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V.3 Pompeii. Casa del Giardino. September
2021. Room 3, looking north from Portico 10. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
V.3 Pompeii.
Casa del Giardino. September 2021. Room 3, looking towards west
wall of triclinium. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
V.3 Pompeii. Casa del Giardino. October 2022.
Room 3, doorway to atrium at south end of west wall of triclinium. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
V.3
Pompeii. Casa del Giardino. October
2021.
Room 3, central painting on
west wall of triclinium. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.
V.3 Pompeii. Casa del Giardino. October
2022.
Room
3, central painting on west wall of triclinium showing Hercules. Photo courtesy
of Klaus Heese.
V.3
Pompeii. Casa del Giardino. October
2021.
Room 3, detail of central
painting on west wall of triclinium showing Hercules. Photo courtesy of
Johannes Eber.
V.3 Pompeii. Casa del Giardino. October 2018.
Room 3, looking towards north wall with fresco of Venus and cupid (Venus fishing).
On the east side of the central painting is the medallion with a female face.
On the west wall, but not photographed here, was the central painting of
Hercules in the presence of Deianira or Omphale.
In this room, the walls are decorated with large scenes, almost real megalographies.
The flooring was of cocciopesto.
At the rear, across corridor 9, the top of the doorways to rooms 12 and 4, can be seen.
See Osanna M, 2019. Pompei. Il tempo ritrovato. Le Nuove Scoperte. Milano:
Rizzoli, (p.142)
Ambiente 3,
parete nord con affresco di Venere e amorino.
Photograph ©
Parco Archeologico di Pompei.
V.3 Pompeii. Casa del Giardino. October 2018. Room 3, detail of painting on north wall.
Ambiente 3,
dettaglio della pittura sulla parete nord.
Photograph ©
Parco Archeologico di Pompei.
V.3 Pompeii. Casa del Giardino. October 2021.
Room 3, looking
towards north wall with central fresco of Venus and cupid (Venus fishing). Photo courtesy of Johannes
Eber.
V.3 Pompeii. Casa del Giardino. October 2021.
Room 3, detail of painting from centre of north wall showing
Venus and cupid fishing. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.
V.3 Pompeii. Casa del Giardino. September 2021.
Room 3, north wall,
detail of painting showing Venus and cupid fishing. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
V.3, Pompeii. Casa del Giardino. October 2021.
Room 3, east end of
north wall in north-east corner of triclinium. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.
V.3 Pompeii. Casa del Giardino. October 2018. Room 3, east end of north wall.
A very refined female medallion portrait, perhaps, according to PAP, depicting the mistress of the house.
Ambiente 3,
parete nord, estremità est. Un ritratto femminile molto raffinato, forse,
secondo PAP, raffigurante la domina della casa.
Photograph ©
Parco Archeologico di Pompei.
V.3 Pompeii. Casa del Giardino. October 2021.
Room
3, medallion portrait from east end of north wall. Photo courtesy of Johannes
Eber.
V.3 Pompeii. Casa del Giardino. September 2021.
Room 3, detail of
medallion from east end of north wall. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
V.3, Pompeii. Casa del
Giardino. October 2021.
Room 3, looking towards north-east corner of
triclinium. Photo courtesy of Johannes
Eber.
V.3, Pompeii. Casa del Giardino. October 2021.
Room
3, north-east corner, with north wall, on left. Photo courtesy of Johannes
Eber.
V.3, Pompeii. Casa del Giardino. October 2021. Room 3,
north-east corner, with east wall, on right. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.
V.3 Pompeii. Casa del Giardino. September 2021.
Room 3, looking
towards north-east corner and east wall of triclinium. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
V.3 Pompeii. Casa del Giardino. October 2018. Room 3, east wall.
On this wall, we recognize Venus with a male figure (perhaps Adonis or Paris) and with Eros.
Photograph ©
Parco Archeologico di Pompei.
V.3 Pompeii. Casa del Giardino. September 2021.
Room 3, east wall, north (left) end, painting of a cupid. Photo
courtesy of Klaus Heese.
V.3 Pompeii. Casa del Giardino. October 2018. Room 3, east wall, north end, painting of a cupid.
Ambiente 3,
estremità nord della parete est, dipinto di un amorino.
Photograph ©
Parco Archeologico di Pompei.
V.3, Pompeii. Casa del
Giardino. October 2021.
Room 3, central painting of Venus, perhaps
either Adonis or Paris, and a cupid, from
east wall.
Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.
V.3 Pompeii. Casa del Giardino. September
2021.
Room 3, detail of painting of Venus with a male figure (perhaps Adonis or Paris) and with cupid Eros, from centre of east wall.
Photo
courtesy of Klaus Heese.
V.3 Pompeii. Casa del Giardino. October 2018.
Room 3, east wall. Detail of painting of Venus with a male figure (perhaps Adonis or Paris) and with cupid Eros.
Ambiente 3, parete est. Particolare della
pittura di Venere con
una figura maschile (forse Adone o Parigi) e con Cupido Eros.
Photograph ©
Parco Archeologico di Pompei.
