VIII.2.16 Pompeii. Casa dei Mosaici Geometrici or House of the Geometric Mosaics.

Linked to VIII.2.14. First excavated 1826. Further excavation 2013.

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VIII.2.16 Pompeii. October 2023. Looking west towards entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. December 2018.

Looking west towards entrance doorway on Via delle Scuole. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. May 2017. Looking west towards entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. September 2005. Entrance doorway.

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. December 2023.

Looking west across atrium from entrance corridor. Photo courtesy of Miriam Colomer.

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. October 2020.

Looking west across atrium from entrance corridor. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. December 2018.

Looking west from entrance corridor. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. 1968. Looking west from entrance doorway. 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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VIII.2.16 Pompeii. October 2020.

Looking west across mosaic in entrance corridor. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. September 2005. Mosaic floor in fauces, looking west.

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. December 2004. Entrance mosaic, looking west.

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. November 2017. Looking east into entrance corridor towards doorway, from atrium.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. January 2017. Looking east along south wall of entrance corridor.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. May 2017. Looking east into entrance corridor towards doorway, from atrium. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. April 2019.

Looking east towards doorway in entrance corridor. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. May 2017. Threshold for door, and mosaic flooring at entrance, looking east. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. May 2017. Detail of mosaic flooring in entrance corridor, looking east. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. May 2017. Detail of entrance corridor flooring at west end, near atrium. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. September 2005. Mosaic in entrance fauces. Looking out from atrium, east towards Via delle Scuole.

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. May 2024.

North side of black and white mosaic separating entrance corridor and atrium. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. May 2024. Black and white mosaic separating entrance corridor and atrium. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. May 2024.

South side of black and white mosaic separating entrance corridor and atrium. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. October 2020.

Looking west across atrium towards south-west corner. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. May 2024. Looking west across atrium towards tablinum and north-west corner. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. October 2020.

Looking west across atrium towards north-west corner. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. May 2024. Looking towards east end of atrium. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. May 2017. Looking towards south-east corner of atrium. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. May 2024.

Doorway to room in south-east corner of atrium. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. May 2017. Doorway to room on south side of entrance corridor. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. May 2018.

Threshold of room on south side of entrance corridor. Looking west to atrium. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. May 2024.

Looking towards south-east corner of room, and opening leading in direction of entrance corridor, which would have been under the stairs to the upper floor. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. May 2017.

Looking towards south-east corner of room, and opening leading in direction of entrance corridor, which would have been under the stairs to the upper floor. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. May 2018.

Looking towards south wall of room on south side of entrance corridor. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. May 2018. Looking towards north wall, with doorway to atrium, on left. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. May 2018.

Looking north in area leading to entrance corridor, which would have been under the stairs to the upper floor. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. January 2017. Looking west across impluvium after it has filled with rainwater.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. May 2024. Looking towards south-west corner of atrium. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. May 2017. Looking towards south-west corner of atrium, across site of impluvium in atrium. 

The tablinum can be seen on the right.  Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. May 2018. Site of impluvium in atrium, looking south. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. May 2018. Looking north across west end of site of impluvium. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. May 2017. Looking south across west end of site of impluvium. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. May 2024. Looking across impluvium towards west end. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. May 2024. Detail from west end of impluvium. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. May 2018. Detail from west end of impluvium. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. May 2017. Detail from west end of impluvium. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. May 2017. East end of site of impluvium. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. May 2017. Detail of cistern mouth at east end of impluvium. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. May 2024. Detail of cistern-mouth at east end of impluvium. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. January 2017. Looking west from entrance corrido/fauces across atrium.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. December 2004. Looking west from fauces across atrium.

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. Looking west from fauces across atrium towards rear garden area.

Photographed 1970-79 by Günther Einhorn, picture courtesy of his son Ralf Einhorn.

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. December 2004. North side of atrium, from fauces.

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. September 2005. Looking west across site of impluvium in atrium.

On the west side of the atrium is a doorway, on left, leading into a passageway and room onto the east portico.

The tablinum is in the centre, and the doorway to a triclinium is on the right. On both sides of the side walls is an open ala.

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. 1968.

Looking north-west through tablinum to portico, with doorway to triclinium, and opening to north ala, on its right. 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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VIII.2.16 Pompeii. September 2005.

Looking north-west across impluvium in atrium, towards tablinum, terrace garden and doorways in north-west corner.

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. May 2024. Looking towards north side of atrium, from north ala, on left. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. 1968.

Doorways in north-west corner of atrium to triclinium, north ala, a cubiculum, and corridor linking to VIII.2.14. 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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VIII.2.16 Pompeii. September 2005. Doorways on north side of atrium.

The central one leading to VIII.2.14, on the left of it is a cubiculum with windowed niche, and on the right of it is another cubiculum.  

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. August 2023. Looking north-east across impluvium in atrium. Photo courtesy of Maribel Velasco.

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. April 2019. Looking towards north-east corner of atrium. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. December 2018. Looking towards north-east corner of atrium. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. 1968. Looking towards north-east corner of atrium. 

On the north wall are the doorways to cubiculum with windowed niche, on left, the corridor, and a cubiculum.

On the east side is the doorway to another cubiculum, on the north side of the entrance corridor.  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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VIII.2.16 Pompeii. May 2024.

Detail of wall on north side of atrium. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. May 2024.

Detail of doorway in north wall, leading to atrium of VIII.2.14. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VIII.2.16 Pompeii. May 2024.

Detail of wall on north side of atrium. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

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