Herculaneum IV.4. Casa dell’alcova or House of the Alcove.
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IV.4 Herculaneum. September 2015. Doorway to corridor 11, on east side of room 7, the covered atrium.
IV.4 Herculaneum. September 2015. Corridor 11, threshold to doorway.
IV.4 Herculaneum. September 2015. Corridor 11, looking east, with wooden beam across corridor.
IV.4 Herculaneum. September 2015. Doorway to cubiculum 13, on north side of corridor 11.
IV.4 Herculaneum. September 2015. Room 13, west wall of cubiculum.
IV.4 Herculaneum. September 2015. Room 13, north wall of cubiculum.
IV.4 Herculaneum. September 2015. Room 13, east wall of cubiculum.
IV.4, Herculaneum, October 2014.
Doorway to room 13, on left, and window to room 14, centre right, taken across corridor 11, from courtyard 12. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
IV.4, Herculaneum, October 2014.
Doorway to room 13, on left, and window and doorway into room 14, centre right, taken across courtyard 12. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
IV.4 Herculaneum. September 2015. Window to cubiculum 14 in north wall of corridor 11.
IV.4 Herculaneum. September 2015. Doorway to cubiculum 14.
IV.4 Herculaneum. September 2015. Room 14, looking towards north-west corner of the cubiculum.
IV.4 Herculaneum. September 2015. Looking north-east into room 15, from room 14.
IV.4 Herculaneum. September 2015.
Room 14, looking towards south wall and doorway and window across corridor 11 into courtyard 12.
On the left is the doorway in the south wall of room 15.
IV.4 Herculaneum. June 2005. Looking north towards doorways
to rooms 14 and 15. Photo courtesy of
Nicolas Monteix.
IV.4 Herculaneum. June 2005. Detail of east side of doorway
to room 15. Photo courtesy of Nicolas
Monteix.
IV.4 Herculaneum. September 2015. Doorway to room 15, a cupboard/storeroom.
IV.4 Herculaneum. September 2015. Room 15, north wall.
IV.4 Herculaneum. September 2015. Room 15, east wall.
IV.4 Herculaneum. September 2015. Looking south from doorway of room 15.
IV.4, Herculaneum, October 2014. Looking south from doorway of room 15, towards courtyard 12, on right. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
IV.4 Herculaneum. June 2005. Looking south towards courtyard
12. Photo courtesy of
Nicolas Monteix.
IV.4 Herculaneum. September 2015. Looking south-west across courtyard 12.
IV.4 Herculaneum, August 2021. West wall of courtyard 12, with corridor 11, on right. Photo courtesy of Robert Hanson.
IV.4 Herculaneum. September 2017.
Corridor 11, looking
west from near courtyard 12. Photo
courtesy of Klaus Heese.
IV.4, Herculaneum, October 2014. Courtyard 12, looking west along corridor 11. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
IV.4 Herculaneum. September 2015. Courtyard 12, looking south-east.
IV.4 Herculaneum. September 2015. Looking south towards doorway to the large triclinium 16, on east side of courtyard 12.
IV.4 Herculaneum. September 2015. Structure against south wall, near courtyard 12.
IV.4 Herculaneum. September 2015. Doorway to room 16, a large triclinium.
IV.4, Herculaneum, October 2014. Room 16, looking east across triclinium. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
IV.4 Herculaneum. September 2015. Room 16, looking east across triclinium.
IV.4 Herculaneum. September 2015. Room 16.
IV.4 Herculaneum. September 2015. Room 16, detail of drain.
IV.4 Herculaneum. September 2015. Room 16, south wall of triclinium.
IV.4 Herculaneum. September 2015.
Room 16, looking west from triclinium through doorway into courtyard 12, from where it would have taken light and air.
IV.4 Herculaneum. October 2012.
Room 16, looking west from triclinium through doorway into courtyard 12. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
IV.4 Herculaneum. June 2005. Courtyard 12, looking west
towards corridor 11. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
IV.4 Herculaneum. September 2015. Room 7, looking west towards entrance doorway.
IV.4 Herculaneum. September 2015.
Doorway to room 5, the kitchen and latrine, in south-west corner of courtyard 3.
On the right is the east end of the entrance corridor. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
IV.4 Herculaneum. September 2015. Room 5, looking west across kitchen.
IV.4 Herculaneum. September 2015. Room 5, south-west corner.
IV.4 Herculaneum. September 2015. Room 5, detail of west wall.
IV.4 Herculaneum. October 2014.
Room 5, looking towards west wall and latrine in north-west corner of kitchen. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
IV.4 Herculaneum. September 2015. Room 5, latrine in north-west corner of kitchen.
IV.4 Herculaneum. September 2015. Room 5, north-east corner.
IV.4 Herculaneum. October 2014. Room 5, north-east corner. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
IV.4 Herculaneum. September 2015. Room 5, east wall in north-east corner.
IV.4 Herculaneum. September 2015.
Looking east across south end of courtyard 3, towards the south side of open courtyard 6.
The doorway, on the right, with steps down, leads into the large vestibule 17 and the second part of the house.
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