91. HGE12 Pompeii. Villa delle Colonne a Mosaico or Villa of the Mosaic Columns.

Herculaneum Gate East Side. (Eschebach East 12, Kockel Nord 12).

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HGE12 Pompeii. December 2006. Looking east towards lararium.

HGE12 Pompeii. 1961. Looking east towards lararium. 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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HGE12 Pompeii. December 2006. Lararium with altar, south and east wall.

According to Boyce, in an open court was a sacrarium, apparently dedicated to Hercules and Bacchus.

Upon the yellow background of the rear wall of a deep niche were painted the attributes of Hercules – a large skyphos and a club.

In the pediment on the wall above the niche was painted the figure of Bacchus, accompanied by two flying cupids holding a wreath, one on each side of him.

See Boyce G. K., 1937. Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome: MAAR 14.  (p.97, no.479)

HGE12 Pompeii. December 2006. Lararium with altar, east wall.

HGE12 Pompeii. December 2006. Lararium with altar, east wall.

HGE12 Pompeii. December 2006. North and east side of ceiling in lararium.

HGE12 Pompeii. December 2006. Wall painting on east wall of lararium, above altar.

HGE12 Pompeii. December 2006. Wall painting on east wall of lararium, above altar.

HGE12 Pompeii. December 2006. Masonry podium, according to Boyce, this was the base for a statue.

HGE12 Pompeii. December 2006. Masonry altar coated with stucco.

According to Boyce, this was ornamented with figures in painted stucco relief on all sides.

On the front, a popa held a knife in his right hand, and grasped a hog wearing a red girdle with his left hand.

On the left side, a skyphos stood on a reddish base.

On the right side, a club leaning against a base could be seen.

On the rear, was a cock.

See Boyce G. K., 1937. Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome: MAAR 14.  (p.97, no.479)

HGE12 Pompeii. December 2006. Looking towards stairs and lararium niche with altars.

HGE12 Pompeii. December 2006. Looking south towards staircase running up above lararium niche, against east wall.

HGE12 Pompeii. December 2006. Staircase against east wall of courtyard with lararium. 

HGE12 Pompeii. December 2006. Narrow niche under staircase.

HGE12 Pompeii. December 2006. Room on east side at rear of staircase wall.

HGE12 Pompeii. December 2006. Looking west from staircase across courtyard towards a second staircase and entrance HGE14.

HGE12 Pompeii. December 2006. Two Samnite graves enclosed in metal frames.

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