IX.3.20 Pompeii. Bakery. Linked to IX.3.19. Excavated 1870.

Part 2      Part 1      IX.3.19/20 Plan

IX.3.20 Pompeii. December 2007. Looking across room 5 to room 6.

IX.3.20 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 5, remains of tufa basin in doorway to room 6.

IX.3.20 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 6, niche on west wall of an open courtyard and doorway into room 8, the garden area.

IX.3.20 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 6, niche on west wall of an open courtyard.

This courtyard, as well as the open courtyard in room 7, would have been used for cleaning the grain.

IX.3.20 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 6, an open courtyard.

IX.3.20 Pompeii. December 2007. Doorway to room 7, an open courtyard for cleaning the grain.  

IX.3.20 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 7, an open courtyard.

IX.3.20 Pompeii. December 2007.

Room 8, garden area. North wall with raised planting bed or bench and low round marble table on pedestal in centre.

IX.3.20 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 8, west wall of garden area. Raised planting bed or bench.

IX.3.20 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 8, garden area. East wall with raised planting bed or bench. 

On the plaster above the bench to the right was a lararium painting of the river god Sarnus. 

On the left was a painted altar approached by a single snake, the outline of which can still be seen.

See Jashemski, W. F., 1993. The Gardens of Pompeii, Volume II: Appendices. New York: Caratzas. (p.234, no. 482).

IX.3.20 Pompeii. 1964.

Room 8, garden area. East wall with raised planting bed or bench and painted serpent. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.

Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.

J64f1636

IX.3.20 Pompeii.  W.1519. Drawing of Room 8, the garden area, with lararium painting and serpent.

According to Warscher, this was a drawing after a drawing lost in Russia.  She located it as being from IX.3.17.

Photo by Tatiana Warscher. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.

IX.3.20 Pompeii. 1871. Room 8, garden area. East wall with raised planting bed or bench. 1871 drawing of the river god Sarnus, serpent and altar.

According to Boyce, the lararium painting on the east wall was divided into two panels.

In the panel on the right was the painting of the river god Sarnus.

In the panel on the left was a single large crested and bearded serpent among plants, sliding towards an altar.

The altar was painted with imitation coloured marble, and with offerings of a pine cone and an egg.

See Boyce G. K., 1937. Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome: MAAR 14. (p.84-5, 418B).

See Sogliano, A., 1879. Le pitture murali campane scoverte negli anni 1867-79. Napoli: (p.16).

See Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, N.S.2, 1871, p. 134-5, Tav. V,2.

IX.3.20 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 8, garden area. Raised planting bed or bench.

According to Jashemski, the garden had a raised planting bed or bench (0.55m high) along the west, north and east walls.

In the centre was a low circular marble table.

See Jashemski, W. F., 1993. The Gardens of Pompeii, Volume II: Appendices. New York: Caratzas. (p.234, no. 482).

IX.3.20 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 8, west wall of garden area. 

IX.3.20 Pompeii. 1964. Room 8, west wall of garden area.  Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.

Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.

J64f1637

IX.3.20 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 8, niche on west wall of garden area. 

IX.3.20 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 8, staircase to upper floor in south-west corner of garden area. 

According to Della Corte, he thought the proprietor of this building was probably Papirius Sabinus, as graffiti was found near the stairs:

Hic domus Papiriu Sabinium (sic)    [CIL IV 5065]

See Della Corte, M., 1965. Case ed Abitanti di Pompei. Napoli: Fausto Fiorentino. (p.193)

IX.3.20 Pompeii. December 2007.

Room 8, garden area and staircase, with altar and water feature in arched recess.

IX.3.20, Pompeii, but numbered as V.2 on photo. Pre-1937-39. Room 8, garden area and staircase,

Photo courtesy of American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive.  Warsher collection no. 537a

IX.3.20 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 8, arched recess under staircase.

According to Fiorelli, found fixed in the arch under the stairs was a small marble disc with the relief of a tragic mask, removed from another place and put here as a charm against bad luck.

See Pappalardo, U., 2001. La Descrizione di Pompei per Giuseppe Fiorelli (1875). Napoli: Massa Editore. (p.147).

IX.3.20 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 8, water feature in arched recess under staircase. 

A jet flowed from under the arch into a travertine vessel, which served as a makeshift pool, and then fell into a channel and sank into the ground. 

See Jashemski, W. F., 1993. The Gardens of Pompeii, Volume II: Appendices. New York: Caratzas. (p.234, no. 482).

Part 1      IX.3.19/20 Plan