VII.14.15 Pompeii. House of L. Caecilius Communis or House of M. Stronnius Favorinus?
Linked to VII.14.14 and VII.14.16. Excavated 1840 and 1862. (Vico del Lupanare 32).
You will note the names L. Caecili Communis and M. Stron Favor also appear on house VII.13.14.
Two separate bronze seals were found embossed with these names, although there seems to be some confusion over their actual find location.
See Della Corte,
M., 1965. Case ed Abitanti di
Pompei. Napoli: Ed 3. Fausto Fiorentino, p. 227, no 453, 454, S15, S89.
VII.14.14 wall and VII.14.15, Pompeii. September 2005. Vicolo del Lupanare, looking north.
VII.14.15 Pompeii. December 2006. Entrance doorway, looking west from Vicolo del Lupanare.
VII.14.15 Pompeii. September 2005. Looking west along fauces or entrance corridor towards atrium.
VII.14.15 Pompeii. December 2006. Cubiculum on south side of entrance corridor.
VII.14.15 Pompeii. December 2006. Looking west across atrium, from end of entrance corridor.
VII.14.15 Pompeii. December 2006. Looking north across impluvium in atrium.
VII.14.15 Pompeii. December 2006. Looking north across atrium.
VII.14.15 Pompeii.
Drawing by Giuseppe Abbate, 1840, of a painting of a fisherman with a young boy, seen in the atrium, but now disappeared.
This drawing is the only known documentation of the group.
According to Helbig, this was found in the atrium of the house at VII.14.14/15.
According to Schultz, (BdI,1841, p. 124),
“Nel cavedio dell’ultima delle due detto case
e dipinto un vecchio pescatore calvo, accompagnato da un fanciullo...”,
See Helbig, W.,
1868. Wandgemälde der vom Vesuv verschütteten Städte Campaniens. Leipzig:
Breitkopf und Härtel, (1501b).
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number ADS 768.
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VII.14.15 Pompeii. 1840. Drawing of two fishermen, on the right, by Zahn, however he states –
“The second painting represents country
people in a house next to the Casa del Cignale.”
The painting on the left, discovered 1839
in Pompeii, he wrote was –
“The bacchante in a house of the Strada
della Fortuna, sitting, holding a tambourine, painted on a white background,
with yellow drapery.
The cushion of the seat on which she sits,
is purple.”
See
Zahn, W., 1842-44. Die schönsten Ornamente und merkwürdigsten Gemälde aus
Pompeji, Herkulanum und Stabiae: II. Berlin: Reimer, taf.
58.
VII.14.15 Pompeii. December 2006. Masonry bench or feature (perhaps altar, according to Eschebach) in south-west corner of atrium,
VII.14.15 Pompeii. December 2006. Looking east from atrium to doorway to oecus on north side of entrance corridor, on right.
On the left, would have been the staircase from entrance at VII.4.16 to upper level.
VII.14.15 Pompeii. December 2006. Looking north through tablinum to garden area, from atrium.
According to Jashemski, the small garden was entered directly from the tablinum and had a garden painting on the rear wall.
See Jashemski, W. F., 1993. The Gardens of Pompeii, Volume II: Appendices. New York: Caratzas. (p.198).
VII.14.15 Pompeii. October 2022.
Looking north from atrium, across tablinum towards rear garden wall. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VII.14.15 Pompeii. December 2006. Looking east to two rooms in north-east corner of garden area.
According to Eschebach, on the left would have been the triclinium, with the kitchen on the right.
See Eschebach, L., 1993. Gebäudeverzeichnis und Stadtplan der antiken Stadt Pompeji. Köln: Böhlau. (p.340)
VII.14.15 Pompeii. July 2008. Looking east in kitchen and latrine. Photo courtesy of Barry Hobson.
VII.14.15 Pompeii. December 2006. Doorway to cubiculum in north-west corner of garden area.
VII.14.15 Pompeii. December 2006. West wall of cubiculum in north-west corner.
VII.14.15 Pompeii. December 2006. North wall of cubiculum in north-west corner.
VII.14.15 Pompeii. December 2006. Small storeroom in north-west corner of garden area.
VII.14.15 Pompeii. December 2006. West wall of small storeroom.
VII.14.15 Pompeii. December 2006. Piece of mosaic on upper west wall in room above small storeroom in north-west corner of garden area.
VII.14.15 from VII.14.13 Pompeii. May 2005. Looking north across room in south-west corner of atrium.