Pompeii: The Life of a Roman Town

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Abbreviations:

MANN – National Archaeological Museum, Naples

SAP – Soprintendenza Archeologica di Pompei

1 Mosaic of musicians, from the Villa of Cicero (MANN 9985). Photo courtesy of Corbis.

2 Orpheus from the House of Orpheus, V. Loria in F. and F. Niccolini, Le Case ed I Monumenti di Pompei (Naples, 1854-96).

3 Painting of Nero (?) as Apollo from Moregine. Photo courtesy of Foglia Fotografica.

4 Reconstruction of street frontage on the Via dell’Abbondanza, V. Spinazzola, Pompei alla luce degli scavi nuovi di Via dell’Abbondanza (Rome, 1953), Tavole III.

5 Carpenters’ procession, MANN 8991. Photo, M. Larvey.

6 Gambling scene from the Bar on the Via di Mercurio. Photo, R. Cormack.

7 Forum scene from Praedia of Julia Felix, MANN 9068. Photo courtesy of Corbis.

8 Model of the House of the Tragic Poet, N. Wood.

9 Detail of model of the House of the Tragic Poet, N. Wood.

10 Painting from west wall of the triclinium in the Bakery of the House of the Chaste Lovers. Photo, M. Larvey.

11 ‘Tightrope walkers’ from the bar on the Via di Mercurio, Colonel Famin, Musée royal de Naples, peintures, bronzes et statues érotiques du cabinet secret (Paris, 1857), Plate XXXV.

12 Table server, MANN 143760. Photo courtesy of Superstock.

13 Wall paintings from the Inn of Salvius (MANN 111482). Photo, M. Larvey.

14 Detail of the Villa of Mysteries frieze. Photo courtesy of Corbis.

15 Detail of the Alexander Mosaic (MANN 10020). Photo, R. Cormack.

16 Reconstruction of painting from the Stabian Baths, G. Abbate, in Niccolini, Case e Monumenti.

17 Mosaic, with actors preparing, from the House of the Tragic Poet, G. Mosaic, with actors preparing, from the House Abbate, in Niccolini, Case e Monumenti.

18 Painting of the arrival of Isis in Egypt, from the Temple of Isis, D. Raoul-Rochette, Choix de Peintures de Pompéi (Paris, 1848–56), Plate XVII.

19 Painting of hunt, from the House of the Ancient Hunt, Raoul-Rochette, Choix de peintures, Plate XVI.

20 Cupids as metal-workers, from the House of the Vetti, V. Loria, in Nuovi scavi di Pompei: Casa dei Vettii (Naples, 1887).

21 Cupids in chariots, from the House of the Vettii. Photo courtesy of Lattanzi.

22 Painting of Nile scene with pygmies, from the House of the Doctor, MANN 113195.

23 Paintings from the atrium of the House of the Tragic Poet, F. Morelli, Soprintendenza archeologica di Napoli, ADS 263.

1 Bronze lamp, MANN 133320

2 Crouching plaster cast. Photo, R. Cormack

3 Amber figurine, MANN 25813

4 Engraving of discovery in the House of Emperor Joseph II, F. Mazois, Les ruines de Pompéi, Paris, 1824–38, Vol. 2, Plate XXXIV

5 Engraving of sculpted panel from the House of Caecilius Jucundus, A. Mau, Pompeji in Leben und Kunst (Leipzig, 1900), Fig. 21

6 The Temple of Isis, Mazois, Les ruines, Vol. 4, Plate VIII

7 Gynaecological instrument, MANN 78030

8 Mooring rings at Pompeii. Photo, B. Letwin

9 Damage following Allied bombing campaigns in 1943, V. Spinazzola, Pompei alla luce degli scavi nuovi di Via dell’Abbondanza (Rome, 1953), Vol. 1, Fig. 12

