Herculaneum V.1. Casa Sannitica or Samnite House.

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V.1 Herculaneum. May 2010. Doorway to room 2 in north-west corner of atrium.

V.1 Herculaneum. May 2010. West wall of atrium, detail of remains of decoration.

V.1 Herculaneum. May 2010. West wall of atrium, detail of painted zoccolo in north-west corner on north side of doorway to room 2.

V.1 Herculaneum. March 2014. Doorway to room 2, in north-west corner of atrium.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

V.1 Herculaneum. May 2010. Room 2, doorway threshold.

V.1 Herculaneum, October 2014.

Room 2, looking west across threshold through doorway. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.

V.1 Herculaneum. June 2017.

Room 2, looking west across flooring. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.

V.1 Herculaneum. March 2014. Room 2, looking north across flooring.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

V.1 Herculaneum. May 2010. Room 2, looking west across the floor.

V.1 Herculaneum. May 2010. Room 2, pattern in centre of flooring.

V.1 Herculaneum. May 2010. Room 2, east wall, and doorway from atrium.

V.1 Herculaneum. August 2013. Room 2, north wall with remains of window. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

V.1 Herculaneum. May 2010. Room 2, north wall.

V.1 Herculaneum. March 2014. Room 2, detail of window in upper north wall.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

V.1 Herculaneum. May 2010. Room 2, remains of painted zoccolo on north wall.

V.1 Herculaneum. May 2010. Room 2, west wall.

V.1 Herculaneum. May 2010. Room 2, looking towards south wall.

V.1 Herculaneum. May 2010. Room 2, south wall.

V.1 Herculaneum. March 2014. Room 2, graffiti from east end of south wall.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

V.1 Herculaneum. Photo taken between October 2014 and November 2019.

Room 2, graffiti from east end of south wall. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.

V.1 Herculaneum. May 2010. Room 2, east end of south wall.

According to Maiuri, “a larger room on the left (of the entrance corridor) has walls with a red ground and rough graffiti”.

See Maiuri, A. (1977). Herculaneum. (No.53 in a series of guidebooks, 7th English edition), (p.41).

V.1 Herculaneum. March 2014. Room 2, looking west from east end of south wall.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

V.1 Herculaneum. May 2010. Room 2, graffiti from south wall.

V.1 Herculaneum. March 2014. Room 2, graffiti from south wall.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

V.1 Herculaneum. May 2010. Room 2, graffiti from south wall.

V.1 Herculaneum. May 2010. Room 2, painted decoration on south wall.

V.1 Herculaneum. May 2010. Room 2, south wall.

V.1 Herculaneum. May 2010. Room 2, remains of painting in centre of south wall.

V.1 Herculaneum. May 2010. Room 2, south wall.

V.1 Herculaneum. May 2010. Room 2, painted south wall.

V.1 Herculaneum. May 2010. Room 2, looking towards south-east corner, and doorway to atrium.

V.1 Herculaneum. Photo taken between October 2014 and November 2019.

West end of atrium, detail of painted decoration above entrance corridor and doorway to room 2.

Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.

V.1 Herculaneum, November 2008. Looking towards west wall in atrium. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.

V.1 Herculaneum, March 2014. North side of entrance corridor/atrium, with capital.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

V.1 Herculaneum. April 2014. Capital from upper north wall of entrance corridor/west wall of atrium. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

V.1 Herculaneum. March 2014. Looking north-west from atrium towards north wall of entrance corridor.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR

V.1 Herculaneum. Photo by Maiuri, Ercolano, Vol. I, p201, 1560.

Stucco on north wall of entrance corridor, and doorway to room 2, looking north-west from atrium.

Photo used with the permission of the Institute of Archaeology, University of Oxford.

File name instarchbx116im010 Resource ID 42242.

See photo on University of Oxford HEIR database

V.1 Herculaneum. May 2010.

North wall of entrance corridor, and doorway to room 2, looking west from atrium.

V.1 Herculaneum. May 2011.

Looking west along north wall of entrance corridor from atrium. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.

V.1 Herculaneum. August 2013. North wall of entrance corridor. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

V.1 Herculaneum. August 2013. Detail from north side of entrance corridor. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

V.1 Herculaneum. August 2013. Detail from north side of entrance corridor. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

V.1 Herculaneum. Photo taken between October 2014 and November 2019.

West end of atrium, detail of painted decoration above entrance corridor.

Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.

V.1 Herculaneum. August 2013. Capitals above entrance corridor, at west end of atrium. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

V.1 Herculaneum. March 2014. South side of entrance corridor/atrium, with capital.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

V.1 Herculaneum. April 2014. Capital from upper south wall of entrance corridor/west wall of atrium. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

V.1 Herculaneum. August 2013.

South wall of entrance corridor, and doorway to room 3, looking south-west from atrium. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

V.1 Herculaneum. May 2010.

South wall of entrance corridor, and doorway to room 3, looking west from atrium.

V.1 Herculaneum. August 2013. South wall of entrance corridor.

Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

In the zoccolo (lower plinth or dado) of the south wall was a graffito in Oscan.

This graffito was repeated twice and consisted of a greeting and a name – salavs e luvi.

V.1 Herculaneum. March 2014. Looking towards west side of atrium and entrance corridor.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

V.1 Herculaneum. March 2014. Entrance corridor ceiling, looking west from atrium.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

V.1 Herculaneum. March 2014. Detail of entrance corridor ceiling.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

V.1 Herculaneum. May 2010. Entrance corridor ceiling, looking west from atrium.

V.1 Herculaneum. June 2017. Looking west from atrium, towards entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.

V.1 Herculaneum. October 2022.

Looking west along floor of entrance corridor towards exit. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

V.1 Herculaneum. March 2014. Looking west from atrium along floor of entrance corridor towards exit.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

V.1 Herculaneum. May 2010. Looking west from atrium along floor of entrance corridor towards exit.

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