Oplontis. Villa di Poppea or Villa of Poppea or Villa Poppaea or Oplontis Villa A.
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Rooms 90-99 and Area being excavated on the north side of area 60 and north-west side of the swimming pool
Room 90: Small room with doorways linking to rooms
88, 89, 93 and 94
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2017. Room 90, doorway from Portico 60, looking west.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant
681269 DÉCOR.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, September 2015. Room 90, doorway from
Portico 60, looking west.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015.
Room 90, south
pilaster with marker indicating room 90 was one of a group of rooms set aside
for guests, indicated by the sign “ospitalia”.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015.
Room 90, looking
towards south-west corner. The doorway to room 88 is on the left, and to room
89 on the right.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2011.
Room 90,
looking towards doorway in west wall leading into room 89. Photo courtesy of
Michael Binns.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 90, west wall with doorway to room 89.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2017.
Room 90,
looking towards doorway in west wall leading into room 89.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant
681269 DÉCOR.
Villa of Poppaea, Oplontis, October 2023.
Room 90, looking north-west across room
towards doorway to room 93 in centre and room 94, centre right. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 90, north wall, with doorway to room 93 on the
left, and to corridor 94, on the right.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 90, threshold leading into room 93.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 90, doorway to corridor 94, looking north-east.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 90, north-east corner.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 90, east wall with doorway to Portico 60.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 90, looking towards east wall in south-east
corner.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 90, threshold dividing rooms 90 and 89. The
floor of room 89 is at the top of the photo.
Room 91: Corridor or portico at south end of swimming pool in area thought to be a rustic/working one (next to rooms 81, 82, 83 and 84)
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015.
Room 91
(right) between the two pilasters and the brick wall of the Sarno canal. Looking
south-east from end of room 81.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, September 2009. Looking south into areas 85, 86 and 91
Photo courtesy of Drew Baker - from the King's College London, Villa of Oplontis Archive.
Room 92: Terrace at south end of swimming pool
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 92, looking north-east across area 86 and
narrow area 85 north of pilasters.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, March 2014. Looking north towards swimming
pool.
Foto Annette Haug,
ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, December 2007. Room 92, terrace looking north over the swimming pool area 96.
Photo courtesy of Drew Baker - from the King's College London, Villa of Oplontis Archive.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, December 2007. Room 92, north west corner looking north over area 96 and 60/80.
Photo courtesy of Drew Baker - from the King's College London, Villa of Oplontis Archive.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, October 2023. Area 92, on right, looking south-east
across pool 96. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, December 2007.
Room 92, north-east corner of terrace, looking east along the south edge of the swimming pool area 96.
Photo courtesy of Drew Baker - from the King's College London, Villa of Oplontis Archive.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, December 2007. Room 92, looking north over area 96 and 60/80.
Photo courtesy of Drew Baker - from the King's College London, Villa of Oplontis Archive.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, February 2009. Room 92, looking north over the small impluvium like marble feature.
Photo courtesy of Drew Baker - from the King's College London, Villa of Oplontis Archive.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, February 2009. Room 92, looking north over the centre of the small impluvium like marble feature.
Photo courtesy of Drew Baker - from the King's College London, Villa of Oplontis Archive.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, February 2009. Room 92, south end of the small impluvium like marble feature.
Photo courtesy of Drew Baker - from the King's College London, Villa of Oplontis Archive.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, September 2009. Room 92, looking east over the small impluvium like marble feature.
Photo courtesy of Drew Baker - from the King's College London, Villa of Oplontis Archive.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, December 2007. Room 92, looking west on to party wall with area 78.
Photo courtesy of Drew Baker - from the King's College London, Villa of Oplontis Archive.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, September 2009. Area 92 to the left of corridor 85 looking east. Area 86 is to the right (south) of the corridor.
Photo courtesy of Drew Baker - from the King's College London, Villa of Oplontis Archive.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, September 2009. Room 92, western end looking south into areas 85, 86 and 91
Photo courtesy of Drew Baker - from the King's College London, Villa of Oplontis Archive.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, 1978. Area 92, the south-east side of the swimming pool, looking south. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
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Oplontis Villa of Poppea, 1978.
