Domus Pompeiana M. Lucretii IX 3, 5.24. The Inscriptions, Works of Art and Finds from the Old and New Excavations

Abstract

The Pompeii Project of the University of Helsinki (Expeditio Pompeiana Universitatis Helsingiensis, EPUH), first directed by Paavo Castrén (2002-2009) and then by Antero Tammisto (2009-), has as its goal the documentation, analysis, and publishing of all the structural and material remains, wall paintings, and finds of a single Pompeian city block, Insula IX 3. This volume is dedicated to the exceptionally rich finds of its largest unit, the House of Marcus Lucretius (IX3,5.24).

Waste Nothing: The Impact of Glass and Metal Recycling in Imperial Roman Towns

“…The oldest excavation reports concerning the ad 79 phase of the city mostly do not contain reliable quantitative data, notably because of the selection criteria of investigations conducted before stratigraphic methods became current. For this reason, some groups of artefacts recovered in the nineteenth century, although thoroughly reassessed recently (Sigges, 2001; Coralini, 2018; Berg, 2019: 56; Berg & Kuivalainen, 2019), could not be used; only data from some recent excavations and the study of early to mid-twentieth-century excavation journals provide sufficient evidence to address our topic. This does not entirely rule out the possibility that some twentieth-century excavations were still privileging whole and precious artefacts over coarse pottery.…”

Secco Painting Technique Revealed in Non-Restored Pompeian Murals by Analytical and Imaging Techniques

“…(For interpretation of the references to color in this figure legend, the reader is referred to the web version of this article.) cinnabar was employed, whereas in those found in the secondary atrium, originally part of a completely separate house, a red earth was used [45].…”