Gardens of the Roman Empire

VIII.5.15-16/18.

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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 VIII

Insula

Insula V

Keywords

Garden Description

A. Over half the depth of the insula was crossed by a long angiportus which led from the Via dell'Abbondonza to an open area (a) past a wide portico. This extensive area was most likely used as a garden having a water basin in the southwest corner for irrigation. The first two columns in the portico, on the east were connected by a wall 2.13 m. high. There was a street entrance (38) on the south side of the garden next to the entrance of house no. 37, the house to which this garden originally belonged. A gutter along the north, east and south edges of the garden conducted the water to the lowest spot in the southeast corner where it emptied into the street. B. A complex of rooms opened off the northeast end of the portico and a garden (b) was located beyond these with an entrance on the west. (Fig.17, 11.17.59.) A large terra-cotta puteal was discovered in one of the adjoining rooms. The cistern opening in this garden received water from a large basin in the southeast corner supplied by a gutter on the west, south and north edges. C. Off the west end of the angioportus was opening 15 which led to another large area (c) that had been used as a garden at the time of the eruption. Apparently half of the area had been filled with structures destroyed by the earthquake, cleared, and converted to a garden but Mau believed the eastern part had always been cultivated. (Fig.18, 11.20.59) This area could be entered from no.16 and so he concluded that the same owner held both properties. The east wall had a niche 2.65 m. from ground level, too high to serve as a laririum, which probably contained a terra-cotta statuette. Jashemski observed that two half buried puteals were being used as planters and questioned their original location.

Plans

Plan of Region VIII, Insula V

Images

Fig.17, 11.17.59 (Stanley Jashemski, Jashemski Archives, University of Maryland)

Fig.18, 11.20.59 (Stanley Jashemski, Jashemski Archives, University of Maryland)

Places

Excavation Dates

Unspecified

Bibliography

Jashemski, Gardens, vol. II, pp. 216-217 (worldcat)
Mau, Bullettino dell'Instituto di Corrispondenza Archeologica (1883), pp. 197-200, 203-204 (worldcat)
Sogliano, Notizie degli scavi di Antichita (1882), pp. 279, 317 (worldcat)
Pernice, Hellenistische Tische, Zisternenmundungen, Beckenuntersatze, Altare und Truhen, p. 34 and pl. 23.2 (worldcat)

VIII.5.2. Casa del Gallo; House of the Cock

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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 VIII

Insula

Insula V

Keywords

Garden Description

At the time of the eruption this peristyle garden (a) was in the process of renovation. Located behind the tablinium, the white fluted columns on the east and north were still standing, however, all of the columns on the west and two of the south columns had been demolished. There was a rectangular pool 1.06 x 2.56 m. with a semi-circular extension in the back located in the south end of the garden. A low tufa puteal sat over a cistern opening between the first and second columns on the east end of the north side and a gutter encircled the outside edge. According to Jacono, Spano successfully recovered the planting pattern even though it had been excavated many years prior. The design was drawn out in Maiuri's plan but no accounting was given of how the plan was recovered or what evidence was observed. Jashemski observed that a fence had been mounted on the columns. Holes were bored at 0.96 and 0.44 m. above the ground, some still containing parts of the metal fasteners.

Plans

Plan of Region VIII, Insula V

Places

Excavation Dates

Unspecified

Bibliography

Jacono, Osservazioni su i viridarii pompeiani, p. 12 (worldcat)
Jashemski, Gardens, vol. II, p. 214 (worldcat)
Mairui, Notizie degli scavi di Antichita (1944-1945), p. 150 and fig. 6 (plan) on p. 144 (worldcat)
Mau, Bullettino dell'Instituto di Corrispondenza Archeologica (1883), p.172 (worldcat)
Sogliano, Notizie degli scavi di Antichita (1881), pp. 320-321 (worldcat)

VIII.5.20/17. Caupona

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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 VIII

Insula

Insula V

Keywords

Garden Description

Entry no. 17 from the angioportus offered a second access to this garden at the rear of the caupona. The rear wall was decorated with a rough painting of Silenus reclining in vegetation pouring out wine from a wineskin.

Plans

Plan of Region VIII, Insula V

Places

Excavation Dates

Unspecified

Bibliography

Mau, Bullettino dell'Instituto di Corrispondenza Archeologica (1883), pp. 226-227 (worldcat)

VIII.5.24. Casa del Medico

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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 VIII

Insula

Insula V

Keywords

Garden Description

The famous painting "Judgment of Solomon" (0.45 x 1.55m.; Mus. Naz. inv. no. 113 197; Ruesch no. 1343) was found in this garden (a) on the low wall that connected the four columns and one pillar of the portico. This small garden was located to the right of the atrium and the enclosing portico stood on the east, north and west as well as a gutter. There were other paintings on the wall and two large neck-less amphoras filled with lime and crushed lava for making mortar were found inside the garden.

Plans

Plan of Region VIII, Insula V

Places

Excavation Dates

Unspecified

Bibliography

Breton, Pompeia, 3rd ed. p. 456 (worldcat)
Jashemski, Gardens, vol. II, p. 217 (worldcat)
Mau, Bullettino dell'Instituto di Corrispondenza Archeologica (1883), pp. 228-230 (worldcat)
Niccolini, Le case ed i monumenti di Pompei designati e descritti, vol. 4, "Nuovi scavi, 1874-1882" pp. 19-20 (address given as VIII.5a-6a.6 (worldcat)
Schefold, Die Wande Pompejis, p. 227 (worldcat)
Sogliano, Notizie degli scavi di Antichita (1882), pp. 322-323 (worldcat)

VIII.5.28. Casa della Calce; Casa dell'Imperatore Francesco II

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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 VIII

Insula

Insula V

Keywords

Garden Description

Three wide doorways led from the atrium of this house, which did not have a tablinium, to the peristyle of this large garden (a). Nine fluted columns supported the portico which bordered the garden on the east, north and part of the west with a gutter on these same sides. Holes in the columns 0.97 and 0.52 m. from the floor remained where a fence had once been attached.