Area 92, looking north-east across pool, with statues of Nike, Ephebus and a Herm in their original places on east side of pool.
Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
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Oplontis
Villa of Poppea, October 2023.
Area 92/96, found in 1983, marble statue of Nike found on the east side of the pool, on display in
room 72.
Photo courtesy of Giuseppe
Ciaramella.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, October 2023.
Area 92/96, information card for marble statue of Nike found in 1983. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe
Ciaramella.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, February 2021.
Statue of Nike, found in 1978, from eastern side of pool in Villa A, on display in Pompeii Antiquarium.
Photo courtesy of Fabien Bièvre-Perrin (CC
BY-NC-SA).
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, April 2022.
Detail of statue of
Nike, found in 1978, from eastern side of pool in Villa A, on display in
Pompeii Antiquarium. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, April 2022.
Detail of statue of Nike, found in 1978, from eastern side of pool in Villa A, on display in Pompeii Antiquarium.
Photo courtesy of
Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, February 2021.
Detail of statue of Nike, found in 1978, from eastern side of pool in Villa A, on display in Pompeii Antiquarium.
Photo courtesy of
Fabien Bièvre-Perrin (CC BY-NC-SA).
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, April 2022.
Detail of rear of statue of Nike, found in 1978, from eastern side of pool in Villa A, on display in Pompeii Antiquarium.
Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Oplontis
Villa of Poppea, October 2023.
Area 92/96, marble statue of Ephebus on display in
room 65, but found on east side of pool.
Photo courtesy of Giuseppe
Ciaramella.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, October 2023.
Area 92/96, marble statue of Artemis found on east
side of pool, on display in Room 75.
Photo courtesy of Giuseppe
Ciaramella.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, October 2023. Area 92, description card. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe
Ciaramella.
Oplontis Villa of
Poppea, October 2023.
Area 92/96, detail of marble statuette of Artemis found on east side of
the pool. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Oplontis Villa of
Poppea, October 2023.
Area 92/96, two marble herms of Hercules found on east side of the pool,
on display here in Room 25.
Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, October 2023.
Area 92/96, two marble herms of Hercules with
description card, on display in Room 25.
Photo courtesy of Giuseppe
Ciaramella.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, 1978.
Area 92, Wilhelmina studying the objects on the south side of pool, in their original location. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
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Oplontis Villa of Poppea, October 2023.
Area 92, statuette found on south side of pool, on
display in room 74. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe
Ciaramella.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, October 2023.
Area 92, statuette of hermaphrodite and a satyr, on display in Room 74, but found on south side of pool.
Photo courtesy of
Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, April 2022.
Statuette
of hermaphrodite and a satyr, on display at II.7.9, the Palaestra in
Pompeii.
Photo courtesy of
Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, April 2022.
Marble
statuette of hermaphrodite and a satyr, on display at II.7.9, the
Palaestra in Pompeii. Photo
courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
According to the information card – This was a 1st
century AD (Roman copy of an Hellenistic original).
I sec. d.C (copia romana di originale di eta tardo ellenistica.)
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, April
2022.
Statuette of hermaphrodite and a satyr,
on display at II.7.9, the Palaestra in Pompeii. Photo courtesy of
Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, April
2022.
Statuette of hermaphrodite and a satyr,
on display at II.7.9, the Palaestra in Pompeii. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, April
2022.
Statuette of hermaphrodite and a satyr,
on display at II.7.9, the Palaestra in Pompeii. Photo courtesy of
Giuseppe Ciaramella.
(The statuettes of the two centaurs can be
seen in Part 9, with another two.)
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, 1978.
Terrace 92. Marble group of hermaphrodite and a faun, also recently discovered on the south side of the pool. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
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Oplontis Villa of Poppea, October 2023.
Terrace 92. Large marble vase (Cratere) on display in Room 21, but found on the south side of the pool,
Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, October 2023.
Terrace 92, description card for large vase (Cratere). Photo
courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, 1978.
Terrace 92. Large crater fountain vase positioned in the centre of the south side of the pool.
Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
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According to Wilhelmina, “We were delighted to see they had discovered the base of the beautiful marble crater fountain in a small pool in the garden area on the south side of the swimming pool where the crater had been originally located. We had admired the fountain on a previous trip, for it had been found earlier, in the rear portico of the villa where it had been stored, possibly after the earthquake.”
