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April 2017 (121.2)

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Recontextualizing Nilotic Scenes: Interactive Landscapes in the Garden of the Casa dell’Efebo, Pompeii

By Caitlín E. Barrett

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Fig. 1. Aedicular fountain, water basin, marble channel, and southern bench of the water triclinium in the Casa dell’Efebo, facing west.
Fig. 2. North face of the eastern bench of the Casa dell’Efebo water triclinium. Visible features include all those labeled on fig. 6 in the print-published article.
Fig. 3. The Casa dell’Efebo water triclinium, facing southeast, with view of the interior faces of the eastern and southern benches (D. Zarzycki).
Fig. 4. Detail of the interior face of the eastern bench of the Casa dell’Efebo water triclinium (D. Zarzycki). Visible features include those labeled on print-published fig. 7 as A, B, C, D, and N; part of E is also visible.
Fig. 5. Detail of the interior face of the eastern bench of the Casa dell’Efebo water triclinium (D. Zarzycki). Visible features include those labeled on print-published fig. 7 as A, C, D, E, and N.
Fig. 6. Detail of the interior face of the eastern bench of the Casa dell’Efebo water triclinium (D. Zarzycki). Visible features include those labeled on print-published fig. 7 as J and O; part of E is also visible.
Fig. 7. Detail of the interior face of the eastern bench of the water triclinium, Casa dell’Efebo (D. Zarzycki). Visible features include those labeled on print-published fig. 7 as J, O, and F.
Fig. 8. Detail of the interior face of the eastern bench of the Casa dell’Efebo water triclinium (D. Zarzycki). Visible features include those labeled on print-published fig. 7 as F, G (now mostly destroyed), K, H (mostly destroyed), and I.
Fig. 9. Detail of the interior face of the eastern bench of the Casa dell’Efebo water triclinium (D. Zarzycki). Visible features include those labeled on print-published fig. 7 as H (now mostly destroyed) I, L, and M (partly destroyed), and in print-published fig. 9, top, as H.
Fig. 10. Interior face of the eastern side of the southern bench of the Casa dell’Efebo water triclinium. Visible features include those labeled on print-published fig. 9, top, with the exception of the now mostly destroyed D and F.
Fig. 11. Interior face of the western side of the southern bench of the Casa dell’Efebo water triclinium. Visible features include those labeled on print-published fig. 10, bottom, as A and B (both now partly destroyed).
Fig. 12. View of the Casa dell’Efebo water triclinium, facing west, with view of the interior face of the western bench (D. Zarzycki).
Fig. 13. Detail of the interior face of the western bench of the Casa dell’Efebo water triclinium. Visible features include those labeled on print-published fig. 11 as A, B, C, and U.
Fig. 14. Detail of the interior face of the western bench of the Casa dell’Efebo water triclinium. Visible features include those labeled on print-published fig. 11 as A, B, C, D, E, F, U, and V.
Fig. 15. Detail of the interior face of the western bench of the Casa dell’Efebo water triclinium. Visible features include those labeled on print-published fig. 11 as D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, and V.
Fig. 16. Detail of the interior face of the western bench of the Casa dell’Efebo water triclinium. Visible features include those labeled on print-published fig. 11 as F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, and V; part of D is also visible.
Fig. 17. Detail of the interior face of the western bench of the Casa dell’Efebo water triclinium. Visible features include those labeled on print-published fig. 11 as G, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, and T.
Fig. 18. Detail of the interior face of the western bench of the Casa dell’Efebo water triclinium. Visible features include those labeled on print-published fig. 11 as L, N, O, P, Q, R, S, and T.
Fig. 19. Northern face of the western bench of the Casa dell’Efebo water triclinium. Visible features include those labeled on print-published fig. 13, top, with the exception of the now mostly destroyed I and J.
Fig. 20. Head of a marble herm, ht. 0.19 m, once part of a fence dividing the eastern and western sides of the Casa dell’Efebo garden. Some paint preserved (yellow on hair, mustache, and beard; black on eyebrows and pupils; red on fillet). The statuette is no. 4145 in the inventories from the excavations at Pompeii (after Maiuri 1927, fig. 37; courtesy Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei).
