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I.2.20 Pompeii.  Caupona. 

Excavated 1869.  Linked to I.2.21.

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I.2.20 Pompeii. March 2009. Site of staircase to upper floor, and two small rear rooms in south west corner of garden area.

I.2.20 Pompeii.  March 2009.

Site of staircase to upper floor, and two small rear rooms in south west corner of garden area.

 

I.2.20 Pompeii. March 2009. Site of staircase to upper floor, and two small rear rooms in south west corner of garden area.

I.2.20 Pompeii.  March 2009.

Site of staircase to upper floor, and two small rear rooms in south west corner of garden area.

 

I.2.20 Pompeii. March 2009. Site of staircase to upper floor, and two small rear rooms in south west corner of garden area.

I.2.20 Pompeii.  March 2009.

Site of staircase to upper floor, and two small rear rooms in south west corner of garden area.

 

I.2.20 Pompeii. March 2009. Site of remains of wall dividing two rear rooms (across centre of picture).

I.2.20 Pompeii.  March 2009.   Site of remains of wall dividing two rear rooms (across centre of picture).

 

I.2.20 Pompeii. March 2009. North west corner of Garden area.

I.2.20 Pompeii.  March 2009.  North west corner of Garden area.

 

I.2.20 Pompeii. March 2009. Two sided Triclinium in the north west corner of the garden.

I.2.20 Pompeii.  March 2009.  

Two sided Triclinium in the north west corner of the garden.

 

I.2.20 Pompeii. Bust of Isis found in Caupona at I.2.20. Now in Naples Archaeological Museum..

I.2.20 Pompeii.   Bust of Isis found in Caupona at I.2.20. 

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum.

 

I.2.20 Pompeii. March 2009. North wall of garden area, with niche. Under the niche was a painting of a big crested serpent, creeping through plants to an altar, on which were various fruits and a pine-cone. Above these, and at the sides of a terrestrial globe with a crescent moon and stars, were the figures of Bacchus and Fortuna. Nothing remains today. See Pappalardo, U., 2001. La Descrizione di Pompei per Giuseppe Fiorelli (1875). Napoli: Massa Editore. p.36

I.2.20 Pompeii.  March 2009.   North wall of garden area, with niche.

Under the niche was a painting of a big crested serpent, creeping through plants to an altar, on which were various fruits and a pine-cone.

Above these, and at the sides of a terrestrial globe with a crescent moon and stars, were the figures of Bacchus and Fortuna. 

Nothing remains today.

See Pappalardo, U., 2001. La Descrizione di Pompei per Giuseppe Fiorelli (1875). Napoli: Massa Editore. p.36

 

I.2.20 Pompeii. March 2009. Remains of Niche on north wall.

I.2.20 Pompeii.  March 2009. Remains of Niche on north wall.

 

I.2.20 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking south east across garden area towards kitchen.

I.2.20 Pompeii.  March 2009.  Looking south east across garden area towards kitchen.

 

I.2.20 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking south east to door to kitchen area, from atrium area.

I.2.20 Pompeii.  March 2009.

Looking south east to door to kitchen area, from atrium area.

 

I.2.20 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking east across small atrium area to entrance corridor.

I.2.20 Pompeii.  March 2009.  Looking east across small atrium area to entrance corridor.

 

I.2.20 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking east along short entrance corridor to Vicolo.

I.2.20 Pompeii.  March 2009.  Looking east along short entrance corridor to Vicolo.

 

I.2.20 Pompeii. March 2009. Small room on north side of entrance.

I.2.20 Pompeii.  March 2009. Small room on north side of entrance.

 

I.2.20 Pompeii. March 2009. Small room on north side of entrance. Looking north.

I.2.20 Pompeii.  March 2009.  Small room on north side of entrance. Looking north.

 

 

 

 

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