VIII.4.26-29. Bakery and House of Felix

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 IV

Keywords

Garden Description

Directly across from the Temple of Isis was an entryway to this garden (a) which was located to the rear of the house. On the east there was a portico with two columns and high up on the north wall there was an arched niche.

Plans

Plan of Region VIII Insula IV

Plan of Region VIII Insula IV

Images

Fig.14, 14.22.59 (Stanley Jashemski, Jashemski Archives, University of Maryland)

Fig.14, 14.22.59 (Stanley Jashemski, Jashemski Archives, University of Maryland)

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. 363 (worldcat)
  • Fiorelli, Gli scavi di Pompei dal 1861 al 1872, p. 7 (worldcat)
  • Fiorelli, Descrizione di Pompei, p. 343 (worldcat)
  • Jashemski, Gardens, vol. II, p. 214 (worldcat)
  • Niccolini, Le case ed i monumenti di Pompei designati e descritti, vol. 2, “Descr. gen,” p. 67 (worldcat)

Contributor

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

Publication date

21 Apr 2021