I.4.11 Caupona of Copious

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 IV

Keywords

Garden

Garden at the rear of the Caupona of Copious.

Garden Description

This modest caupona had a garden at the rear that was raised one step higher than the rest of the building. It once had a masonry altar with a lararium painting above but both of these have been lost. A latrine was located at the southeast corner of the garden.

Bibliography

  • Boyce, G.K. 1937. Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii, p. 25, no.31 (worldcat) (incorrectly calls the garden a room)
  • Fiorelli, G. 1860. Giornale degli scavi di Pompei, p. 68
  • Fiorelli, G. 1875. Descrizione di Pompei, p. 66 (worldcat)
  • Jashemski, W.F. 1979. Garden of Pompeii: Herculaneum and the villas destroyed by Vesuvius, p. 171 (worldcat)
  • Jashemski, W.F. 1993. Gardens of Pompeii: Herculaneum and the villas destroyed by Vesuvius. Vol. II, Appendices, p. 32 (worldcat)
  • Schefold, K. and Dräyer, W. 1956. Pompeji, p. 17 (also incorrectly calls the garden a room)

Pleiades ID

456321707

TGN ID

7004658

Excavation Dates

Excavated 1853 and 1863.

Contributor

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

Publication date

21 Apr 2021