Herculaneum VI.29. Casa dei Due Atri or House of the two atriums.
Excavated 1939-40.
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VI.29 Herculaneum, September 2015.
Looking east from entrance doorway towards atrium 9, the second atrium of Tuscan type.
The impluvium was closed by a parapet and with a beautiful puteal on the edge of the well.
See Maiuri, Amedeo, (1977). Herculaneum. 7th English ed, of Guidebooks to the Museums Galleries and Monuments of Italy, No.53 (p.36).
VI.29 Herculaneum, August 2021. Looking east across atrium 9. Photo courtesy of Robert Hanson.
VI.29 Herculaneum. May 2018. Atrium 9, the second atrium, puteal near north-west corner. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VI.29 Herculaneum. May 2018. Atrium 9, puteal above cistern mouth. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VI.29 Herculaneum. May 2018. Atrium 9, cistern mouth on north-west corner of impluvium. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VI.29 Herculaneum. May 2018. Atrium 9, the second atrium, looking south-east across impluvium. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VI.29 Herculaneum.
Base of impluvium in second atrium 9, lined in opus signinum and with a central recess that probably held a fountain/statue.
Herculaneum VI.29
secondo atrio, cementizio con inserti litici e marmorei.
See http://tess.beniculturali.unipd.it/web/scheda/?recid=18636
VI.29 Herculaneum. May 2018. Atrium 9, the second atrium, looking north-east across impluvium.
On the left is the north wall of atrium 9, with window into Room 7. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VI.29 Herculaneum. October 2020.
Atrium 9, looking towards north side, with window into Room 7, oecus. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VI.29 Herculaneum. October 2020.
Room 7, oecus, looking towards west wall and north-west corner, through window in south wall. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VI.29 Herculaneum. October 2020.
Room 7, oecus, looking towards upper north wall, through window in south wall. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VI.29 Herculaneum. August
2021. Room 7, oecus, detail of painted decoration on north wall. Photo
courtesy of Robert Hanson.
VI.29 Herculaneum. September 2021.
Room 7, oecus, looking towards west (left) end of the north wall. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VI.29 Herculaneum. October 2020.
Room 7, oecus, looking towards west (left) end of the north wall. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VI.29 Herculaneum. September 2021.
Room 7, oecus, detail from the west (left) end of the north wall. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VI.29 Herculaneum. October 2020.
Room 7, oecus, detail from the west (left) end of the centre of the north wall. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VI.29 Herculaneum. October 2020.
Room 7, oecus, detail from the east (right) end of the centre of the north wall. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VI.29 Herculaneum. October 2020.
Room 7, oecus, detail from the east (right) end of the north wall. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VI.29 Herculaneum. October 2020. Room 7, oecus, looking towards north-east corner and east wall. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Rooms 8 and 10 not photographed.
VI.29 Herculaneum. September 2003.
Looking west from above triclinium, across second atrium 9, towards south wall with lararium, and doorways to corridor and tablinum.
Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
VI.29 Herculaneum. Not dated.
Looking east across second atrium 9, towards first atrium 3 and entrance doorway.
Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
VI. 29 Herculaneum, 1964.
Looking west from second atrium 9 which would have been used as a garden, towards entrance doorway.
Also, in this atrium on the south wall, left, were lararium niches. 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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VI.29 Herculaneum 1964.
Looking west from triclinium towards impluvium in second atrium 9, through tablinum towards 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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VI.29 Herculaneum. May 2018. Atrium 9, the second atrium, looking south-west across impluvium. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VI.29 Herculaneum. May 2018. Atrium 9, the second atrium, two niches lararium's on south wall. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VI.29 Herculaneum. Not dated.
South wall of second atrium 9, with two lararium niches. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
VI.29 Herculaneum. October 2020. Atrium 9, detail of lararia on south wall. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VI.29 Herculaneum. September 2021.
Atrium 9, detail of lararium on south wall. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VI.29 Herculaneum. May 2018. Atrium 9, detail of lararium. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VI.29 Herculaneum. May 2018. Atrium 9, detail of lararium. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VI.29 Herculaneum. May 2018.
Atrium 9, looking along south wall towards doorway to corridor 6, and tablinum, on right. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VI.29 Herculaneum. May 2018.
Atrium 9, second atrium, cistern mouth in south-west corner of impluvium. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
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