Treasures from the exhibition
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SAFE
Iron, bronze, silver, copper
1st century B.C.
SAP 85179
Photo: Soprintendenza archeologica di Pompei
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FRESCOE FROM THE BUILDING
OF THE TRICLINIA
Distemper
A.D. 1st century
SAP 85181-85183
Photo: Soprintendenza archeologica di Pompei
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CANTHARUS
Silver
ca. 50 B.C.
MANN 145513
A drinking cup.
Photo: Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli
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SCULPTED HEAD
Marble
A.D. mid-1st century
SAP 80499
Photo: Soprintendenza archeologica di Pompei
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CAST OF A MAN
Plaster
This man, splayed out on a staircase, was discovered in the house of
Fabius Rufus in Pompeii, along with several others, whose casts were
unfortunately destroyed.
Photo: Soprintendenza archeologica di Pompei
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EARRINGS
Gold, quartz
SAP 73326
The earrings are basket-shaped.
Photo: Soprintendenza archeologica di Pompei
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BRACELET
Gold
A.D. 1st century
MANN 110919-110920
This bracelet featured welded pairs of gold-leaf hemispheres, attached
with gadrooned wire covered with moulded shell motifs.
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NECKLACE
Gold
A.D. 1st century
MANN 111114
This necklace is one of the most beautiful pieces of jewellery discovered
in the Vesuvian region. It is made up of 94 gold-leaf ivy leaves, which
are connected by small rings partially masked by a small roundel. The
clasps are smooth roundels.
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NECKLACE
Gold
A.D. first half of the 1st century
SAP 30797
This necklace has 22 pairs of small, lanceolate leaves (probably myrtle
leaves) and 78 cylindrical sections.
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STATUE
Marble
MANN 146103
In this statue, the god Apollo, standing, may originally have held a
lyre (now lost) in his left hand, above his waist. He pats a griffon,
who is leaning against his leg, with his right hand.
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KRATER
Bronze
Late 1st century B.C.– A.D. early 1st century
SAP 45180
This chalice-shaped krater (cup-shaped bowl with two handles) rests on
a high base decorated with lanceolate leaves and palmettes in shallow
relief. The central part of the krater has a relief frieze that bears
traces of damascening (incrustations of gold nets). It depicts armed
men, six standing and two seated, as well as various animals, including
two dogs and a horse.
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