villa rustica – “Römervilla” at Ahrweilermiscellany |
 the villa structures |
ceiling and wall paintings
| The tonneau ceiling of an anteroom has been reconstructed and fragments of the ceiling painting re-affixed.
All (most?) ceilings in the house were of the tonneau style.
The floors were of stone only. There was aeration between the walls to let warm air through. |
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Wall decoration of room 15, 2nd/3rd century. This room also had a tiled stove |
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| fragments and drawing of a wall painting | |
marble samples |
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tile would be laid out to dry, and children and animals would walk over them and leave their marks
right: cat below: child below right: domestic dog Others shown are from pheasant, weasel, pole cat, squirrel, and probably sheep |
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miscellaneous: nails, hinges, etc.
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fractions of a mask and reconstruction
schoolboys' graffiti
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qui bene non didicet garrulus esse solet : He who has not learned
well becomes a chatterbox 2. scribtum me docuit grati condelis habena : The whip of the cruel Grat(t)ius has taught me reading |
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