I.7.10/11 Pompeii. Casa dell’Efebo or Domus P. Cornelius Tages or House of the Ephebus.

I.7.12 Pompeii. Garden entrance to Casa dell’ Efebo or House of the Ephebus or Domus P. Cornelius Tages.

I.7.19 Pompeii. Linked House.

Excavated 1912 and 1925 and 1927.

Quick Outline

This page has been created to give a quick appreciation of the main rooms and areas of the beautiful House of the Ephebus without the need to navigate the many detailed pages of photographs.   

Detail

If you are interested to see the house in more detail, the rooms are shown in much greater detail in the subsequent parts.

Detailed photos:     1.7.10 blocked entrance       1.7.11 House       I.7.12 Garden      I.7.19 linked house

I.7.11 Pompeii. September 2021.

Looking south to entrance doorway on west side of Vicolo dell’Efebo. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

This entrance leads into the north end of the atrium, we start our tour at the south end by entrance I.7.12.

I.7.12 Pompeii. May 2012. Looking west from entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

I.7.12 Pompeii. May 2017.

Looking east along north portico of the garden area towards entrance doorway with small rooms, the kitchen and cubiculum, on right.

Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

I.7.12 Pompeii. September 2021.

Looking south through doorway into kitchen and latrine. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

I.7.12 Pompeii. December 2006. Looking south into doorway to cubiculum on west side of kitchen.

I.7.12 Pompeii. September 2021.

Looking towards north wall of cubiculum. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

I.7.12 Pompeii. March 2012.

Looking through window in south wall of cubiculum, onto garden area. Photo courtesy of Marina Fuxa.

I.7.12 Pompeii. December 2018.

Looking west from entrance towards area of the west wall of the north portico (with niche).

On the left from the north portico is the garden area with summer triclinium.

On the right from the north portico is the area of the house seen in I.7.11 and I.7.10.

Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

I.7.12 Pompeii. December 2018.

Looking towards wall painting of Mars and Venus on west wall of north portico.

Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

I.7.12 Pompeii. December 2018.

Arched niche, against west wall of north portico. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

I.7.11/12 Pompeii. March 2024. Looking towards north portico of garden area. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.

I.7.11 Pompeii, 1978.

Looking towards north portico from garden area. 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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According to Jashemski, Maiuri said the space between the columns and the west pillar of the portico were closed by glass set in a wooden frame.

This would have kept the rain and sun from the triclinium, tablinum and exedra.

Maiuri did not mention finding any glass and some scholars think that wooden shutters were used.

See Jashemski, W. F., 1993. The Gardens of Pompeii, Volume II: Appendices. New York: Caratzas, (p.38).

I.7.11 Pompeii. May 2017. Looking west, with triclinium on north (right). Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

This is the interior of the wooden shutters from the north portico.

I.7.11 Pompeii. December 2018.

Looking west with Lararium, at rear of west wall of triclinium. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

I.7.11 Pompeii. December 2018. Looking north-west across triclinium. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

I.7.11 Pompeii. September 2021. Looking east into exedra on north side of north portico. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

I.7.11 Pompeii, 1978. Bronze statue of the Ephebo. 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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I.7.11 Pompeii. 2010. Left view of bronze statue of the ephebo from south side of atrium near tablinum.

The figure holds ornate tendrils that probably served as candelabrum branches. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

I.7.11 Pompeii. September 2021.

North wall of cubiculum to south-east of atrium, with doorway to triclinium, on right.

Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

I.7.11 Pompeii. September 2021.

Looking north across atrium, from doorway of cubiculum in south-east of atrium. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

I.7.11 Pompeii. May 2017.

Looking east through doorway of cubiculum on east side of atrium, on south side of entrance doorway at I.7.11.

Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

I.7.11 Pompeii. December 2006. Two rooms opposite entrance I.7.11.

On the right is the cubiculum with window, on the left is a ruined exedra.

I.7.11 Pompeii. May 2017. Looking west through doorway into cubiculum. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

I.7.11 Pompeii. March 2012.

Looking east towards doorway and window in east wall of bedroom, on west side of atrium. Photo courtesy of Marina Fuxa.

On the east side of the atrium the doorway at I.7.11 can be seen.

I.7.11 Pompeii. December 2006.

Entrance corridor and doorway, looking east. The doorway on the left of the photo led to the stairs to the upper floor.

I.7.11 Pompeii. September 2021. Looking south across atrium from near lararium at north end. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

I.7.11 Pompeii. September 2021.

Lararium in south-east corner of atrium, looking towards south wall, at north end of atrium.

Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

I.7.11 Pompeii. December 2018.

Remains of lararium on east side of atrium belonging to original house at I.7.10.

Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

I.7.11 Pompeii. September 2021.

Looking north-east across atrium towards blocked entrance at I.7.10, centre left, and doorway to cubiculum, centre right.

Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

I.7.11 Pompeii. December 2018.

