Jashemski, W. (2021). "VIII.4.12-13. Shop-House." Gardens of the Roman Empire, accessed October 2, 2026. https://roman-gardens.github.io/id/686a8a8f0a/

VIII.4.12-13. Shop-House

Contributor: Yifan Li
Published: 2021-04-21
Last modified: 2026-07-29

Excavation Dates

1861

Garden Description

These two shops, excavated in 1861, shared a house and a garden (a) to the back. A portico enclosed the garden on all four sides. In the southwest corner of the garden there was a masonry pool with a small water jet column in the center. A bronze basin 0.40 m. dia. with a miniature bronze lion fitted with a water jet was found on the right side of the peristyle, with the feet of the basin welded in the form of a ring. This was also the area where a fragment of the head of a statuette was found, and a marble monopodium was discovered nearby. Along the edge of the eastern half of the garden seven enormous dolia were embedded in the soil.

Plans

Plan of Region VIII Insula IV

Bibliography

  • Breton, Pompeia, 3rd ed. p. 470 (worldcat)
  • Dohl, Plastik aus Pompeji, p. 44 (worldcat)
  • Fiorelli, Giornale degli scavi di Pompei (1861), pp. 351-352, 367 (worldcat)
  • Fiorelli, Gli scavi di Pompei dal 1861 al 1872, p. 5 (worldcat)
  • Fiorelli, Descrizione di Pompei, p. 340 (worldcat)
  • Jashemski, Gardens, vol. II, p. 213 (worldcat)
  • Lugebil, Bullettino dell'Instituto di Corrispondenza Archeologica (1861), p. 237 (worldcat)
  • Niccolini, Le case ed i monumenti di Pompei designati e descritti, vol. 2, "Descr. gen," p. 67 (worldcat)

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