VIII.3.21.

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 III

Keywords

Garden Description

This small house had a roofed passageway supported by one column that bordered the garden (a) on the south and east. A low masonry wall enclosed the garden on these same sides and the north wall had a small arched niche with an aedicula façade.

Plans

Plan of Region VIII Insula III

Plan of Region VIII Insula III

Pleiades ID

432873

TGN ID

7031897

Excavation Dates

Unspecified

Bibliography

  • Boyce, Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii, Memoris of the American Academy in Rome (1937), p. 76, no. 356 and pl. 3.5 (worldcat)
  • Fiorelli, Descrizione di Pompei, p. 328 (worldcat)
  • Jashemski, Gardens, vol. II, p. 211 (worldcat)
  • Niccolini, Le case ed i monumenti di Pompei designati e descritti, vol.2, “Descr. gen,” p. 66 (worldcat)

Contributor

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

Publication date

21 Apr 2021