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abandonment of the property for practical use. The person of one Calavia Optata has been
associated with this building on the basis of amphora dipinti found within the house, but no
satisfactory argument can be made for the identity of the owner(s).
References
Jashemski 1993, 35; Allison 1992b, 246-252; Sutherland 1990, 113-133; PPM I, 352-353;
Rediscovering Pompeii 1990, 211, #134; PPP I, 35; CTP IIIA, 10-11; Guida Laterza 1982, 102; Della
Corte 1954, 238, #577a-578; Maiuri 1942a, 173; Maiuri NSc 1929, 391-401; Della Corte NSc 1912,
141-143, 183, 217-218.
Data
A) Total area: 268.0 Nodes: 166.9 Connectors: 30.3 Static spaces: 72.9
B) Total # spaces: 16 # Nodes: 3 # Connectors: 4 # Static spaces: 7
C) Area, ST (c'): 2.5 Area, ST• in (i): 2.5
Area, DH•(d): 22.6 Length, DH•(d): 4.87 Width, DH•(d): 4.63 (same for DH◊{k})
D) Entry prox., ST (c'): 5.7 Entry prox., DH•(d): 13.6
Entry prox., ST• in (i): 28.9 Entry prox, DH◊{k}: 22.4
Prox, ST (c')-DH•(d): 8.5 Prox, ST (c')-DH◊{k}: 17.9
Prox, ST• in (i)-DH•(d): 11.1 Prox, ST• in (i)-DH◊{k}: 24.6
E) Entry access., ST (c'): 3 Entry access., DH•(d): 4
Entry access., ST• in (i): 7 Entry access, DH◊{k}: 6
Access, ST (c')-DH•(d): 2 Access, ST (c')-DH◊{k}: 4
Access, ST• in (i)-DH•(d): 5 Access, ST• in (i)-DH◊{k}: 6
Subsidiary entrance: the ST• in (i) is located near to the back door to the connected house
(I.6.11), convenient for serving either DR•(11) or DR•(15) of that house.
F) Sight perc., ST (c')-DH•(d)/DH◊{k}: E
Sound perc., ST (c')-DH•(d)/DH◊{k}: T Smell perc., ST (c')-DH•(d)/DH◊{k}: F
Sight perc., ST• in (i)-DH•(d)/DH◊{k}: V
Sound perc., ST• in (i)-DH•(d)/DH◊{k}: T Smell perc., ST• in (i)-DH•(d)/DH◊{k}: F
G) Environmental Amenities, Dining areas: DH•(d) has a wide doorway N to atrium (c) and a
broad window S onto the peristyle garden (i), allowing in ample light and air from both sources
and framed views likewise. Parts of two marble statue supports were found here, perhaps for
sculpture once displayed in the garden. The cenaculum DH◊{k} has a row of three columns that
frames its N facade; the westernmost column is attached on the interior to the remains of a
partition wall that divided the room proper from the stairway that accessed it. Sutherland
reconstructs a window in the S wall; light, air and a garden view were salient features of this
second story room. The more closed DH•(d) would have been practical during inclement
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