Detail of the blocked entrance at I.7.10.  Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

Detail of cement cast of door with two shutters reinforced with a horizontal crossbar and a pole positioned into a hollow in the floor.

I.7.11 Pompeii. September 2021.

Looking east into cubiculum to north of blocked entrance I.7.10. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

I.7.11 Pompeii. September 2021.

Looking north to stairs in atrium. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

I.7.11 Pompeii. March 2024. Looking west across atrium towards tablinum. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.

I.7.11 Pompeii. September 2021. Looking towards west wall and north-west corner of tablinum. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

I.7.11 Pompeii. May 2017.

Looking towards the south-west corner and west wall of tablinum on west of atrium in I.7.10. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

Garden Area, south of I.7.12, and leading to house with doorway at I.7.19

I.7.12 Pompeii. September 2021. Looking south-east across garden area with summer triclinium. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

I.7.12 Pompeii. December 2018. Looking south-west across garden area towards summer triclinium. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

I.7.12 Pompeii. May 2017. Nymphaeum and water tank on south side of garden. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

I.7.12 Pompeii. December 2023. South wall of garden area on west of nymphaeum. Photo courtesy of Miriam Colomer.

I.7.12 Pompeii. March 2024. South wall of garden area, with detail of bull and bear wall painting. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.

I.7.12 Pompeii. December 2018.

Decorated south wall and south-west corner with painting of bull in hunting scene, and naked armed warrior. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

I.7.12 Pompeii. September 2021.

Looking north-west across garden area with summer triclinium towards north portico. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

This photograph was taken from the doorway into I.7.19, a house linked to this one and photographed below.

The photographs commence on the west side of the insula, from the entrance doorway in Vicolo di Paquius Proculus, and returning to this area.

I.7.19 Pompeii. December 2018.

Looking east to entrance doorway in Vicolo di Paquius Proculus. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

I.7.19 Pompeii. September 2021.

Looking east across atrium towards tablinum with window onto a small garden, from entrance corridor. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

I.7.19 Pompeii. May 2017.

Looking through doorway towards south-west corner and west wall of cubiculum in south-west corner of atrium. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

I.7.19 Pompeii. September 2021.

Looking towards north-west corner of atrium, with entrance corridor, on left. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

I.7.19 Pompeii. May 2017.

Doorways to rooms in north-west corner of atrium. In the centre is a plaster-cast of a door. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

I.7.19 Pompeii. May 2017. Doorway to triclinium in north-east corner of atrium. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

I.7.19 Pompeii. December 2006. Looking towards the east wall of the triclinium in the north-east corner of atrium.

The zoccolo in this room was black. The central panel of this wall was red with a central painting, now faded.

The frieze was black, and the side panels were yellow and showed paintings of birds pecking among the plants.

The upper zone was white with two side aediculae, which had been destroyed by the passage of the ancient tunnellers.

I.7.19 Pompeii. September 2021. 

Looking towards north wall, north-east corner and window overlooking small garden area in east wall of tablinum.

The small garden area was reached by a corridor on the south side of this tablinum.  Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

I.7.19 Pompeii. May 2017. First small room on north side of corridor leading to I.7.12/11/10.

Looking towards the east wall of cubiculum. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

I.7.19 Pompeii. September 2021. Second small room on north side of corridor leading to I.7.12/11/10.

Small room with two doorways, one to garden area, the other to kitchen. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

I.7.19 Pompeii. September 2021.

Doorway to small garden area at rear of tablinum. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

I.7.19 Pompeii. May 2017.

Looking north-east in second small room on north side of corridor, with doorway to kitchen area, on right. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

I.7.19 Pompeii. September 2021.

Looking west towards corridor from north portico of pseudoperistyle. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

I.7.19 Pompeii. May 2017.

Looking across north portico towards west wall of garden area with niche, with corridor to atrium area, on right.

Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

I.7.19 Pompeii. December 2018. Looking towards south and west walls of garden area. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

I.7.19 Pompeii. May 2017. Looking towards south wall of garden area. Photo courtesy of John Puffer.

I.7.19 Pompeii. May 2017. Looking south along east portico of peristyle. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

I.7.19 Pompeii. December 2018.

Looking east across north portico of peristyle, with east wall of exedra, on left. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

I.7.19 Pompeii. December 2018.

Looking towards steps up to garden of I.7.12, and doorway to cubiculum in north-east corner of the pseudoperistyle.

Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

I.7.19 Pompeii. December 2018.

North wall in north-east corner with two niches. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

According to Boyce, in the north wall are two arched niches at different levels.

The lower is the larger and has a slab of marble as its floor.

See Boyce G. K., 1937. Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome: MAAR 14. (p.26, no.42).

I.7.19 Pompeii. May 2017.

Looking towards east wall of cubiculum in north-east corner of pseudoperistyle. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

I.7.19 Pompeii. September 2021.

Looking towards south and west walls of garden area, from top of steps linking with I.7.12/11/10.

Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

I.7.19 Pompeii. May 2017. Steps down to north portico from garden area of I.7.12. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.