Jashemski, W. (2021). "I.7.15-17 Shop-House." Gardens of the Roman Empire, accessed October 2, 2026. https://roman-gardens.github.io/id/56fc447964/

I.7.15-17 Shop-House

Contributor: Jessica Venner
Published: 2021-04-21
Last modified: 2026-07-29

Dates

unspecified

Excavation Dates

Excavated 1868 and 1927.

Garden Description

The shop-house was laid out in a very irregular manner and the garden took up most of the space. There was a masonry triclinium in the southern part of the garden. This had a lectus imus and a lectus summus that both were 3.80 m. in length and the lectus medius was 4.24 m. in length. The rectangular table measured 1.10 x 0.75 m.

Bibliography

Jashemski, W.F. 1993. Gardens of Pompeii: Herculaneum and the villas destroyed by Vesuvius. Volume 2, Appendices, p. 41. (worldcat) Soprano, P. 1950. 'I triclini all'aperto di Pompei', In Pompeiana, raccolta di studi per il secondo centenario degli scavi di Pompei, p. 296, no. 6.

Keywords

Garden

Shop-House garden with an outdoor triclinium.

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