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another stairway to the N. The name of Stallius Eros, the person associated with this house, was
engraved on a bronze seal found in garden (13).
References
Jashemski 1993, 36, 313-314; Allison 1992b, 253-260; PPM I, 400-406; Michel 1990, 65; PPP I, 39;
CTP IIIA 10-11; Laidlaw 1985, 60; Evans 1978, 175-176; De Vos 1977, 39; Schefold 1957, 26; Della
Corte 1954, 224-225, #537; Maiuri 1942a, 159-160; Pernice 1938, 42; Boyce 1937, 25, #38; Maiuri
NSc 1929, 430-436.
Data
A) Total area: 303.7 Nodes: 95.0 Connectors: 34.0 Static spaces: 177.1
B) Total # spaces: 24 # Nodes: 2 # Connectors: 8 # Static spaces: 13
C) Area, HE in (b): 2.5 Area, DR•(4): 24.8 Length, DR•(4): 6.57 Width, DR•(4): 3.86
D) Entry prox., HE in (b): 7.2 Entry prox., DR•(4): 10.2 Prox, HE in (b)-DR•(4): 2.5
E) Entry access., HE in (b): 3 Entry access., DR•(4): 4 Access, HE in (b)-DR•(4): 2
F) Sight perc., HE in (b)-DR•(4): N
Sound perc., HE in (b)-DR•(4): T Smell perc., HE in (b)-DR•(4): T
G) Environmental amenities, DR•(4): With no windows in the back wall onto the street, all light
and air and the only view came E from the atrium, through a doorway neither high nor wide.
The view is not centered on the impluvium; little effort in general seems to have been made to
improve the architectural setting of this room.
H) Installation amenities, HE in (b): A semicircular (radius 0.70; h. 0.30 m.) tile-topped podium
fit into the SW corner of the atrium describes a HE of sub-type (1) (Fig. 2.14). Its construction
against the plaster decoration of the atrium indicates that it was a later installation, although it is
not possible to ascertain exactly when the HE was installed. Light and ventilation were available
via the compluvium; water was available from cistern heads in atrium (b), corridor (f), and garden
(13), and either the street or latrines in (10, 12) were available for drainage. No finds are reported
from the area of the hearth. Allison interprets the HE as a sign that the atrium had been
'downgraded' prior to the ruin of the building. However, there is no basis for assuming a
cooking installation that takes advantage of the light, ventilation, water source and proximity to
street drainage in an atrium consequently indicates the 'social' degradation of that space.
Installation amenities, DR•(4): The W end of the thin S wall of this room shows a recess 1.48
m. long on Maiuri's (NSc 1929) plan; however, the disintegration of the wall since its excavation
precludes confirmation of the presence of any couch niche at this point. The possibility of a
couch niche, combined with the presence of a central emblema in the pavement decoration makes
the identification of this room for dining highly probable.
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