House of M. Lucretius Fronto (V.iv.a/11)
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 a/11
Garden
House of M. Lucretius Fronto (V.iv.a/11)
Keywords
- cubicula (domestic spaces)AAT:300004367
- atrium housesAAT:300005451
- predellasAAT:300003745
- tablinaAAT:300004180
- gutters (building drainage components)AAT:300052565
- trellisesAAT:300006785
Garden Description
A. Immediately to the south of the rear door to the tablinium, excavated in 1900, was a very small garden (a) with a low wall on the north end. A gutter bordered the garden on the west, north and east sides. The cubiculum (c) on the south side of the atrium had garden representations on the east and west walls. These were painted in yellow on a black background on the predella under the central panels. The panel on the east wall is 0.12 x 0.80 m. and shows a rectangular garden 0.39 m. long enclosed by a lattice fence. The entrance in the middle of the front occupies approximately one third of the length of the wall and so the square area either side of the entrance and directly behind the entrance are of the same size. Vegetation is drawn along the outside of the fence in front.
Dates
Unspecified
Excavation Dates
1900CE
Bibliography
- Della Corte, Case, p. 11. (worldcat)
- Jashemski, Gardens, vol.II, pp. 116, 396. (worldcat)
- Mau, RM (1901), p. 352; PPP, 2:85. (worldcat)
- Schefold, WändP, p. 85. (worldcat)
- Sogliano, NSc (1901), p. 161 and fig. 1 (plan) on p.145. (worldcat)