VIII.2.39 Pompeii.  Casa di Giuseppe II or Casa di fusco or House of Emperor Joseph II.  

Linked to VIII.2.38.

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VIII.2.39 Pompeii.  December 2006. Front wall in Vicolo della Regina.

 

VIII.2.39 Pompeii.  December 2004. Entrance.

 

VIII.2.39 Pompeii.  December 2004.

Looking south across Room b, atrium from Room a, fauces.

 

VIII.2.39 Pompeii.  May 2006. Impluvium and south side of Room b, atrium.

 

VIII.2.39 Pompeii. May 2006.  East side of atrium. Doorways to Rooms e, f and g.

 

VIII.2.39 Pompeii.  May 2006.

Doorways to Rooms c and d, in north east corner of atrium.

 

VIII.2.39 Pompeii.  May 2006.

Doorways to Room q, corridor to rear, Room h, Ala, and Rooms k and l, on west side of atrium.

 

VIII.2.39 Pompeii.  May 2006.

Doorways to Rooms l and m, on west side of atrium.

 

VIII.2.39 Pompeii.  May 2006.

Doorways to Room n, Staircase to upper floor, and Kitchen, in north west corner of atrium.

 

VIII.2.39 Pompeii.  May 2006. Staircase, and doorway leading to VIII.2.38.

 

VIII.2.39 Pompeii.  May 2006. Kitchen.  Hearth.

 

VIII.2.39 Pompeii. May 2006.  Kitchen niche recess.

 

VIII.2.39 Pompeii.  May 2006.

 

VIII.2.39 Pompeii.  May 2006.

 

VIII.2.39 Pompeii.  May 2006.

Lararium niche in small room in north east corner of atrium.

This was painted red with a genius in a toga, holding a cornucopia and standing to the left of a round altar. 

To the right was a figure in blue and yellow with a diadem and sceptre in the left hand and a Patera in the outstretched right hand. 

This is possibly Juno.

See Fröhlich, T., 1991. Lararien und Fassadenbilder in den Vesuvstädten. Mainz: von Zabern. (p.291, L95, T:44,1).

See Boyce G. K., 1937. Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome: MAAR 14.  (349, T:19,2).

 

VIII.2.39 Pompeii.  Statue of Harpocrates found in the Lararium. 

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum.  Inventory number 5329.

See Ward Perkins, J. and Claridge A., 1976. Pompeii AD 79.  London: Westerham. (T:191).

 

VIII.2.39 Pompeii.  May 2006.  Room u. Cistern mouth.

 

VIII.2.39 Pompeii.  May 2006.  Room u. Ramp.

 

 

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