I.8.10 Pompeii. Hospitium dei Pulcinella.
Excavated 1940.
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I.8.10 Pompeii. September 2005. Entrance.
Looking west.

I.8.10 Pompeii. September 2005.
Looking north across
peristyle area, entered directly from the street, without an atrium.

I.8.10 Pompeii. September 2005. Looking north west across peristyle area to rear
rooms.

I.8.10 Pompeii. September 2005. Looking north
west across peristyle.

I.8.10 Pompeii. September 2005. North wall of rear room on west side.

I.8.10 Pompeii. September 2005. East wall of rear room.

I.8.10 Pompeii. September 2005.
Looking east across
portico area on south side of peristyle.

I.8.10 Pompeii. September 2005. Site of wall painting, on left side of room 2.
See Fröhlich, T., 1991. Lararien und Fassadenbilder in den Vesuvstädten. Mainz: von Zabern. (F5, p.307).

I.8.10 Pompeii. March 2009. Area on north east of peristyle.
Door to underground
kitchen, and niche on north wall.

I.8.10 Pompeii. March 2009.
Lararium niche,
painted with red flowers.

I.8.10 Pompeii. March 2009.
Lararium on north
wall, on east side of door to underground kitchen.

I.8.10 Pompeii. March 2009.
Lararium. Remains of wall
painting of serpent.
There were two
serpents, one either side of a round altar.
The horizontal line,
on which the base of a round altar rested, was about halfway up the serpent’s
body.

I.8.10 Pompeii. March 2009.
Area on east side of
niche, with remains of painting of a Lar.
See Fröhlich, T., 1991. Lararien und Fassadenbilder in den Vesuvstädten. Mainz: von Zabern. (L9: p.253, T25.2).

I.8.10 Pompeii. March 2009.
Area on east side of niche.
Remains of painting
of a Lar. There was one Lar on either
side of the niche.
See Fröhlich, T., 1991. Lararien und Fassadenbilder in den Vesuvstädten. Mainz: von Zabern. (L9: p.253, T25.2).

I.8.10 Pompeii. September 2005. North east corner of peristyle.

I.8.10 Pompeii. September 2005. Remains of lararium.
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