 (front) and 9995 (rear).

 

HGE12 Villa of the Mosaic Columns. August 2016. 
Detail from column on display in Naples Archaeological Museum. Photo courtesy of Maribel Velasco.

HGE12 Villa of the Mosaic Columns. August 2016.

Detail from column on display in Naples Archaeological Museum. Photo courtesy of Maribel Velasco.

 

HGE12 Villa of the Mosaic Columns. August 2016. 
Detail from column on display in Naples Archaeological Museum. Photo courtesy of Maribel Velasco.

HGE12 Villa of the Mosaic Columns. August 2016.

Detail from column on display in Naples Archaeological Museum. Photo courtesy of Maribel Velasco.

 

HGE12 Villa of the Mosaic Columns. 1870 painting by W. Zahn of one of the mosaic columns, centre. 
The other items shown are not from here.
See Zahn W., 1870. Ornamente aller klassischen Kunst-Epochen nach den Originalen in ihren eigenthümlichen Farben. Berlin: Reimer, p. 5, Taf. 60.

HGE12 Villa of the Mosaic Columns. 1870 painting by W. Zahn of one of the mosaic columns, centre.

The other items shown are not from here.

See Zahn W., 1870. Ornamente aller klassischen Kunst-Epochen nach den Originalen in ihren eigenthümlichen Farben. Berlin: Reimer, p. 5, Taf. 60.

 

HGE12 Villa of the Mosaic Columns. 1842 drawing by N. La Volpe of the frieze on one of the mosaic columns.
According to the ICCD database, the designs present, at the top, a frieze with a marine group composed of a Nereid brought by a sea monster and tritons on dolphins; At the bottom is a Mosaic column decorated with scales, frieze with heraldic animals, floral motifs, and frieze with marine group. The drawing depicts one of the mosaic columns coming from the Villa of the mosaic columns of Pompeii, now preserved in the National Archaeological Museum of Naples (Inventory numbers. 9995-9996, 10000-10001).
Drawing now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number ADS1125.
Photo © ICCD. http://www.catalogo.beniculturali.it
Utilizzabili alle condizioni della licenza Attribuzione - Non commerciale - Condividi allo stesso modo 2.5 Italia (CC BY-NC-SA 2.5 IT)

HGE12 Villa of the Mosaic Columns. 1842 drawing by N. La Volpe of the frieze on one of the mosaic columns.

According to the ICCD database, the designs present, at the top, a frieze with a marine group composed of a Nereid brought by a sea monster and tritons on dolphins; At the bottom is a Mosaic column decorated with scales, frieze with heraldic animals, floral motifs, and frieze with marine group. The drawing depicts one of the mosaic columns coming from the Villa of the mosaic columns of Pompeii, now preserved in the National Archaeological Museum of Naples (Inventory numbers. 9995-9996, 10000-10001).

Drawing now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number ADS1125.

Photo © ICCD. http://www.catalogo.beniculturali.it

Utilizzabili alle condizioni della licenza Attribuzione - Non commerciale - Condividi allo stesso modo 2.5 Italia (CC BY-NC-SA 2.5 IT)

 

HGE12 Villa of the Mosaic Columns. Two of the mosaic columns.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory numbers 10000 (front) and 10001 (rear).

HGE12 Villa of the Mosaic Columns. Two of the mosaic columns.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory numbers 10000 (front) and 10001 (rear).

 

 

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