IX.14.4 Pompeii. House of M. Obellius Firmus or Casa di MM. Obellii Firmi, pater et filius
or Casa del Conte di Torino.
Linked to IX.14.2 and IX.14.b. Excavated 1888, 1903, 1910.
In Notizie degli
Scavi, 1905, (p.245-257) this is shown as Reg. III, Ins. 1.
Quick Outline
This Quickie page
has been created to give an appreciation of the main rooms and areas of the beautiful
House of M. Obellius Firmus without the need to navigate the many detailed
pages of photographs.
Detail
If you are interested to see the house in more detail, the rooms are shown in greater detail in the subsequent parts.
IX.14.4 Pompeii. July 2017. Looking west along front façade.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.14.4 Pompeii. July 2017. Looking south towards entrance
doorway.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.14.4 Pompeii. September 2017.
Tetrastyle atrium B, looking towards the south-east from the entrance corridor/fauces.
Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
IX.14.4 Pompeii. July 2017. Looking south across impluvium
in atrium B towards tablinum.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.14.4 Pompeii. September 2017.
Tetrastyle atrium B, looking towards the south-west side from the entrance corridor/fauces.
Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
IX.14.4 Pompeii. September 2019.
Looking south along east wall of atrium, with doorway to room C,
on left, E, in centre, and F, centre right.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.14.4 Pompeii. September 2019. Looking east along south wall
of room C, from doorway.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.14.4 Pompeii. May 2017. Looking towards east wall of cubiculum E. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
IX.14.4 Pompeii. December 2007. Doorway to room F cubiculum on the east side of the atrium. Looking towards east wall.
This cubiculum also had walls divided into panels on a white background, with a red base.
The painting in the centre of the panels had faded and disappeared.
IX.14.4 Pompeii. July 2017. Tablinum H, looking south from
atrium towards portico and peristyle.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.14.4 Pompeii. September 2019. Tablinum H, looking north
towards atrium.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.14.4 Pompeii. July 2017.
Triclinium 24, looking south-west from atrium, with doorway in
west wall of tablinum, left of centre, and doorway from atrium, centre right.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.14.4 Pompeii. May 2017.
Triclinium 24, looking south-west towards the south wall showing the plaster-cast of the wooden shutters.
Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
IX.14.4 Pompeii. September 2019.
Looking south-west across Tetrastyle Atrium B towards doorways
to triclinium 24, on left, west ala 25, in centre, money chest and cubiculum 26,
on right.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.14.4 Pompeii. May 2017. Large arca or money chest (q) on the west side of the atrium. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
IX.14.4 Pompeii. September 2019. North-west corner
of atrium with lararium shrine 32.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.14.4 Pompeii. May 2017.
Looking across peristyle towards north portico, and doorway to tablinum and atrium. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
IX.14.4 Pompeii. September 2019. Looking east along north portico.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.14.4 Pompeii. July 2017.
Looking north through window from north portico into room 19, on
the left is a corridor 44 leading to secondary atrium at IX.14.2.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.14.4 Pompeii. September 2019. Room 19, looking south
along west wall from secondary atrium 27.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.14.4 Pompeii. May 2017. Room 19, east wall of tablinum. Looking south. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
IX.14.4 Pompeii. September 2019.
Room 27, the secondary atrium at IX.14.2, looking south across
impluvium towards staircase, tablinum 19 and corridor.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.14.4 Pompeii. July 2017.
Secondary atrium 27, looking north along west side with doorway to
room 20, on left, followed by 21, 22 and 29.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.14.4 Pompeii. September 2019. Doorway to room 21 on west
side of atrium 27.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.14.4 Pompeii. September 2019. Room 21, looking towards
west wall.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR
IX.14.4 Pompeii. May 2017.
Looking north across impluvium of secondary atrium 27 towards entrance at IX.14.2. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
IX.14.4 Pompeii. December 2007. Looking north from upper level, over atrium 27, the atrium towards entrance IX.14.2.
The doorways are (clockwise) rooms 21, 22, 29, long fauces 28, 31, 30 and 23.
Room 30 also connects the two atriums 27 and B.
IX.14.4 Pompeii. 1912. Human skeletons discovered in the fauces 28, level with fauces 38.
These were found during September and October 1911.
There were five skeletons, and they appear to have come from the rooms to the west of the fauces.
Being unable to get out past the high wall of lapilli in the Via di Nola or the Vicolo they tried to escape into the spacious house next door.
This is evidenced by a large hole the excavators found in the west wall of the fauces.
The absence of lapilli in the fauces showed the doors were closed at the time of the eruption.
The fauces effectively became hermetically sealed by lapilli from the atrium and the via di Nola.
They were unable to escape and eventually were overcome by a rain of ash.
See Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, 1911, (p.350-1 and p.372-3).
IX.14.4 Pompeii. December 2007.
Looking south along corridor from secondary atrium 27 towards peristyle 1, with doorway to kitchen, room 18, on right.
IX.14.4 Pompeii. May 2017.
Room 18, looking towards west wall with rectangular and cylindrical basins/vats, and the hearth against the north wall, on right.
On the left is the latrine. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
IX.14.4 Pompeii. July 2017. Kitchen 18, south-west corner
with latrine.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.14.4 Pompeii. September 2019. Kitchen 18, lararium
niche in south wall.
Foto
Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.14.4 Pompeii. May 2005. Looking south along west side of peristyle 1.
The doorways to rooms 12, 13, 14 and 15 can be seen on the right.
Corridor (r) is straight ahead, room 5 is to its left and room 3 is further to the left.
See Notizie
degli Scavi di Antichità, 1911,
(plan on page 332).
IX.14.4 Pompeii. May 2017. Room 15, cubiculum, looking west from doorway. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
IX.14.4 Pompeii. September 2019. Oecus 14, looking towards
west wall.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.14.4 Pompeii. July 2017. Room 13, looking towards west
wall.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.14.4 Pompeii. July 2017. Room 12, looking towards west
wall.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.14.4 Pompeii. July 2017. Doorways to rooms 3 and 5, in
south-west corner of peristyle.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.14.4 Pompeii. May 2017. Room 5, looking south from doorway. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
IX.14.4 Pompeii. September 2019. Room 3, looking south from
doorway.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.14.4 Pompeii. May 2017. Looking north across peristyle from outside rooms 3 and 5. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
IX.14.4 Pompeii. July 2017. Looking north-east across
peristyle from west portico.
Foto
Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.14.4 Pompeii. July 2017. Looking south-east across peristyle
from west end of north portico.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.14.4 Pompeii. July 2017. Looking south-west across peristyle
from east end of north portico.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.14.4 Pompeii. July 2017. Looking south from north-east corner of portico.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.14.4 Pompeii. July 2017. Looking south across peristyle/garden
area.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.14.4 Pompeii. May 2017. Pool basin in centre of garden area with fountain base. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
IX.14.4 Pompeii. July 2017. Looking north from garden area,
across peristyle and portico towards atrium and entrance doorway.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.