I.3.30

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 in a domestic property.

Garden Description

This small house, excavated in 1872, had no atrium and the peristyle garden was to the right of the north end of the entrance passageway. A portico enclosed the garden on the west, north, and part of the south sides. Part of the portico had been closed to make rooms. Paintings of amorini decorated the peristyle with two little busts that may have been portraits of the owners. A lararium painting and an arched niche were located in the west wall of the peristyle. A small marble column with bas-relief of foliage most likely served as garden decoration.

Bibliography

  • Boyce, G.K. 1937. Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii, p. 24, no.29 (worldcat)
  • Fiorelli, G. 1860. Giornale degli scavi di Pompei, p. 75
  • Fiorelli, G. 1875. Descrizione di Pompei, p. 60 (worldcat)
  • Fiorelli, G. 1870-1873. GiornSc, n.s. 2, col. 462
  • Jashemski, W.F. 1993. Gardens of Pompeii: Herculaneum and the villas destroyed by Vesuvius. Vol. II, Appendices, p. 28 (worldcat)
  • Mau, A. 1874. BdI, pp. 185-186
  • Niccolini, F. Le case ed i monumenti di Pompeii, Naples, Vol. II, p. 49
  • Trendelenberg, A. 1871. BdI, p. 172
  • Warscher, T. 1937-1957. Codex Topographicus Pompeianus (worldcat)

Pleiades ID

456321707

TGN ID

7004658

Excavation Dates

Excavated 1869

Contributor

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

Publication date

21 Apr 2021