10 Condition of a Pompeian house as excavated, Spinazzola, Pompei, Vol. 1, Fig. 17

11 Ivory statuette of Lakshmi, MANN 149425

12 View into the House of the Faun. Photo B. Letwin

13 The Alexander mosaic, Mazois, Les ruines, Vol. 4, Plate XLVII

14 Terracotta sculpture, possibly from the Temple of Apollo, SAP 40633. Photo courtesy of Foglia Fotografica

15 The House of Fabius Rufus, from the west. Photo, A. Wallace-Hadrill

16 Painting of the riot in the Amphitheatre, 59 CE, MANN 112222. Photo, M. Larvey

17 Table support from the House of Casca Longus (I. 6. 11)

18 Romulus carrying a trophy of victory, Spinazzola, Pompei, Vol. 1, Fig. 184

19 Pompeian street. Photo, R. Cormack

20 Phallus carved onto street-paving. Photo, R. Cormack

21 Painting showing woolworkers, from workshop façade, Spinazzola, Pompei, Tavole, XI B

22 Water tower and fountain. Photo, B. Letwin

23 Via dell’Abbondanza: ancient and modern methods of traffic control. Photo, R. Cormack

24 Forum scene from the Praedia of Julia Felix, Le Antichità di Ercolano Esposte (Naples, 1755–92) Vol. 3, Plate 42

25 Forum scene from the Praedia of Julia Felix, Antichità di Ercolano Vol. 3, Plate 42

26 Forum scene from the Praedia of Julia Felix, Antichità di Ercolano Vol. 3, Plate 43

27 Forum scene from the Praedia of Julia Felix, Antichitàdi Ercolano Vol. 3, Plate 43

28 Forum scene from the Praedia of Julia Felix, Antichità di Ercolano Vol. 3, Plate 41

29 Forum scene from the Praedia of Julia Felix, Antichità di Ercolano Vol. 3, Plate 41

30 Shop doors on the Via dell’Abbondanza. Photo B. Letwin

31 Scale model of the House of the Tragic Poet, N. Wood

32 Entrance hall mosaic, the House of the Tragic Poet. Drawing, N. Wood

33 A child’s wooden cradle from Herculaneum, SAP 78444

34 Kitchen in the House of the Vettii

35 Water triclinium, the House of the Golden Bracelet. Photo, A. Wallace-Hadrill

36 Priapus at the entrance to the House of the Vettii. Photo, M. Larvey

37 Prostitute’s room (cella meretricia). Photo courtesy of Foglia Fotografica

38 Sarno baths. Photo, R. Cormack

39 Ornamental water channel, House of Octavius Quartio

40 House of Fabius Rufus, axionometric reconstruction. After V. Kockel

41 Caricature of ‘Rufus’, CIL IV, 9226

42 ‘Hello Amarantus, hello’, graffito from Bar of Amarantus, CIL IV, 10008

43 Half-finished painting, from the House of the Painters at Work. Photo, R. Cormack

44 Painting of Menander in the House of the Menander

45 Two wall painting designs. Left, from the Villa of Diomedes, A. Carli, in F. and F. Niccolini, Le Case ed I Monumenti di Pompei (Naples, 1854–96). Right, from the House of Marcus Lucretius (IX. 3. 5), G. Abbate, in Niccolini, Case e Monumenti

46 So called portrait of Sappho. MANN 9084. Photo, R. Cormack

47 Geometric design of wall-painting, from the House of the Gilded Cupids (VI. 16. 7). Photo, courtesy of Lattanzi

48 Hunting scene from the House of the Ceii. Photo, courtesy of Lattanzi

49 The ‘Judgement of Solomon’, from the House of the Doctor, MANN 113197

50 Frieze from the Villa of Mysteries. Photo, courtesy of Whitestar publishers

51 Parodies of the gods from the baths of the House of the Menander. After A. Maiuri, La Casa del Menandro (Rome, 1933)

52 Mosaic from the entrance to the hot room of the baths of the House of the Menander. Photo, M. Larvey

53 Painting of Achilles on the island of Skyros, W. Gell, Pompeiana (London, 1838), Vol 2, Plate LXIX

54 Terracotta figurine of Micon and Pero (MANN 124846), drawing, H. von Rohden, Die Terrakotten von Pompeji (Stuttgart, 1880), Plate 47

55 Painting of the sacrifice of Iphigeneia, Gell, Pompeiana, Vol. 2, Plate XLVI

56 Helen entertains Paris, the House of Jason, MANN 114320

57 Fish sauce jar, in mosaic from the House of Umbricius Scaurus, SAP 15188

58 Reconstruction of Villa Regina. Drawing S. de Caro (La villa rustica in Località Villa Regina di Boscoreale (Rome, 1994), Fig. 24, and courtesy of Giorgio Bretschneider

