Herculaneum III.3. Casa dello Scheletro, or House of the Skeleton.
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III.3 Herculaneum. May 2010. South-east corner of atrium, with doorway to corridor leading east to triclinium.
On the south side of the corridor is a doorway to a room leading to the light-well with smaller nymphaeum.
III.3 Herculaneum, October 2012.
Looking east along corridor leading to triclinium, and small light-yard, on right. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
III.3 Herculaneum, June 2011.
Looking east along corridor leading to triclinium, and small light-yard, on right. Photo courtesy of Sera Baker.
III.3 Herculaneum, June 2011.
Detail of flooring in corridor leading to triclinium. Photo courtesy of Sera Baker.
III.3 Herculaneum. May 2010.
Looking south in small room from corridor. The light-well with small nymphaeum is on the left, east.
III.3 Herculaneum, October 2012. Looking south from corridor, across opus sectile flooring in small room. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
III.3 Herculaneum, June 2011. Detail of flooring leading from corridor into small room. Photo courtesy of Sera Baker.
III.3 Herculaneum. October 2014. Looking south across opus sectile flooring in small room. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
III.3 Herculaneum. March 2008. Looking south across opus sectile flooring in small room. Photo courtesy of Sera Baker.
III.3, Herculaneum, March 2014. Looking east
across opus sectile flooring in small room towards small light-well.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
III.3 Herculaneum. August 2013. Looking east into small light-well. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
III.3 Herculaneum. June 2011. Looking east into small light-well. Photo courtesy of Sera Baker.
III.3 Herculaneum. May 2010.
Looking east from small room towards the small internal courtyard or light-well. This area was protected by a grating above.
III.3 Herculaneum. 1957.
Looking east towards small aedicula nymphaeum with grating above it. 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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Maiuri interpreted the masonry pilaster in front of the nymphaeum as a place to put the offerings.
In this photo, a bronze container has been posed on it.
See Camardo, D, and Notomista, M, eds. (2017). Ercolano: 1927-1961: L’impresa archeologico di Amedeo Maiuri e l’esperimento della citta museo. Rome, L’Erma di Bretschneider, (p.185, Scheda 4)
III.3 Herculaneum, Casa Dello Scheletro. H37.
Looking towards south-east corner and shrine against south wall of lightwell or small courtyard.
Photo used with the permission of the Institute of Archaeology, University of Oxford. File name instarchbx92im002 Resource ID 41151.
See photo on University of Oxford HEIR database
III.3 Herculaneum. May 2010. East wall of light-well, or small courtyard.
III.3 Herculaneum. East wall with remains of painted decoration. 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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III.3 Herculaneum. August 2021. Small aedicula nymphaeum against south wall. Photo courtesy of Robert Hanson.
III.3, Herculaneum, October 2020.
Looking towards south wall and small aedicula nymphaeum. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
III.3, Herculaneum, May 2018.
Looking south towards small aedicula nymphaeum. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee
III.3 Herculaneum. March 2008.
Mosaic and shell-trimmed aedicula built on a high podium against the wall. Photo courtesy of Sera Baker.
III,3 Herculaneum, September 2019.
Mosaic and shell-trimmed aedicula built against the wall with a garden painting.
Photo
courtesy of Klaus Heese.
III.3 Herculaneum, May 2001.
Mosaic and shell-trimmed aedicula built on a high podium. Photo courtesy of Current Archaeology.
III.3 Herculaneum, September 2019.
Detail of mosaic and shell-trimmed aedicula. Photo courtesy Klaus Heese.
III.3 Herculaneum, May 2018. Detail of mosaic and shell-trimmed aedicula. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee
III,3 Herculaneum, April 2018. Detail of mosaic and
shell-trimmed aedicula. Photo courtesy of Ian Lycett-King.
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Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License v.4 International.
III,3 Herculaneum, April 2018. Detail of mosaic and
shell-trimmed niche. Photo courtesy of Ian Lycett-King.
Use is subject to Creative
Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License v.4 International.
III,3 Herculaneum, October 2020.
Detail from mosaic
and shell-trimmed niche. Photo
courtesy of Klaus Heese.
III,3 Herculaneum, October 2020.
Detail from rear of mosaic and shell-trimmed niche. Photo
courtesy of Klaus Heese.
III.3 Herculaneum, May 2018.
Detail of niche of mosaic and shell-trimmed niche. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
III,3 Herculaneum, October 2020.
Detail from left
(east) side of mosaic and shell-trimmed niche. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
III,3 Herculaneum, October 2020.
Detail from right (west) side of mosaic and shell-trimmed
niche. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
III.3 Herculaneum, September 2019.
Detail of base of mosaic and shell-trimmed aedicula. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
III.3 Herculaneum, October 2020.
Detail from base of mosaic and shell-trimmed lararium. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
III,3 Herculaneum, April 2018. Garden painting at east end
of south wall above nymphaeum.
Photo courtesy of Ian Lycett-King. Use is subject to Creative
Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License v.4 International.
III.3, Herculaneum, May 2018. Garden painting at east end of south wall above nymphaeum. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
III.3, Herculaneum, September 2017.
Detail of east end of garden painting on south wall above nymphaeum. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
III.3, Herculaneum, May 2018. Detail from centre of garden painting. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee
III.3, Herculaneum, September 2017.
Detail from upper centre of garden painting
on south wall above nymphaeum. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
III.3, Herculaneum, September 2017.
Detail of bird from upper east end of garden painting on south wall above nymphaeum.
Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
III.3, Herculaneum, May 2018. Detail of painted bird from upper west end of garden painting. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee
III.3, Herculaneum, September 2017.
Detail of painted
bird from upper west end of garden painting. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
III.3, Herculaneum, September 2017.
Detail of west end of garden painting on south wall above nymphaeum. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
III.3 Herculaneum. August 2013.
Remains of garden painting at east end of south wall above nymphaeum. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
III.3 Herculaneum, April 2005.
Detail of enhanced garden painting at east end of south wall above nymphaeum. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
III.3 Herculaneum. 1964.
Looking towards remains of garden painting near south-east corner. 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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III.3 Herculaneum. 1964.
Looking towards garden painting near south-east corner. 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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III.3 Herculaneum. 1964.
South wall above shrine with remains of garden painting. 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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III.3 Herculaneum. 1964. Looking towards nymphaeum against south wall. 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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III.3 Herculaneum. May 2004. Upper south wall.
III.3 Herculaneum. May 2010. Remains of garden painting, and small plaque with cupid.
III.3 Herculaneum. Photo taken between October 2014 and November 2019.
Marble relief of cupid on wall above the pool, with grating
above. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe
Ciaramella.
III.3 Herculaneum. June 2011. Marble relief of cupid on wall above the pool. Photo courtesy of Sera Baker.
III.3 Herculaneum. May 2010. Detail of marble relief of cupid on wall above the pool.
The cupid is carrying in his hand, according to Jashemski, a purse filled with money.
See Jashemski, W. F., 1993. The Gardens of Pompeii, Volume II: Appendices. New York: Caratzas. (p.259)
III.3 Herculaneum. June 2014. Detail of marble relief of cupid on wall above the pool. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
III.3 Herculaneum. 1964.
Looking towards south-west corner. Shrine and remains of garden painting above, on the left. 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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III.3 Herculaneum. May 2010. South-west corner.
III.3 Herculaneum. May 2010.
According to Jashemski, the pool which occupied most of the small light-well had been filled with soil to form a small garden by the time of the eruption.
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