VIII.2.3. House of Championnet II

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 VIII

Insula

Insula II

Keywords

Garden Description

This house, very similar to VII.ii.1, was also excavated in 1799. This peristyle garden had fourteen columns and was more rectangular. There was a terrace to the rear and a small room off the northwest corner of the peristyle which Mazois and Fiorello have labeled a sacrarium.

Plans

Plan of the Pompeii Region VIII, Insula II

Plan of the Pompeii Region VIII, Insula II

Plan of the Pompeii Region VIII, Insula II, 1-20

Plan of the Pompeii Region VIII, Insula II, 1-20

Pleiades ID

432873

TGN ID

7031897

Excavation Dates

1799

Bibliography

  • Boyce, Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii, Memoris of the American Academy in Rome (1937), p. 74, no. 342 (worldcat)
  • Breton, Pompeia, 3rd ed. p. 501 (worldcat)
  • Fiorelli, Descrizione di Pompei, p. 442 (worldcat)
  • Jashemski, Gardens, vol. II, p. 205 (worldcat)
  • Mau, Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archaologischen Instituts (1892), p. 14 and pl. 1 (plan) [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/860559196)
  • Mazois, Les ruines de Pompei dessinees et mesurees pendant les annees (1809-1810-1811), 2:62 and pls. 21 (plan), 22 (worldcat)
  • Niccolini, Antonio, Fausto, and Felice, Le case ed i monumenti di Pompei designati e descritti, vol. 3, “Topografia,” pl. 6 (plan) (worldcat)
  • Noack and Lehmann-Hartleben, Baugeschichtliche Untersuchungen am Stadtrand von Pompeji, pp. 121-128 passim and fig. 32 (plan) on p. 116 and pl. 17 (plans). (worldcat)

Contributor

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

Publication date

21 Apr 2021