See Jashemski, W.F., 2014. Discovering the Gardens of Pompeii: Memoirs of a Garden Archaeologist, (p.263).
According to Wilhelmina, “the base of the large crater fountain was found in fragments in passage 53, where it had been stored at the time of the eruption”.
See Jashemski, W. F., 1993. The Gardens of Pompeii, Volume II: Appendices. New York: Caratzas. (p.298).
Room 93: Room in north-west corner of north end of swimming pool
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 93, looking north through doorway from room 90.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, September
2017.
Room 93, looking through doorway from
corridor 94, towards west wall with window onto north garden.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant
681269 DÉCOR.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2017.
Room 93,
looking through doorway towards west wall with window onto north garden, from
corridor 94.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant
681269 DÉCOR.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015.
Room 93, looking towards west wall with
window onto north garden, and doorway into room 95.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, September
2015.
Room 93, doorway in north wall into
room 95, only partly excavated.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 93, north wall.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 93, looking south towards entrance doorway from
room 90.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 93, looking towards south wall on western side
of entrance doorway from room 90.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, September 2015. Room 93, looking east.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 93, east wall with doorway into corridor 94.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 93, looking west across floor.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 93, threshold in doorway dividing rooms 93 and
94, looking west.
Room 94: Small corridor leading to rooms 93, 95 and 97, north of corridor 90, and west of Portico 60
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, September 2011. Corridor 94, looking north to room 97. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
The doorway on the left leads into room 93, and the doorway on the right leads onto Portico 60.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, September 2017.
Corridor 94, looking west through
doorway into room 93, with doorway to room 97, on right.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant
681269 DÉCOR.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, September
2015. Corridor 94, looking south from near room 97.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, September 2011.
Corridor 94, looking south through room 90, and southwards. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, September 2017.
Corridor 94, looking towards south-west corner and west wall, near doorway to room 90, on left.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant
681269 DÉCOR.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, April 2018. Corridor 94, looking towards painted west wall near doorway to room 93, on right.
Photo courtesy of Ian Lycett-King. Use is subject to Creative
Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License v.4 International.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, October 2001.
Corridor 94, looking towards painted west wall near doorway to room 93, on right. Photo courtesy of Peter Woods.
Room 95: Room north of room 93
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 95, doorway in north wall of room 93.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 95, remains of painted decoration on west wall.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, September 2015. Room 95, looking east towards room 97.
Room 96: The swimming pool
Oplontis
Villa of Poppea, October 2023.
Area
96, looking south-east across swimming pool from area 80, the east side of
the west portico. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, April 2018. Area 96, looking south-east across area 80, swimming pool 96, from West Portico 60.
Photo
courtesy of Ian Lycett-King. Use is subject to Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
License v.4 International.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, September
2011.
Looking south along swimming pool, from
north end of west portico. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, May 2010. Looking south-east across swimming pool area. Photo
courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, June 2008.
Room 96, the swimming pool, looking south-east from 60 (with area 80 in the foreground of the image delineated by the white marble strip).
Photo courtesy of Martin Blazeby.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, October 2001.
Area 96, looking south-east across swimming pool from area 80, the east side of the west portico. Photo courtesy of Peter Woods.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, June 2008. Room 96, swimming pool east side section. Photo courtesy of Martin Blazeby.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, October 2023.
Area 96, looking south-east across pool towards area 92, on right. Photo
courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, April 2018. Looking east across south end of swimming pool.
Photo courtesy of Ian Lycett-King. Use is subject to Creative
Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License v.4 International.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Looking east across south end of swimming pool.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, May 2011. Looking east across swimming pool, from area 60, the west
portico. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, June 2008.
Room 96, the swimming pool, looking east from 60 (with area 80 in the foreground of the image delineated by the white marble strip).
In the far right, south east, corner are the steps into the pool. Photo courtesy of Martin Blazeby.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, 1984. Looking south-east along the east side of the swimming pool, area 98.
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Oplontis Villa of
Poppea, April 2018.
Looking south along east side (area 98) of swimming pool 96 towards area 92, the sculpture garden, on its south side.
