562.Insula or. I.2-3(B)

Province

Italia
Italia (Pleiades)

Location

Herculaneum
Herculaneum (Pleiades)

Location Description

An ancient Roman town of Campania destroyed by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in A.D.79. Named as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997.

Insula

Insula Orientalis I

House

House 2-3

Garden

B

Keywords

• atriums (Roman halls)
• peristyles (Roman courtyards)
• stuccoing

Garden Description

B. From the atrium the peristyle on the lower level was reached by way of a steeply sloping corridor. Stuccoed brick columns and a low wall 0.50 m. high enclosed the central area (b) and a large gutter collected water from the edges and conducted it to the cistern. A rectangular pool ca. 2.60 x 5.00 m. with the inside painted blue was located in the center of this area. At the rear of the pool an area paved with bipedales (tiles two feet long) covered the cellars below with an opening 1.70 x 2.20 to provide light. Jashemski noted that the paved and planted areas were reconstructed with a lattice fence between them, although she did not know of any evidence to support this interpretation.

Plans

Images

Pleiades ID

432873

TGN ID

7031897

Dates

Unspecified

Bibliography

• Maiuri, Herculaneum, pp.66-67 (worldcat)
• Maiuri, Ercolano, p. 353 (worldcat)
• Jashemski, Gardens, 1:50-51 and fig. 89 on p. 51 (worldcat)

Contributor

Wilhelmina Jashemski (https://lib.guides.umd.edu/c.php?g=326514&p=2193250)

Publication date

21 Apr 20210