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Via di Mercurio, Pompeii. VI.9.2 and VI.9.3. September 2005. Looking north.
VI.9.2 Pompeii. December 2006. Entrance on Via di Mercurio. Looking south.
According to Pagano and Prisciandaro, found in July 1830 on the exterior wall, painted in red, were –
Casellium
Erastus cupit aed)ilem) [CIL IV 179]
Marcellum
aed(ilem)
d(ignum) r(ei) p(ublicae) [CIL IV 178]
In August 1830, a small seal was found in the interior courtyard. It read –
Phoebus
L(uci) C()
Primog() [CIL X 8058, 66]
This is now in Naples Archaeological Museum, inventory number MN 4758.
See Pagano, M. and Prisciandaro, R., 2006. Studio sulle provenienze degli oggetti rinvenuti negli scavi borbonici del regno di Napoli. Naples: Nicola Longobardi. (p. 143) PAH II, 238; III, 106.
VI.9.2 Pompeii. W.663. Doorway, windows and façade on Via Mercurio.
Photo by Tatiana
Warscher. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.
VI.9.2 Pompeii. December
2006. Entrance doorway.
VI.9.2 Pompeii. April 2019.
Looking east along entrance corridor towards atrium. Photo
courtesy of Rick Bauer.
VI.9.2 Pompeii. September 2004. South side of entrance corridor 1.
VI.9.2 Pompeii. September 2005. Wall painting on south side of entrance corridor 1.
VI.9.2 Pompeii. W.443. Wall painting from west end of south wall of entrance corridor 1.
Photo by Tatiana
Warscher. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.
VI.9.2 Pompeii. September 2004.
South side of entrance corridor 1. Helbig and Schefold identify the wall painting as Demeter and Hermes.
Winsor Leach stated –
“Mercury looks complicitously at the viewer as he drops a fat purse into the outstretched hand of Ceres, seated with her torch by her side”.
See Helbig, W.,
1868. Wandgemälde der vom Vesuv
verschütteten Städte Campaniens. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel. (362)
See Schefold, K., 1962. Vergessenes Pompeji. Bern: Francke. (T. 169,2).
See Winsor Leach, E., 2004. The Social Life of Painting in Ancient Rome and on the Bay of Naples. Cambridge UK: Cambridge UP.
VI.9.2 Pompeii.
August 2012.
South wall of entrance
corridor/fauces, detail of painting of Demeter and Hermes. Photo courtesy of
Davide Peluso.
VI.9.2 Pompeii. September 2005. North side of entrance corridor 1.
VI.9.2 Pompeii. September 2004. Wall painting on north side of entrance corridor 1.
VI.9.2 Pompeii. March 2009.
North side of entrance corridor 1. Wall painting of Meleager and Atalanta with the boar.
Helbig identified: Prothyron: Meleagros & Atalante, 1163.
See Helbig, W.,
1868. Wandgemälde der vom Vesuv
verschütteten Städte Campaniens. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel. (1163).
See Schefold, K., 1962. Vergessenes Pompeji. Bern: Francke. (T. 169,1).
VI.9.2 Pompeii. W.447. Wall painting of Meleager and Atalanta, from the north wall of entrance corridor 1.
Photo by Tatiana
Warscher. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.
VI.9.2 Pompeii. March 2009. Fauces or entrance corridor 1, looking west towards entrance on Via di Mercurio.
VI.9.2 Pompeii. May 2010. Room 2, looking west towards entrance and fauces 1. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
VI.9.2 Pompeii. Found in House of Meleager but exact location unknown.
Wall painting of Mars and Venus. Now in Naples
Archaeological Museum. Inventory
number 9250.
See Helbig, W.,
1868. Wandgemälde der vom Vesuv
verschütteten Städte Campaniens. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel. (314).
See Schefold, K., 1962. Vergessenes Pompeji. Bern: Francke. (T. 169,4).
VI.9.2 Pompeii.
Painting by Giuseppe Marsigli, 16th October 1829, of a couple (Mars and Venus?) allocated as being found in the kitchen, room 38.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number ADS 321.
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This is a copy of the painting now in Naples Archaeological Museum, inv.no. 9250. (Helbig 314).
VI.9.2 Pompeii. Atalanta and cupid. Found in House of Meleager but exact location unknown.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 8897.
See Helbig, W., 1868. Wandgemälde der vom Vesuv verschütteten
Städte Campaniens.
Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel. (1168)
See Schefold, K., 1957. Die Wände Pompejis. Berlin: De Gruyter. p. 114.
See Real Museo Borbonico X, Tav. XLIV.
VI.9.2 Pompeii. W.140. Drawing of painting of Atalanta and cupid., exact location unknown.
See Real Museo Borbonico, X, taf 44.
Photo by Tatiana
Warscher. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.
VI.9.2 Pompeii. Painting by Giuseppe Marsigli found perhaps in this house.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number ADS 322.
Photo © ICCD. https://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)
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