II.4.10 Pompeii. Rear entrance from kitchen and toilet.

Complesso di Giulia Felice (Julia Felix) or Praedia di Giulia Felice.

First excavated 1754 to 1757 then re-interred, fully re-excavated 1951.

Linked to II.4.2, II.4.3, II.4.11 and II.4.12.

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II.4.10 Pompeii. 1964.

Exterior west wall (without showing any of the graffiti underneath), and entrance doorway on east side of Vicolo di Giulia Felice.

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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II.4.10 Pompeii. May 2011. Exterior west wall on north side of doorway, showing multiple layers of graffiti or painted plaster.

L. Ceium Secundum aed… can be clearly read.  Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.

II.4.10 Pompeii. July 2014. Exterior west wall on north side of doorway with layers of painted inscription. The words are:
L CEIVM SECVNDVM

AED ORPHAEVS FACIT
Photo courtesy of Davide Peluso.

According to Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss/Slaby (See www.manfredclauss.de) this reads

L(ucium) Ceium Secundum

aed(ilem) Orphaeus facit      [CIL IV 10952]

II.4.10 Pompeii. December 2005. Exterior west wall on north side of doorway, showing multiple layers of graffiti or painted plaster.

II.4.10 Pompeii. December 2005. Entrance doorway.

II.4.10 Pompeii. June 2019. Steps down from west portico of II.4.6. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

II.4.10 Pompeii. March 2019. Looking south across atrium, from II.4.6.

Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

II.4.10 Pompeii. April 2019.

Looking south across atrium, from west portico of II.4.6. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

II.4.10 Pompeii. September 2019. Looking towards south-west corner of atrium, and west side. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

II.4.10 Pompeii. September 2019. Looking towards south side of atrium, with kitchen doorway, on right. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

II.4.10 Pompeii. September 2019.

Painted wall decoration in south-east corner of atrium. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

II.4.10 Pompeii. October 2023. Looking towards south wall of atrium. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

II.4.10 Pompeii. June 2019. Looking south across impluvium in atrium. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

II.4.10 Pompeii. September 2019. Impluvium in atrium. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

II.4.10 Pompeii. March 2019. Looking towards doorways to rooms on west side of atrium.

Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

II.4.10 Pompeii. September 2019.

Looking towards doorways to rooms on west side of atrium. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

II.4.10 Pompeii. September 2019.

Looking towards doorway to room on west side of steps from portico to atrium. 

Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

II.4.10 Pompeii. June 2019.

Doorway in west wall of atrium, at base of steps from portico. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

II.4.10 Pompeii. March 2019.  

Doorway in west wall of atrium, at base of steps from portico.

Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

II.4.10 Pompeii. June 2019.

Threshold of doorway leading west in atrium at base of steps from portico. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

II.4.10 Pompeii. May 2016.

Detail of painted decoration on upper west wall at side of steps from west portico. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

II.4.10 Pompeii. May 2016. Detail of painted decoration on west wall of steps from west portico. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

II.4.10 Pompeii. June 2019. Looking south along east wall of atrium, from steps leading from west portico.

In the centre is the doorway to the biclinium, followed by wide doorway to the tablinum.

In the south-east corner, upper right, is a small doorway to a cubiculum which then leads into a second bedroom, followed by a doorway in the south wall. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

II.4.10 Pompeii. September 2019.

Detail of painted decoration on east wall near steps from west portico. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

II.4.10 Pompeii. May 2016. Detail of painted decoration on east wall near steps from west portico. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

II.4.6/10 Pompeii. December 2006. Doorway to biclinium, looking east.

II.4.6/10 Pompeii. June 2019. Looking south-east through doorway, towards south wall of biclinium. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

II.4.6/10 Pompeii. December 2006. Biclinium, looking towards south wall, and south-west corner.

II.4.6/10 Pompeii. September 2019. Looking towards south wall of biclinium. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

II.4.6/10 Pompeii. April 2019. Biclinium, south-east corner and south wall. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer. 

II.4.6/10 Pompeii. June 2019. Biclinium, detail of panel on east end of upper south wall. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.  

II.4.6/10 Pompeii. March 2024. Biclinium, detail of panel on east end of upper south wall. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.

II.4.6/10 Pompeii. June 2019. Biclinium, detail of panel on upper south wall. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.  

II.4.6/10 Pompeii. August 2012. Biclinium, detail from south wall. Fresco in fourth style. Photo courtesy of Davide Peluso.

II.4.10 Pompeii. September 2019.

Looking towards east wall with window, south-east corner and south wall of biclinium. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

II.4.10 Pompeii. December 2006. Biclinium, looking towards north-east corner and window in east wall.

II.4.10 Pompeii. December 2006. Biclinium, west wall, north-west corner and north wall.

II.4.10 Pompeii. Found 22nd June 1755. Wall painting with symbols of Dionysus.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 8795.

According to Parslow, this painting most probably came from the biclinium as the blue background matches the remaining walls of the room.

See Rivista di Studi Pompeiani, Vol II, 1988: Parslow, C: Documents illustrating the excavations of the Praedia of Julia Felix (p.43)

II.4.10 Pompeii. Wall painting with symbols of Dionysus. Detail of panther attacking snake. 

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 8795.

II.4.10 Pompeii. December 2006. Doorway to tablinum, looking east.

II.4.10 Pompeii. Wall painting of two still-life panels including a dead game bird and a glass bowl filled with fruit. Found 6th July 1755.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 8611.

According to Parslow, these were removed from the tablinum, together with the entire north wall.

See Parslow, C.C. (1998). Rediscovering Antiquity: Karl Weber and the Excavation of Herculaneum, Pompeii and Stabiae. UK: Cambridge UP, (p. 112 & note 14 on p.346)

II.4.10 Pompeii. May 2016. Tablinum. Found 6th July 1755. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

Wall painting of two still-life panels including a dead game bird and a glass bowl filled with fruit.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 8611. 

II.4.10 Pompeii. May 2016. Detail from left side of panel. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

II.4.10 Pompeii. May 2016. Detail from right side of panel. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

II.4.10 Pompeii. 1966.

Frieze from north wall of tablinum, crater of glass full of fruits, and terracotta pots. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 8611.

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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II.4.10 Pompeii. 1957.

Frieze from north wall of tablinum, crater of glass full of fruits, and terracotta pots. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum.  Inventory number 8611.

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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