V.3 Pompeii. Casa del Giardino. October 2022.
Room 3, south wall in south-east corner. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
V.3 Pompeii. Casa del Giardino. October 2022.
Room 3, looking through doorway in south wall towards portico 10, and garden area. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
V.3 Pompeii. Casa del Giardino. 2018. Room 3, lower south wall near doorway onto portico 10.
Looking south-west from doorway across portico towards doorway to room 7.
A bronze jug is on the floor of room 3.
Provenanced from this room was a bronze jug with handle inset with silver.
See Osanna M,
2019. Pompei. Il tempo ritrovato. Le Nuove Scoperte. Milano: Rizzoli, (p.142)
V.3 Pompeii. Casa del Giardino. 2018. Bronze handle with head and inset silver.
Maniglia in bronzo con testa e argento
incassato.
Photograph © Parco Archeologico di Pompei.
V.3 Pompeii. Casa
del Giardino. 2018. Inset silver in bronze handle.
Argento
incassato in maniglia in bronzo.
Photograph ©
Parco Archeologico di Pompei.
V.3 Pompeii. Casa del Giardino. 2019.
Room 4 is the doorway in the far left wall of corridor 9 before the doorway in the end of the corridor leading to room 6.
V.3 Pompeii. Casa del Giardino, October 2022.
Room
5, looking south-east across atrium towards doorway to room 3 and doorway to
Portico 10, on right. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
V.3 Pompeii. Casa del Giardino, October 2022.
Room
5, looking south-west across atrium towards doorway to room 8, and entrance
corridor/fauces, on right. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
V.3 Pompeii. Casa del Giardino, October 2021. Room 5, south-west corner of
atrium. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.
V.3 Pompeii. Casa del Giardino, October 2021.
Room
5, detail of mill in south-west corner of atrium. Photo courtesy of Johannes
Eber.
V.3 Pompeii. Casa del Giardino, October 2022. Room 5, detail of mill in south-west corner of atrium. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
V.3 Pompeii. Casa del Giardino. October 2018. Room 5, atrium, looking south-east from above entrance corridor/fauces.
Room 8, and room 7, are in the lower right.
Portico 10, with the garden, are in the upper right.
Vista da
est a atrio, ambiente 5.
Di fronte
sono i fauces, ambiente 8 e ambiente 7, con portico 10 a destra e giardino
dietro.
Photograph ©
Parco Archeologico di Pompei.
V.3 Pompeii. Casa del Giardino. October 2018.
Looking south from rear of house, towards room 3, centre left, and room 5, atrium, centre right.
From both rooms 3 and 5, were doorways onto the portico 10, and garden to south.
Guardando a
sud dalla parte posteriore della casa, verso la stanza 3, il centro a sinistra
e la stanza 5, atrio, centro destra.
Da entrambe
le camere 3 e 5, erano porte sul portico 10, e giardino a sud.
Photograph ©
Parco Archeologico di Pompei.
V.3 Pompeii. Casa
del Giardino. September 2021.
Room 5, looking east towards north-east corner of atrium and corridor 9.
The graffiti can be seen on the east atrium wall, on the
right. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
V.3 Pompeii. Casa del Giardino. October 2022. Room 5, graffiti on east
wall of atrium. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
V.3 Pompeii. Casa
del Giardino. October 2021. Room 5, detail of graffiti
on east wall of atrium. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.
V.3 Pompeii. Casa del Giardino. October 2018.
Room 5, north end of atrium during excavations. Looking towards north-east corner of atrium and corridor 9.
The site of the charcoal inscription is at the top of the pink plaster on the east wall, on the right.
Ambiente 5, estremità nord dell'atrio durante
gli scavi.
Guardando
verso l'angolo nord-est dell'atrio e del corridoio 9.
Il sito
dell'iscrizione a carbone è nella parte superiore dell’intonaco rosa sulla
parete est a destra.
Photograph ©
Parco Archeologico di Pompei.
V.3 Pompeii. Casa del Giardino. October 2018. Atrium 5. Charcoal Inscription.
The walls of the atrium and the entrance corridor have preserved a considerable amount of graffiti, in the course of study, with phrases, in some cases of obscene character, and with drawings (including some stylized faces). In an unusual way, drawings traced with lime or plaster have been preserved in good condition, including one depicting a caricatured human face in profile, and with charcoal, also in this case of human faces. Between the last was also a charcoal inscription, which would support the hypothesis that the eruption of 79 AD may have occurred October 24, rather than August 24th.
Atrio 5. Iscrizione
al carbone.
Le pareti dell’atrio e del
corridoio di ingresso hanno conservato una notevole quantità di graffiti, in
corso di studio, con frasi, in alcuni casi di carattere osceno, e con disegni
(tra cui alcuni volti stilizzati). In maniera insolita, si sono conservati in
buone condizioni, disegni tracciati con calce o gesso, tra cui uno raffigurante
un volto umano caricaturale di profilo, e con carbone, anche in questo caso
volti umani. Tra quest’ultimi anche l’iscrizione a carboncino, che
supporterebbe l’ipotesi che l’eruzione del 79 d.C. possa essere avvenuta il 24
ottobre, piuttosto che il 24 agosto.
