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Pompeii: House of the Sculptor, tablinium (VIII 7, 24)
Pompeii: House of the Sculptor, tablinium (photo: Athena Review)
The
House of the Sculptor (VIII.7.24) is located on via Stabiana, next to
the Temple of Aesculapius. This view looks west across the
atrium to the open tablinium. At right is a doorway to rooms in the
north side of the atrium. In the foreground is the impluvium.
The
house, which according to the 19th century archaeologist Fiorelli is of
very ancient construction, was transformed into a workshop. The
large tufa blocks forming the
doorway to rooms on the north side of the atrium are of Samnite
construction and date to the 2nd-1st century BC.
It was excavated in 1773, 1796, and 1863.
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