I.3.24 House of Capella

Province

Italia
Italia (Pleiades)

Location

Pompeii
Pompeii (Pleiades)

Location Description

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

Sublocation

Region I

Insula

Insula III

Keywords

Garden

Peristyle garden to the rear of a domestic property.

Garden Description

At the rear of the house, excavated in 1868, there was a peristyle garden with a portico supported by three brick columns on the east and north sides. The south wall had a lararium painting and a crude animal painting on one corner of the south garden wall. This had been executed in the manner of a topiary painting according to the excavators, who reported a lion consuming a deer, below which there was a dog pouncing on a hare. A good view of the garden was obtained through the triclinium on the north.

Bibliography

  • Boyce, G.K. 1937. Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii, p. 24, no.261 (worldcat)
  • Fiorelli, G. 1860. Giornale degli scavi di Pompei, pp. 74, 150, no. 456 (worldcat)
  • Fiorelli, G. 1875. Descrizione di Pompei, pp. 56-57 (worldcat)
  • Jashemski, W.F. 1993. Gardens of Pompeii: Herculaneum and the villas destroyed by Vesuvius. Vol. II, Appendices, pp. 28, 313 (worldcat)
  • Matz, F. 1869. BdI, pp. 239-240
  • Niccolini, F. Le case ed i monumenti di Pompeii, Naples, Vol. II, p. 78
  • Schefold, n.d. WandP, p. 13
  • Sogliano, A., 1879. Le pitture murali campane scoverte negli anni 1867-79. Napoli: Giannini, p. 225, no. 705
  • Warscher, T. 1937-1957. Codex Topographicus Pompeianus (worldcat), nos. 54

Pleiades ID

456321707

TGN ID

7004658

Excavation Dates

Excavated c.1868.

Contributor

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

Publication date

21 Apr 2021