DRAFT

Bakery with Dwelling Rooms (V.iv.1.)

Author: Wilhelmina Jashemski

Contributor: Jianing Zhou

Permalink: https://roman-gardens.github.io/test-drafts/id/2296429b74/

Published: 2020-09-29

Modified: 2025-06-29

Province

Province Description

The Italian peninsula extending northward to the Alps as recognized by the Romans.

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 V

Insula

Insula iv

House

House 1

Garden

Bakery with Dwelling Rooms (V.iv.1)

Keywords

Garden Description

This house was excavated in 1900 and a small garden (a) was found to the east of the atrium. A masonry planting bed on the north, east and south walls (0.32 m. high, 0.25 m. wide) was shortened on the south to leave room for the cistern puteal that stood in the southwestern corner. A podium (0.60 x 0.90 m.;) 0.55 m. high against the middle of the east wall with a niche in the wall above it was thought by Boyce to be an altar. Above the planting bed, traces of garden paintings could be seen. The only records of these paintings are reports from those present at the time of excavation. Mau relates that the paintings consisted of a lattice fence with plants above. There were two openings depicted in the fence on the on the east wall, the one on the left 0.95 m and the one on the right 1.15 m. Each opening had plants and a vessel, the one on the left was bottle-shaped and silver colored and the one on the right was goblet-shaped and gold colored. Jashemski notes that these vessels probably represented fountains. Sogliano commented that the garden had representations of xenia.

Dates

Unspecified

Excavation Dates

1900CE

Bibliography

Boyce, p. 39, no. 117. (worldcat)
Jashemski, Gardens, vol.II, pp. 116, 336. (worldcat)
Mau, RM (1901), pp. 313-314. (worldcat)
Schefold, WändP, p. 83. (worldcat)
Sogliano, NSc (1901), p.256 and fig. 1 (plan). (worldcat)