Photo
courtesy of Ian Lycett-King. Use is subject to Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
License v.4 International.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, c.1984.
Looking south along east side (area 98) of swimming pool 96 towards area 92, the sculpture garden, on its south side.
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Oplontis Villa of Poppea, April 2018. Area 96, looking towards west side of the swimming pool.
Photo courtesy of Ian Lycett-King. Use is subject to Creative
Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License v.4 International.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, October 2023.
Area 96, looking north-east across pool from south end. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, September 2015. Looking north-east across swimming pool from south end.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, October 2023.
Area 96, looking north-east across swimming pool
from west side. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, May 2011. Looking north towards unexcavated from west side of
swimming pool. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, May 2011.
Looking north towards the northern edge of the pool and the pyroclastic debris layers clearly visible. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, May 2010. Looking east along northern edge of excavated swimming
pool area. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, December 2007. Looking north-west over area 96 and 60/80 from room 92.
Photo courtesy of Drew Baker - from the King's College London, Villa of Oplontis Archive.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, c.1983 or 1984. Looking north-west across swimming pool, from east side.
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Room 97: Room with two doorways, one from Corridor 94, the other from the West Portico 60
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 97, doorway at northern end of corridor 94.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, September 2017. Room 97, looking towards west wall from corridor 94.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant
681269 DÉCOR.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 97, west wall of doorway.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 97, east wall of doorway.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015.
Room 97,
looking east towards window and doorway onto Portico 60.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 97, remains of painted decoration under window
in east wall.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, May 2010.
Room 97, looking north-east through doorway from west portico, and through window in east wall. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, March 2014.
Corridor/room 97, looking
west from doorway onto Portico 60, towards plaster-cast of door/shutters
against north (unexcavated) wall.
Foto Annette Haug,
ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, September 2011. Corridor/room 97, plaster-cast of door/shutters. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, May 2011.
Corridor/room 97, plaster-cast of door/shutters. The hinges and the door-closure are clearly visible. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 97, plaster cast.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, September 2011. Room 97, plaster-cast. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, May 2011. Room 97, plaster-cast of part of shutters. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 97, looking west.
Oplontis
Villa of Poppea, March 2014. Area 60, the west portico of the swimming pool.
This
is the eastern doorway to room 97, at the north end of the portico, looking through
doorway into the unexcavated.
On
the right is the window with the decoration under it.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2011. Area 60, the west portico of the swimming pool.
This is the
eastern doorway to room 97, at the north end of the portico, looking into the
unexcavated.
On the right
is the window with the decoration under it, and a small wall built on its
eastern side. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Villa of Poppaea, Oplontis, October 2023.
Area 60, north wall of the west portico
with doorway to room 97, on right.
On the left is the doorway to room 94. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, March 2014. Room 97, looking north to doorway from Portico 60.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, March 2014. Room 97, detail of reconstructed stucco from above
doorway on portico 60.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Villa of Poppaea, Oplontis, October 2023.
Room 97, detail of reconstructed stucco
from above doorway 97 on north wall of portico 60. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, 1983 or 1984. Looking north to black marble column.
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Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 97, looking north on east side of doorway, on
left.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 97, remains of painted dado with garden shrubs
and birds.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 97, painted dado on west end of north wall
under window.
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 97, painted shrubs under the east end of the
window of the north wall.
According to Wilhelmina, “At the north end of the swimming pool, a painting with flowering shrubs and birds seen behind a lattice fence, decorated the dado under the window of the exterior of the east wall of room 94 (now numbered as 97) and continued on the dado of the adjacent wall facing south (which corresponds to the exterior of the north wall of room 78 at the south end of the swimming pool.”
See Jashemski, W. F., 1993. The Gardens of Pompeii, Volume II: Appendices. New York: Caratzas. (p.379)
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Room 97, remains of painted garden shrubs and birds,
adjacent to north wall.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, May 2010. Looking
north-east towards painted garden scene under window. Photo courtesy of Buzz
Ferebee.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, 1983 or 1984. Looking north to area below the window of room 94, facing east.
