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At the end of the entrance, atrium (l) leads onto several suites of rooms (Fig. 5.79). A
short corridor at the NE corner leads past a cistern head to KI (i) and the latrine in (h) (Fig. 5.80).
A possible storage room (g), bedroom (f), and the sitting room or 'exedra' (e) fill out the E side of
the atrium. Off the NW corner is DR•(b), the best-decorated room in the house, adjacent to a
stair to upper-floor rooms (Fig. 5.81). That stairway reaches a landing over bedroom (c) which
leads to upper floor rooms around the atrium. Below, a passage (sometimes called the
'tablinum') (d) leads to the quarter of the peristyle (m) (Fig. 5.82). Off the NE corner of the
peristyle is a small storage alcove with holes marking the position of shelves on the walls. The N
portico leads to the large but plainly decorated DH◊(n), and two service/storage rooms (o, p), the
former having its own staircase to rooms overlooking the peristyle garden.
References
Wallace-Hadrill 1994, 169-173; Jashemski 1993, 37-38; Allison 1992b, 261-269; Sutherland 1990,
159-161; PPM I, 586-618; CTP IIIA, 12-13; PPP I, 57-60; Guida Laterza 1982, 113; Bastet & De Vos
1979, 81-83; Schefold 1957, 30-31; Maiuri 1954a, 112; Della Corte 1954, 261-262; #645-646; Maiuri
1938, 3-13; Pernice 1938, 101; Boyce 1937, 25, #39; Maiuri NSc 1927, 18-32; Della Corte 1927, 31-32.
Data
A) Total area: 259.1 Nodes: 92.7 Connectors: 33.7 Static spaces: 135.0
B) Total # spaces: 20 # Nodes: 2 # Connectors: 5 # Static spaces: 11
C) Area, KI (i): 11.1 Area, DR•(b): 19.8 Length, DR•(b): 5.25 Width, DR•(b): 3.77
Area, DH◊(n): 28.8 Length, DH◊(n): 6.12 Width, DH◊(n): 4.71
D) Entry prox., KI (i): 16.2 Entry prox., DR•(b): 13.9 Prox, KI (i)-DR•(b): 7.3
Entry prox., DH◊(n): 29.8 Prox, KI (i)-DH◊(n): 23.0
E) Entry access., KI (i): 6 Entry access., DR•(b): 5 Access, KI (i)-DR•(b): 4
Entry access., DH◊(n): 8 Access, KI (i)-DH◊(n): 7
F)Sight perc., KI (i)-DR•(b): N Sound perc., KI (i)-DR•(b): T Smell perc., KI (i)-DR•(b): F
Sight Perc., KI (i)-DH◊(n): N Sound Perc., KI (i)-DH◊(n): T Smell Perc., KI (i)-DH◊(n): F
G) Environmental amenities, dining areas: A door and window high up in the S wall admitted
light and air to DR•(b), but the view from this space was very limited. The wide window E onto
the peristyle garden (m) offered light and air to DH◊(n); the room also had three entrances at its
NE corner to the storerooms (o, p) and the N. portico. Through the large window, DH◊(n) had a
pleasant view of a marble table and a statue (only the base remained) in the garden, shaded by a
large tree against its S wall, the root cavity of which was preserved (Fig. 5.82).
H) Installation amenities, KI (i): Filling the short W wall of this room was a solid masonry ST of
sub-type (1) (l. 1.23, w. 0.81, h. 0.70 m.), with an upright tiled lip running along the back (Fig.
5.80). Found in situ upon this ST were ash and remains of fuel, a tripod, eight terracotta cups and
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