I.2.20 Caupona of Innulus

Contributor: Jessica Venner
Published: 2021-04-21
Modified: 2025-06-29

Province

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

Region I

Insula

Insula II

Keywords

Garden

Garden serving the Caupona of Innulus.

Garden Description

This small caupona had a garden at the rear with a roofed passageway on the east and the south. It was excavated in 1873 and a masonry biclinium (l. medius, 2.65m.; l. imus 2.94 m.) with a round table (dia. 0.93 m.) was uncovered in the northwest corner and a niche lararium on the north garden wall.

Bibliography

  • Boyce, G.K. 1937. Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii, p. 23, no.13 (worldcat)
  • Fiorelli, G. 1875. Descrizione di Pompei, p. 45 (worldcat)
  • GiornSc, n.s., 1874-1877, 3, cols. 47-48
  • Jashemski, W.F. 1993, Gardens of Pompeii: Herculaneum and the villas destroyed by Vesuvius. Vol. II, Appendices, p. 24 (worldcat)
  • Mau, A. 1874. BdI, pp.263
  • Niccolini, F. Le case ed i monumenti di Pompeii, Naples, Vol. II, p. 77
  • Soprano, P. 1950, 'I triclini all'aperto di Pompei', In Pompeiana, raccolta di studi per il secondo centenario degli scavi di Pompei, Napoli, Gaetano Macchiaroli, Editore, p. 305, no.24
  • Viola, L. 1879. Gli scavi di Pompei dal 1873 al 1878, pp. 12-13 (worldcat)
  • Warscher, T. 1937-1957. Codex Topographicus Pompeianus (worldcat)

Places

Excavation Dates

Excavated 1869.

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