I.4.9

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

• cisterns (plumbing components)
• lararia
• tablina

Garden

Viridarium garden in a domestic property.

Garden Description

This garden contains a cistern opening and form the entrance a viridarium at the rear of the tablinum and a niche lararium are clearly visible.

Bibliography

• Boyce, G.K. 1937. Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii, p. 24, no.30 (worldcat)
• Fiorelli, G. 1860. Giornale degli scavi di Pompei, p. 68
• Fiorelli, G. 1875. Descrizione di Pompei, p. 66 (worldcat)
• Jashemski, W.F. 1993. Gardens of Pompeii: Herculaneum and the villas destroyed by Vesuvius. Vol. II, Appendices, p. 34 (worldcat)
• Niccolini, F. Le case ed i monumenti di Pompeii, Naples, Vol. II, p. 79

Pleiades ID

456321707

TGN ID

7004658

Excavation Dates

Excavated 1855 and 1861.

Contributor

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

Publication date

21 Apr 2021