VIII.4.33.

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

This garden (a) was tucked around the right end of a long fauces which led from the street. The garden was enclosed by a low wall and a gutter on the north and west and a narrow portico with one column on the north. A cistern opening was built into the wall on the west. Two marble heads 0.16 m. high were found; one of yellow marble and bearded, with horns and an ivy crown, and the second of white marble with an ivy crown but beardless. They were of the type that is mounted on posts as garden ornaments and were uncovered in the room at the rear of the portico.

Plans

Plan of Region VIII Insula IV

Plan of Region VIII Insula IV

Images

Fig. 15, 9.34.59 (Stanley Jashemski, Jashemski Archives, University of Maryland)

Fig. 15, 9.34.59 (Stanley Jashemski, Jashemski Archives, University of Maryland)

Pleiades ID

432873

TGN ID

7031897

Excavation Dates

Unspecified

Bibliography

  • Dohl, Plastik aus Pompeji, p. 45 (worldcat)
  • Fiorelli, Gli scavi di Pompei dal 1861 al 1872, p. 8 (worldcat)
  • Fiorelli, Descrizione di Pompei, p. 342 (worldcat)
  • Fiorelli, Giornale degli scavi di Pompei (1861), p. 382 (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