Cite this garden Jashemski, W. (2021). "I.7.15-17 Shop-House." Gardens of the Roman Empire, accessed June 18, 2026. https://roman-gardens.github.io/id/56fc447964/

I.7.15-17 Shop-House

Author: Wilhelmina Jashemski

Contributor: Jessica Venner

Published: 2021-04-21

Last modified: 2026-06-13

Dates

Excavated 1868 and 1927.

Province

Location

Pompeii (Pleiades:433032)

Location Description

An ancient city of Campania destroyed by the volcanic eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in CE 79, Pompeii was named as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997.

Sublocation

Region I

Insula

Insula VII

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.