Herculaneum III.16. Casa dell’ Erma di Bronzo, or House of the Bronze Herm.
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III.16, Herculaneum, September 2015. Atrium 9, looking north-west across impluvium set into floor of cocciopesto.
III.16, Herculaneum, May 2018. Room 9, looking west across impluvium in atrium. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
III.16, Herculaneum, May 2018. Detail from east side of impluvium in atrium, room 9. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
III 16, Herculaneum, September 2015. Looking south across tufa impluvium in atrium 9.
III.16, Herculaneum, May 2006. Room 9, impluvium in atrium. Looking west.
III 16, Herculaneum, September 2015. North wall of atrium 9, with doorway to room 5, on left, and room 3, on right.
III.16, Herculaneum, October 2014. North wall of atrium 9. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
III.16, Herculaneum, May 2006. Atrium, room 9, north wall.
III.16, Herculaneum, October 2020.
Atrium, room 9, north wall in north-east corner, with doorway to room 3, on right. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
III.16, Herculaneum, May 2018.
Looking towards east wall of room 9, atrium, with doorway to room 3, on left. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
III.16, Herculaneum, October 2014.
Room 9, east wall of atrium, with doorway to room 3 in north-east corner, on left. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
III.16, Herculaneum, May 2018.
Room 9, east wall of atrium, detail of painted decoration above doorway to room 3, in north-east corner. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
III.16, Herculaneum, October 2014.
Room 9, doorway in north-east corner of atrium leading to room 3. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
III 16, Herculaneum, September 2015. Room 3, north wall, with modern scratchings.
III 16, Herculaneum, September 2015. Room 3, detail of painted plaster on north wall.
III.16, Herculaneum, October 2014. Room 3, north wall. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
The wall of this room in this house must surely be the most relevant according to a graffito found in the Basilica at Pompeii –
CIL IV 1904 - “O walls, you have held up so much tedious graffiti that I am amazed that you have not already collapsed in ruin”.
III 16, Herculaneum, October 2020.
Room 3, detail from upper north wall. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
III 16, Herculaneum, October 2020. Room 3, detail from upper north wall. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
III 16, Herculaneum, September 2015. Room 3, south-east corner, with window in east wall.
III 16, Herculaneum, September 2015. Room 3, detail of painted plaster from east wall.
III.16, Herculaneum, October 2014.
Room 3, east wall and south-east corner. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
III 16, Herculaneum, October 2020.
Room 3, detail from upper south wall. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
III 16, Herculaneum, September 2015. Room 3, south wall.
III 16, Herculaneum, October 2020.
Room 3, detail from upper south wall. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
III 16, Herculaneum, October 2020.
Room 3, detail from upper south wall. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
III.16, Herculaneum, October 2014. Room 3, south-west corner. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
III 16, Herculaneum, October 2014.
Room 3, west wall with doorway to atrium. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
III 16, Herculaneum, September 2015. Room 3, detail of painted panel on west wall.
III 16, Herculaneum, September 2015. Room 3, floor.
III.16, Herculaneum, May 2018. Atrium 9, looking west towards tablinum and upper compluvium. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee
III.16, Herculaneum, May 2018. Compluvium above impluvium in atrium 9. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee
III.16, Herculaneum, May 2018.
Atrium 9, detail of water-spouts of compluvium in middle of modern ceiling. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
III.16 Herculaneum, October 2014. Modern ceiling, with compluvium above atrium. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
III 16, Herculaneum, September 2019.
Looking towards east wall of atrium 9, with doorways to room 3, on left, entrance corridor in centre, and room 2, on right.
Photo
courtesy of Klaus Heese.
III 16, Herculaneum, September 2015.
East wall of atrium 9, with doorways to room 3, on left, entrance corridor in centre, and room 2, on right.
III 16, Herculaneum, May 2018. Hemp cord. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Now in Boscoreale Antiquarium and Museum, inventory number 75687.
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