Photograph ©
Parco Archeologico di Pompei.
V.3 Pompeii. Casa del Giardino. October 2018. Inscription found in atrium 5.
NDAs) Nov (embres) in [d] ulsit pro Masumis Esurit
[ions]
-"on October 17 indulged
in food in an unrestrained way."
Since the material used to write on the wall could
hardly have lasted for a long time, it is probable that the inscription was
made in October 79 A.D., a week before the great catastrophe which, according
to this hypothesis, would have happened on the 24th of that month.
Iscrizione
trovata nell'atrio 5.
ndas)
Nov(embres) in[d]ulsit pro masumis esurit[ioni]
- “Il 17 ottobre lui indulse al cibo in modo
smodato”.
Poiché il materiale utilizzato per scrivere sul
muro difficilmente avrebbe potuto resistere a lungo, è probabile che la scritta
sia stata realizzata proprio nell’Ottobre del 79 d.C., una settimana prima
della grande catastrofe che, secondo questa ipotesi, sarebbe avvenuta il 24 di
quel mese.
Photograph ©
Parco Archeologico di Pompei.
La prof.ssa
Giulia Ammannati della Scuola Normale sarà domani, 23 ottobre, a Pompei,
invitata dal direttore generale del Parco Archeologico, Massimo Osanna, a una
verifica diretta dell’epigrafe rinvenuta sul muro della Casa con Giardino, nel
corso degli scavi nell’area della Regio V.
L’epigrafe ha
suscitato grande interesse perché potrebbe spostare dal 24 agosto al 24 ottobre
del 79 DC la data dell’eruzione che seppellì la cittadina romana nei pressi di
Napoli. La ricercatrice e docente di Paleografia della Scuola Normale, alla
quale si deve, per esempio, il recupero delle iscrizioni della Cappella degli
Scrovegni a Padova, ha suggerito che la scritta su cui tutti concordano, e cioè
«XVI (ante) K
(alendas) Nov (embres) » debba essere integrata con il seguente testo, di cui si intravede una
parte: «In Olearia
Proma Sumserunt ». La
traduzione dell’intera epigrafe sarebbe dunque: «il 17 ottobre hanno preso
nella dispensa olearia».
In precedenza
l’epigrafista Antonio Varone e lo stesso Massimo Osanna avevano ipotizzato
invece la seguente trascrizione: « XVI (ante) K (alendas) Nov (embres) indulsit pro masumis esurit». Ovvero «il diciassette ottobre indulse
al cibo in modo smodato». Si tratta quindi di due letture ben diverse: secondo
il significato proposto da Ammannati la frase sarebbe una sorta di annotazione
di servizio, indicando un ambiente della domus adibito alla conservazione di
cibo.
Il direttore
generale Massimo Osanna ha intanto accettato come valida l’ipotesi di
Ammannati, dandone comunicazione sulla pagina web del sito archeologico e
dichiarando che sarà necessario scavare e trovare la “cella olearia”. Si potrà
sapere qualcosa di più sul testo dell’iscrizione dagli esami spettrografici
della scritta, realizzata con carboncino, che potrebbero portare alla luce
parte del testo mancante.
Professor Giulia Ammannati of the Scuola Normale will be in
Pompeii, tomorrow October 23, invited by the Director General of the
Archaeological Park, Massimo Osanna, to a direct verification of the epigraph
found on the wall of the House with Garden, during the excavations in the area
of the Regio V.
The epigraph aroused great interest because it could shift the date of the
eruption that buried the Roman town near Naples from 24 August to 24 October.
The researcher and professor of Palaeography of the Scuola Normale, to whom we
owe, for example, the recovery of the inscriptions of the Scrovegni Chapel in
Padua, suggested that the writing on which all agree, namely "XVI (ante) K (alendas) Nov (embres) "should
be integrated with the following text, of which we can see a part:" In Olearia Proma Sumserunt ". The
translation of the entire epigraph would therefore be: "October 17 they
took it in the oil pantry".
Previously, the epigraphist Antonio Varone and Massimo Osanna himself had
hypothesized the following transcription: "XVI (ante) K (alendas) Nov (embres) indulsit pro masumis esurit".
That is "the seventeenth of October indulged in food in an unrestrained
way". So these are two very different readings: according to the meaning
proposed by Ammannati, the sentence would be a sort of service annotation,
indicating a room of the domus used for food preservation.
The general manager Massimo Osanna has meanwhile accepted as valid the
hypothesis of Ammannati, giving notice on the web page of the archaeological
site and declaring that it will be necessary to excavate and find the
"olive oil cell". It may be possible to learn more about the text of
the inscription from spectrographic examinations of the writing, made with
charcoal, which could bring to light some of the missing text.
See Parco Archeologico di
Pompei press release and photo: http://pompeiisites.org/comunicati/nuova-iscrizione-supporta-la-teoria-della-data-dell-eruzione/
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