Plans

Plan of Region VIII, Insula V

Places

Excavation Dates

Unspecified

Bibliography

Fiorelli, Descrizione di Pompei, p. 447 (address given as VIII.vi.10-11) (worldcat)
Jashemski, Gardens, vol. II, p. 217 (worldcat)
Mau, Bullettino dell'Instituto di Corrispondenza Archeologica (1883), pp. 230-231 (worldcat)

VIII.5.37. Casa delle Pareti Rosse; House of the Fabii

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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 VIII

Insula

Insula V

Keywords

Garden Description

This house was excavated in 1882 to reveal a small garden (a) at the rear entered by passageways on either side of the tablinium. The portico on the east had one column and two engaged columns with a low wall that allowed entrance on the south end. Rooms on the west probably had a roof that extended over the very narrow passageway. A gutter surrounded the garden. The excavation yielded several sculptures in the garden area; a small crouching lion (0.245 m. long; Mus. Naz. inv. no. 120 057) and a head of a tiger (0.10 m. long; Mus. Naz. inv. no. 120 049), both fitted as fountain spouts; a marble fountain statuette of a dolphin (0.19 m. long; Mus. Naz. inv. no. 120 051) which was found in the atrium; a statuette of a young satyr missing arms and legs (0.315 m. high; Mus. Naz. inv. no. 120 048) with an iron pin on the right shoulder for a wall mount; the head of a herm (Mus. Naz. inv. no. 120 050).

Plans

Plan of Region VIII, Insula V

Images

Fig. 19, 12.20.59 (Stanley Jashemski, Jashemski Archives, University of Maryland)

Places

Excavation Dates

1882

Bibliography

Dohl, Plastik aus Pompeji,p. 46 (worldcat)
Jashemski, Gardens, vol. II, p. 218 (worldcat)
Mau, Bullettino dell'Instituto di Corrispondenza Archeologica (1883), p. 108 (worldcat)
Sogliano, Notizie degli scavi di Antichita (1882), pp. 377, 422 (worldcat)

VIII.5.39. House of Acceptus and Euhodia

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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 VIII

Insula

Insula V

Keywords

Garden Description

A. This house was excavated in 1882 to reveal a small garden (a) at the rear entered by passageways on either side of the tablinium. The portico on the east had one column and two engaged columns with a low wall that allowed entrance on the south end. Rooms on the west probably had a roof that extended over the very narrow passageway. A gutter surrounded the garden. The excavation yielded several sculptures in the garden area; a small crouching lion (0.245 m. long; Mus. Naz. inv. no. 120 057) and a head of a tiger (0.10 m. long; Mus. Naz. inv. no. 120 049), both fitted as fountain spouts; a marble fountain statuette of a dolphin (0.19 m. long; Mus. Naz. inv. no. 120 051) which was found in the atrium; a statuette of a young satyr missing arms and legs (0.315 m. high; Mus. Naz. inv. no. 120 048) with an iron pin on the right shoulder for a wall mount; the head of a herm (Mus. Naz. inv. no. 120 050). B. The northwest corner of this small house contained a second garden (b) just off the anteroom at the rear of the portico. There was a band of raised soil at the base of the wall 0.55 m. wide which had been planted and the remainder of the space had been paved. The triclinium on the south and the neighbor's house on the west received light from this garden.

Plans

Plan of Region VIII, Insula V

Places

Excavation Dates

Unspecified

Bibliography

Boyce, Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii, Memoris of the American Academy in Rome (1937), p. 78, no. 372 (worldcat)
Dohl, Plastik aus Pompeji, pp. 46-47 (worldcat)
Dwyer, Pompeian Oscilla Collections, Mitteilungen des Deutsches Archäologisches Institut. Römische Abteilung , p. 281, no. 106 (worldcat)
Jashemski, Gardens, vol. II, p. 218 (worldcat)
Mau, Bullettino dell'Instituto di Corrispondenza Archeologica (1884), pp. 127-130 (worldcat)
Mau, Pompeii:Its Life and Art, 2nd ed. Trans. by Kelsey, pp. 341-343, plan on p. 341 (worldcat)
Sogliano, Notizie degli scavi di Antichita (1882), pp. 280-281, 324, 359-360 (worldcat)
Soprano, I triclini all'aperto di Pompei In Pompeiana, p. 301, no. 16. (worldcat)

VIII.5.9.

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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 VIII

Insula

Insula V

Keywords

Garden Description

At the rear of the tablinium excavated in 1881 a narrow garden (a) had a portico on the north supported by one pilaster, one engaged column and five stuccoed free-standing columns. The east end of the garden became very narrow with a jut in the back wall and a small, square water basin was built here against the wall. A water channel was shown in the plan on the east, north and west sides of the garden. The terra-cotta puteal that was found in the portico may have once stood over the cistern opening located between the pillar on the northwest corner and the next column.

Plans

Plan of Region VIII, Insula V

Places

Excavation Dates

1881

Bibliography

Fiorelli, Notizie degli scavi di Antichita (1881), p. 332 (worldcat)
Jashemski, Gardens, vol. II, p. 216 (worldcat)
Mau, Bullettino dell'Instituto di Corrispondenza Archeologica (1883), pp. 175-176 (worldcat)