Pompei: MRA-ITA-Pom001
Type Sample Item
Sample ID
- MRA-ITA-Pom001
Sample Material Type
- Mural painting
Sample Sub-type
- fragment
Dimensions (cm)
- Length
- 4.5
- Width
- 6.4
- Height
- 1.9
Weight
- weight value (g)
- 47.1
Geographic Location
- Country
- Italy
- Place
- Pompei
Site/monument
- Italy (ITA)
Pompei
Scavi archeologici di Pompei
Casa del Larario di Achille
Historical note about the site/monument
- The house is located in the Pompeii Archaeological Excavation area. It is named for a small room near the atrium, which contains painted stucco ornaments depicting key moments in the Trojan War. This room has been identified as the family shrine, or lararium (from the Latin lares, denoting domestic guardian spirits; the House of the Vettii provides another example of a Pompeiian lararium). In addition to its namesake stucco cycles, the house contains a large fresco painting of elephants being driven by cupids holding myrtle branches (the tree of Venus) as reins. The House of the Lararium of Achilles was excavated from 1911-1929.
Chronological period (sample)
- Roman period
Support
- Good (sample can be handled)
Finishing Layers
- Moderate (had some deterioration features such as lack of cohesion/adhesion) and ideally should not be removed from its holder