Fig. 1. Aedicular fountain, water basin, marble channel, and southern bench of the water triclinium in the Casa dell’Efebo, facing west.
Fig. 2. North face of the eastern bench of the Casa dell’Efebo water triclinium. Visible features include all those labeled on fig. 6 in the print-published article.
Fig. 3. The Casa dell’Efebo water triclinium, facing southeast, with view of the interior faces of the eastern and southern benches (D. Zarzycki).
Fig. 4. Detail of the interior face of the eastern bench of the Casa dell’Efebo water triclinium (D. Zarzycki). Visible features include those labeled on print-published fig. 7 as A, B, C, D, and N; part of E is also visible.
Fig. 5. Detail of the interior face of the eastern bench of the Casa dell’Efebo water triclinium (D. Zarzycki). Visible features include those labeled on print-published fig. 7 as A, C, D, E, and N.
Fig. 6. Detail of the interior face of the eastern bench of the Casa dell’Efebo water triclinium (D. Zarzycki). Visible features include those labeled on print-published fig. 7 as J and O; part of E is also visible.
Fig. 7. Detail of the interior face of the eastern bench of the water triclinium, Casa dell’Efebo (D. Zarzycki). Visible features include those labeled on print-published fig. 7 as J, O, and F.
Fig. 8. Detail of the interior face of the eastern bench of the Casa dell’Efebo water triclinium (D. Zarzycki). Visible features include those labeled on print-published fig. 7 as F, G (now mostly destroyed), K, H (mostly destroyed), and I.
Fig. 9. Detail of the interior face of the eastern bench of the Casa dell’Efebo water triclinium (D. Zarzycki). Visible features include those labeled on print-published fig. 7 as H (now mostly destroyed) I, L, and M (partly destroyed), and in print-published fig. 9, top, as H.
Fig. 10. Interior face of the eastern side of the southern bench of the Casa dell’Efebo water triclinium. Visible features include those labeled on print-published fig. 9, top, with the exception of the now mostly destroyed D and F.
Fig. 11. Interior face of the western side of the southern bench of the Casa dell’Efebo water triclinium. Visible features include those labeled on print-published fig. 10, bottom, as A and B (both now partly destroyed).
Fig. 12. View of the Casa dell’Efebo water triclinium, facing west, with view of the interior face of the western bench (D. Zarzycki).
Fig. 13. Detail of the interior face of the western bench of the Casa dell’Efebo water triclinium. Visible features include those labeled on print-published fig. 11 as A, B, C, and U.
Fig. 14. Detail of the interior face of the western bench of the Casa dell’Efebo water triclinium. Visible features include those labeled on print-published fig. 11 as A, B, C, D, E, F, U, and V.
Fig. 15. Detail of the interior face of the western bench of the Casa dell’Efebo water triclinium. Visible features include those labeled on print-published fig. 11 as D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, and V.
Fig. 16. Detail of the interior face of the western bench of the Casa dell’Efebo water triclinium. Visible features include those labeled on print-published fig. 11 as F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, and V; part of D is also visible.
Fig. 17. Detail of the interior face of the western bench of the Casa dell’Efebo water triclinium. Visible features include those labeled on print-published fig. 11 as G, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, and T.
Fig. 18. Detail of the interior face of the western bench of the Casa dell’Efebo water triclinium. Visible features include those labeled on print-published fig. 11 as L, N, O, P, Q, R, S, and T.
Fig. 19. Northern face of the western bench of the Casa dell’Efebo water triclinium. Visible features include those labeled on print-published fig. 13, top, with the exception of the now mostly destroyed I and J.
Fig. 20. Head of a marble herm, ht. 0.19 m, once part of a fence dividing the eastern and western sides of the Casa dell’Efebo garden. Some paint preserved (yellow on hair, mustache, and beard; black on eyebrows and pupils; red on fillet). The statuette is no. 4145 in the inventories from the excavations at Pompeii (after Maiuri 1927, fig. 37; courtesy Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei).

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