VIII.6.6 Pompeii. Horticultural plot. Excavated 1883-4?
VIII.6.6 Pompeii. March 2009. South-east corner.
VIII.6.6 Pompeii. December 2007. South wall.
“The animal painting on the south wall was a survival from an earlier house, as was the simple aedicula shrine in the south-west corner.”
See Jashemski, W. F., 1993. The Gardens of Pompeii, Volume II: Appendices. New York: Caratzas. (p.219).
According to NdS
–
“On the south wall, but mostly fallen, there were the remains of a large painting, depicting one of the usual hunting scenes. There you could see, almost life-size, a lion with an open mouth, fleeing to the left was a deer that was brought down by a wild boar, of which only the legs and snout remained.”
(Sul muro
meridionale, in gran parte caduto, vi era l’avanzo di una grandiosa pittura,
ritraente una delle solite scene di caccia.
Vi si vede,
quasi a grandezza naturale, un leone dalla bocca aperta, fuggente a sinistra,
era un cervo che stramazza addentato da un cinghiale, del quale rimangono solo
le zampe e il muso.)
See Notizie
degli Scavi, August 1884, p. 280.
VIII.6.6 Pompeii. December 2007. Looking west along south wall.
VIII.6.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Depression in the soil, against the south wall. Looking east.
VIII.6.6, Pompeii. March 2009. Room in the south-west corner. Looking west.
VIII.6.6, Pompeii. March 2009. Second room in south-west corner. Looking west.
VIII.6.6, Pompeii. December 2007. Second room in south-west corner. South wall.
VIII.6.6, Pompeii. December 2007. South-west corner.
VIII.6.6 Pompeii. Found 16th October 1882. Sculpture of a dolphin used as a fountain to squirt water, missing its tail.
The base is modern. (This has also been put into VIII.5.37).
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 120051.
According to the book below, this was found 16th October 1882 in a small channel/ditch of VIII.6.6.
See Marmora Pompeiana nel Museo Archeologico
Nazionale di Napoli: Studi della SAP 26, 2008, p. 152, C49.
According to Jashemski, and the description in Notizie degli Scavi, this would seem to have been found in the atrium of the house now known as Casa delle Pareti Rosse, which is now given the number of VIII.5.37.
However, in NdS, the house where this was found was given the number of VIII.6.6, but the description of the lararium with the statuettes (and a “small” garden), would definitely seem to fit VIII.5.37, rather than VIII.6.6.
See Jashemski, W. F., 1993. The Gardens of Pompeii, Volume II: Appendices. New York: Caratzas. (p.218).
Notizie degli Scavi, 1882, (16th October), p.421.
Notizie degli Scavi, 1882, (16th October), p.422.
VIII.6.6 Pompeii. September 2015. Plaster-cast of victim number 12, now also displayed in the Macellum, VII.9.7.
The location of his finding was given as south-west corner of the garden in VIII.6.5 (? VIII.6.6).
He was found four metres above the ground level, on top of the lapilli.
Exhibits from the Summer 2015 exhibition in the amphitheatre.
VIII.6.6 Pompeii. September 2015. Plaster cast of body, identified as body number 12, recovered on 28th December 1882.
This is now on display in the Macellum at VII.9.7. Exhibit from the Summer 2015 exhibition in the amphitheatre.
VIII.6.6 Pompeii. Plaster cast of body, identified as body number 12, recovered on 28th December 1882.
This is now on display in the Macellum at VII.9.7.
The location was given as south-west corner of the garden in VIII.6.5 (? VIII.6.6).
He was found four metres above the ground level, on top of the lapilli.
He was carrying two keys.
See Dwyer, E., 2010. Pompeii’s Living Statues. Univ. of Michigan Press: (p.103)
Garcia y Garcia gives the plaster cast number as 16.
See Garcia y
Garcia, L., 2006. Danni di guerra a Pompei. Rome: L’Erma di Bretschneider. (p.194)
Photographed 1970-79 by Günther Einhorn, picture courtesy of his son Ralf Einhorn.
VIII.6.6 Pompeii. Undated postcard. Plaster cast of body, identified as body number 12, recovered on 28th December 1882.
He was found lying on his back, wearing a large belt.
This plaster cast is now on display in the Macellum at VII.9.7, see above for description.
However, in this photo he would have been seen in the Antiquarium.
Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VIII.6.6 Pompeii, on left. December 2007. Vicolo delle Pareti Rosse, looking west.
VIII.6.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Drain in pavement outside entrance.
VIII.6.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking down drain.
VIII.6.6 Pompeii, on left. December 2004. Vicolo delle Pareti Rosse, looking west. VIII.5.36, on right.
Via dei Teatri looking south between Triangular Forum and VIII.6.6. December 2004.
Exterior of east wall on Via dei Teatri, looking south. December 2007.
Via dei Teatri looking north between Triangular Forum and VIII.6.6. December 2004.
Plan of VI.6. See Bullettino
dell’Instituto di Corrispondenza Archeologica (DAIR), 1883, p.170
Bullettino
dell’Instituto di Corrispondenza Archeologica (DAIR), 1884, p.134.
Bullettino dell’Instituto di Corrispondenza
Archeologica (DAIR), 1884, p.135.
Sogliano, Notizie
degli Scavi, January (1883), p.52;
(NOTE: Although this clearly states VIII.7, the items
seem to agree to those found in VIII.6.)
Sogliano, Notizie
degli Scavi, January (1883), p.52;
Sogliano, Notizie
degli Scavi, January (1883), p.52;
Sogliano, Notizie
degli Scavi, January (1883), p.52;
Sogliano, Notizie degli Scavi, January (1883), p.52;
Remains of a skeleton in the viridarium that were made into a plaster cast.
Sogliano, Notizie
degli Scavi, December (1882), p.130;
Sogliano, Notizie
degli Scavi, December (1882), p.440;
Notizie degli
Scavi, March 1883, p.171
Notizie degli
Scavi, June/July 1884, p.243.
Notizie degli
Scavi, June/July 1884, p.244.
Notizie degli
Scavi, August 1884, p.
280
Notizie degli
Scavi,
September/October/November 1884, p.396.
The same information as above but a more readable copy.
Notizie degli Scavi, September/October/November 1884, Memorie, Ser. 4, Vol. I, 1885, p.110.