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Oplontis Villa of Poppea, 1983 or 1984. Painting with flowering shrubs and birds seen behind a lattice fence
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Oplontis Villa of Poppea, 1983 or 1984. Detail from painting with flowering shrubs and birds seen behind a lattice fence
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Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, May 2010. Looking towards detail of remaining painted garden scene
under window. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, 1984. Looking north-east to area on the eastern side of the window of room 94.
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Oplontis Villa of Poppea, 1983 or 1984. The painting of a poorly preserved thicket continuing along the low projection perpendicular to the wall.
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Oplontis Villa of Poppea, May 2010.
Detail of painting of a poorly preserved thicket continuing along the low projection perpendicular to the wall. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, 1984. Detail of painting on small wall.
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Room 98: Garden area on east side of pool (not accessible)
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, 1978.
Area 98, looking south along east side of pool. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
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Oplontis Villa of Poppea, 1984. Looking south-east along the east side of the swimming pool, area 98.
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Oplontis Villa of Poppea, c.1984. Area 98 looking along the east side of swimming pool 96 towards areas 92, 85, 86 and 91 on the south side.
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Oplontis Villa of Poppea, 1978.
Area 98, south end and terrace 92 in south-east corner of the swimming pool 96. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
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Oplontis Villa of Poppea, 1978.
Area 98, looking north-east from terrace 92, with statues in their original places. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
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NW corner of swimming
pool: Area being excavated on the
north side of area 60 and north-west side of the swimming pool
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, c.1984. Looking west along north side of excavations.
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Oplontis Villa of Poppea, c.1984. Looking west along north side of excavations at northern end of the pool.
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Oplontis Villa of Poppea, c.1984.
Looking south-west across east complex and newly excavated rooms, from north end of east complex towards the north garden area.
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Oplontis Villa of Poppea, c.1984. Drilling through volcanic debris above rooms 93 and 95.
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Oplontis Villa of Poppea, c.1984.
Excavations in the north-west corner at the northern end of the pool area. On the right is the painted plaster above room 97.
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Oplontis Villa of Poppea, c.1984. Excavation and reconsolidation of the area above room 97, at the north-west corner of the pool area.
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Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2011. Photo for comparison to the one above, showing the
northern end of the west portico.
This is the
doorway of room 97 at the north end, looking into the unexcavated area. Photo
courtesy of Michael Binns.
Oplontis Villa of Poppea, c.1984. Looking across swimming pool 96, from north-west corner.
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Oplontis Villa of Poppea, c.1984. Looking south-east across rooms being excavated, on northern end of area 60, the portico.
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Oplontis Villa of Poppea, c.1984. Looking east towards rooms 95 and 97 during excavations.
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Oplontis Villa of Poppea, c.1984. Looking north-west towards excavations in the north-west corner of the pool area.
On the left is the plaster between room 74 and doorway to room 88 on the north side of area 60.
On the right, the plaster above the doorway to room 97 can be seen emerging from the lapilli.
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Oplontis Villa of Poppea, c.1984. Excavations in the north-west corner of the pool area, at north end of portico 60.
Looking north-west from area 98 on the east side of swimming pool 96, with doorway to room 88 centre left.
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Room 99. Room discovered in 2010
In 2010 excavations by the Oplontis Project uncovered an undocumented room to the east of 86 and 91 that should be identified as Room 99. The room seemed to be a hastily constructed addition to this area, as exploration of a caved-in section of the cocciopesto floor revealed a faulty floor substructure. The room seems to have been bounded by steps on the north and east sides. Remnants of a Doric column, with stucco flutes still preserved, stand at the north-east corner.
The trenches from the 2010 season added further evidence to the theory that the villa underwent significant changes in its late history. The mounting evidence suggested that the villa may have been damaged in the years leading up to the eruption, possibly by the earthquake of 62. If so, such an event would satisfactorily explain the collapsed portico to the east of the east wing, portions of which filled the cistern in trench OP 9. Similarly, such damage may have warranted a repair to the swimming pool. Damage suffered in rooms 86 and 91, as evidenced by multiple building phases in some of the piers, may have resulted in the lifting of the pavement. Room 99 may even be post-earthquake construction.
See http://www.oplontisproject.org/index.php/fieldwork/
Oplontis Villa
of Poppea, September 2015. Looking east towards room 99 beyond pilasters.
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