Room 7

Renée Forsell

This almost square room is the southernmost one in a row of three flanking the W side of the atrium. The upper parts of the walls are reconstructed in modern times. The E wall, on both sides of the door opening towards the atrium, is built mainly in brick sized tufa blocks in op. quadratum. It is unusually thick 0.5 m. The fact that it stands on the threshold and that the N wall is built into it suggests a rebuilding aiming at reinforcement of these walls.
A double row of beam holes is visible in the W wall. The E wall above the lintel block is heavily restored. Accordingly there are no corresponding beam-holes in the E wall. Beam holes in the S wall has been covered with plaster which shows that those holes belonged to an upper floor construction in the neighbouring V 1,2

The room had a cocciopesto floor, now mostly gone. Very fragile remains are located along the N wall and NE corner as wall as along the SE part of the S wall and the SE corner.

The wall plaster, of which there are remains on all four walls, is generally badly preserved. The best-preserved parts are the dado on both sides of the door opening where the plaster is smooth and white