59 Wine delivery, from the Bar on the Via di Mercurio, Gell Pompeiana, Vol. 2, Plate LXXXI (border modern)

60 Standard weights and measures, Mazois, Les ruines, Vol. 3, Plate XL

61 Painting from the macellum, G. Weidenmüller, in Niccolini, Case e Monumenti

62 Marble relief showing metalworkers at work, MANN 6575

63 Bread oven from the Bakery of the Chaste Lovers. Photo courtesy of Lattanzi.

64 Bread stall, V.Loria, in Niccolini, Case e Monumenti

65 A flour mill, A Mau, Pompeii its life and art (New York, 1899), Fig 210

66 A horse skeleton, from the Bakery of the Chaste Lovers. Photo, R. Cormack

67 A record tablet from the collection of Caecilius Jucundus, reconstruction, Mau, Pompeii, Fig 262

68 Bust of Caecilius Jucundus, MANN 110663. Photo, R. Cormack

69 The Covered Theatre in action, G. Cel, in Niccolini, Case e Monumenti

70 The Basilica in the Forum, reconstruction sketch. Mau, Pompeii, Fig. 26

71 Statue of Marcus Holconius Rufus, MANN 6233

72 Tomb of Caius Calventius Quietus, Mazois, Les ruines, Vol. 1, Plate XXIV

73 The building of Eumachia, a nineteenth-century model, MANN

74 Statue of Eumachia, MANN 6232

75 Dormouse jar, SAP 10744

76 Painting from the House of the Triclinium, F. and F. Niccolini, in Niccolini, Case e Monumenti

77 Silver cup from Boscoreale, Louvre Bj, 1923

78 Cooking utensils, Mau, Pompeii, Fig. 196

79 Phallic bronze lamp, SAP 1098

80 Painting from the Bar on the Via di Mercurio, Gell Pompeiana, Vol 2, Plate LXXX

81 Phallus bird, Colonel Famin, Musée royal de Naples, peintures, bronzes et statues érotiques du cabinet secret (Paris, 1857), Plate XXVI

82 Erotic wall-painting from the brothel

83 Reconstruction of the Stabian baths, from F. Yegül Baths and Bathing in Classical Antiquity (Cambridge, MA, 1992), after Eschebach

84 Bronze brazier from the Forum baths, G. Abbate, Niccolini, Case e Monumenti

85 The Stabian baths men’s changing room, J. Overbeck, Pompeji (Leipzig, 1875), opp. p. 201

86 Erotic scenes from the changing room of the Suburban Baths. Photo, R. Cormack

87 Large Theatre. Photo courtesy of Corbis

88 Bronze portrait of Caius Norbanus Sorex. Photo courtesy of DAIR, D-DAI-ROM 1989.1216

89 Wall painting showing the theatre, M. Bieber, The History of the Greek and Roman Theater (Princeton, NJ, 1961), Fig. 776

90 The arena of the Amphitheatre. Photo courtesy of Corbis

91 The start of a gladiator bout, from the arena wall, Mazois, Les ruines, Vol. 4, Plate XLVII

92 Advertisement for gladiatorial games, CIL IV, 3884

93 Sculpture showing the stages of a gladiatorial show, MANN 6704

94 Palaestra adjacent to the Large Theatre, used for housing gladiators. Photo courtesy of Corbis

95 Gladiator’s helmet, MANN 8674

96 Pompeian graffiti showing gladiators, from Tomb 14 EN, from cemetery at Nuceria Gate

97 The goddess Venus, from the House of Marine Venus, Famin, Cabinet Secret, Plate XXXIV

98 Bronze figurines of dancing Lares MANN

99 Marble head of Jupiter, from the Temple of Jupiter, Juno and Minerva, MANN 6266

100 Reconstruction of the Temple of Jupiter, Juno and Minerva, Mazois, Les ruines, Vol. 3, Plate XXXII

101 Temple of Minerva and Hercules, Mau, Pompeii, opp. p. 128

102 Temple of Jupiter Meilichios, Mazois, Les ruines, Vol. 4, Plate IV bis.

103 Temple of Fortuna Augusta, Gell, Pompeiana, Vol. 1, Plate XXI

104 Temple of Jupiter, Juno and Minerva. Photo, R. Cormack

105 Statue of Aesculapius/Jupiter, MANN 22574

106 Sacrificial scene, from an altar in the Forum, Mazois, Les ruines, Vol. 4, Plate XV

107 Lararium from the House of Vettii. Photo courtesy of Lattanzi

108 Painting of worship at a lararium, House of Sutoria Primigenia (I. 13. 2). Photo, M. Larvey

109 Bronze hand of Sabazius. Photo courtesy of Whitestar publishers

110 Temple of Isis. Photo courtesy of Sites and Photos

111 Statue of Isis, from the Temple of Isis, K. Grob, in Niccolini, Case e Monumenti

112 Tombs leading up to the Herculaneum Gate, Mazois, Les ruines, Vol 1, Plate II

113 Tomb of Vesonius Phileros. Photo courtesy of DAIR, D-DAI-ROM 1958.1937

In addition to the credits noted above, the following illustrations are reproduced with the authorisation of the Italian Ministero per I Beni e le Attività Culturali:

Soprintendenza Archeologica di Pompei: Colour plates 6, 10. Illustrations 2, 8, 12, 15, 17, 19, 20, 30, 33, 35, 36, 38, 43, 52, 57, 66, 75, 79, 86, 104, 108. Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli: Colour plates 5, 12, 13, 15, 22. Illustrations 1, 3, 7, 11, 16, 46, 49, 56, 62, 68, 71, 73, 74, 93, 95, 98, 99, 105. Soprintendenza Archeologica di Napoli: Colour plate 23.

While every effort has been made to contact copyright-holders of illustrations, the author and publishers would be grateful for information about any illustrations where they have been unable to trace them, and would be glad to make amendments in further editions.