VII.2.16 Pompeii. House of Gavius Rufus or Casa di Teseo

or House of the Seven Skeletons.

Excavated 1867.

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VII.2.16 Pompeii. October 2019. Looking across east portico towards doorway to oecus 10.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VII.2.16 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to room 10, oecus.

VII.2.16 Pompeii. October 2019. Oecus 10, looking east through doorway.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VII.2.16 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 10, looking towards east wall of oecus. 

VII.2.16 Pompeii. October 2019.

Oecus 10, looking towards north-west corner and north wall.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VII.2.16 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 10, north wall of oecus. 

VII.2.16 Pompeii. October 2019. Oecus 10, looking north across flooring.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VII.2.16 Pompeii. October 2019. Oecus 10, north wall in north-east corner.

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VII.2.16 Pompeii. October 2019. Oecus 10, detail of lower north wall.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VII.2.16 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 10, north wall of oecus. 

VII.2.16 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 10, detail from north wall of oecus. 

VII.2.16 Pompeii. October 2019. Oecus 10, looking towards east wall.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VII.2.16 Pompeii. October 2019. Oecus 10, detail from east wall.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VII.2.16 Pompeii. October 2019. Oecus 10, looking across flooring towards east wall.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VII.2.16 Pompeii. October 2019. Oecus 10, detail from east wall at south end.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VII.2.16 Pompeii. October 2019. Oecus 10, detail from east wall at south end.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VII.2.16 Pompeii. December 2018.

Room 10, south end of east wall of oecus.  Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

VII.2.16 Pompeii. October 2019. Oecus 10, painted mask from east wall at south end.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VII.2.16 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 10, east wall of oecus. Painted Face mask.

VII.2.16 Pompeii. October 2019. Oecus 10, looking east across flooring.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VII.2.16 Pompeii. October 2019. Oecus 10, flooring.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VII.2.16 Pompeii. October 2019. Oecus 10, detail of flooring.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VII.2.16 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 10, decorative floor. 

According to Bragantini, the floor was of cocciopesto with a pattern outlined in white tesserae.

The emblema was set within a circle, bordered by a row of alternating black and white tesserae.

See Bragantini, de Vos, Badoni, 1986. Pitture e Pavimenti di Pompei, Parte 3. Rome: ICCD. (p.66, triclinio X)

VII.2.16 Pompeii. W.5. Room 10, mosaic floor.

Photo by Tatiana Warscher. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.

VII.2.16 Pompeii. March 2009.

Small doorway on south wall of room 10, leading to vestibule of corridor room 11.

VII.2.16 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to room 11.

VII.2.16 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 11, vestibule of corridor leading to room 12.

VII.2.16 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 12, corridor, leading to room 13 kitchen and services area. Looking east.

VII.2.16 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 13, south-east corner of kitchen.

VII.2.16 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 13, south-west corner of kitchen, with niche in west wall.

VII.2.16 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 13, west wall with niche.

VII.2.16 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 12, corridor, looking west, with door to room 14 on south side.

VII.2.16 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 14, room, possibly storeroom, on south side of corridor room 12.

VII.2.16 Pompeii. October 2019. Room 15, looking south to small unroofed area on south side of east portico.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VII.2.16 Pompeii. October 2019. Room 15, detail of remaining stucco from west wall.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VII.2.16 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 15, small unroofed area on south side of east portico.

According to Jashemski, the walls were decorated with garden paintings.

See Jashemski, W. F., 1993. The Gardens of Pompeii, Volume II: Appendices. New York: Caratzas. P. 173-4.

VII.2.16 Pompeii. 1978. Looking south along east side of peristyle towards room 15, on left. 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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