II.8.2-3
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Location
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
Insula
Keywords
Garden Description
Customers at this thermopolium were served at a counter looking onto the street and at the masonry triclinium (l. medius, 3.60 m.; l. imus 2.85; l. summus 2.30 m.) in the rear garden. This was located against the north wall to the front of this long, narrow garden and had a round table (0.50 m. in dia.) between the couches and a rectangular table (0.65 x 0.89 m.) at the end of the lectus summus. A niche lararium was next to it with a tufa altar below decorated with a large carved club. A bench for cooking (hearth) was built against the south wall at the west end with two arched openings for fuel storage underneath.
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Dates
Excavated 1953.
Bibliography
- Jashemski, W.F. 1993. Gardens of Pompeii, vol.II, p.92 (worldcat)
- Orr, David. G. 1972. Roman Domestic Religion: A Study of the Roman Household Deities and their Shrines at Pompeii and Herculaneum (worldcat)
Contributor
Wilhelmina Jashemski (https://lib.guides.umd.edu/c.php?g=326514&p=2193250)
Publication date
21 Apr 2021