I.10.4 Pompeii. Casa del Menandro or House of the Menander or House of the Silver Treasure.

Baths kitchen and garden area

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I.10.4 Pompeii. August 2023.

Entrance doorway to corridor M. Entrance from peristyle to kitchen and garden area.

Photo courtesy of Maribel Velasco.

I.10.4 Pompeii. March 2009.

Entrance to corridor M. Entrance from peristyle to kitchen and garden area.

I.10.4 Pompeii. December 2006. Corridor M to kitchen area, looking west.

I.10.4 Pompeii. March 2009. Corridor M, looking west.

I.10.4 Pompeii. March 2009.

Corridor M2 looking north to 2 doorways, one to kitchen corridor, and one to room 28.

I.10.4 Pompeii. March 2009.

Doorway to kitchen corridor M1 (on left) and room 28, to east of kitchen (on right).

I.10.4 Pompeii. March 2009.

Corridor M1 looking west to room 26 a latrine at the end of the corridor, with entrance to kitchen, room 27, on right.

I.10.4 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 27, kitchen and hearth. Looking towards the north-west corner.

According to Boyce, on the west wall beside the hearth was preserved a corner of a panel of white stucco.

It was bordered in red, and within it was painted the tail of a serpent.

See Boyce G. K., 1937. Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome: MAAR 14. (p.28, no.51)

I.10.4 Pompeii. Found on 31 July 1931 in corridor P1. Ceramic cover (On the left). SAP inventory 4839. 

Photographed at “A Day in Pompeii” exhibition at Melbourne Museum. September 2009.

I.10.4 Pompeii. Small ceramic jug (at centre front). SAP 4981.

The seal on the lower part of this jug bears the inscription, CN. ATEIUS ARRETINUS, LIBERTUS A ATEIO.

It refers to Arretinus, a freedman (former slave) whose pottery business was operated in the town of Ateio around 30-40 BC.

Photographed at “A Day in Pompeii” exhibition at Melbourne Museum. September 2009.

I.10.4 Pompeii. Ceramic bowl. SAP 4570.

Photographed at “A Day in Pompeii” exhibition at Melbourne Museum. September 2009.

I.10.4 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 27, structure in south west corner of kitchen.

I.10.4 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 27, north wall with hearth.

I.10.4 Pompeii. March 2009. Corridor M1 looking east from kitchen doorway.

I.10.4 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to room 28, on east side of kitchen.

I.10.4 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 28, looking west.

I.10.4 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 28, north wall.

I.10.4 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 28, north-west corner.

I.10.4 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 28, remains of painted plaster on north wall.

I.10.4 Pompeii. March 2009. Corridor M2, north end of corridor.

I.10.4 Pompeii. March 2009. Entrance to steps down to lower garden area, at south end of corridor M2. Looking south.

I.10.4 Pompeii. 1961. Looking north from lower garden area, to steps to corridor at rear of baths 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.

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I.10.4 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 49, at rear of Baths atrium.

I.10.4 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 49 with remaining niche in north-east corner, and part of another niche, on the left.

According to Jashemski, Maiuri identified this as a heliocaminus (an area exposed to the sun, used as a winter abode).

See Jashemski, W. F., 1993. The Gardens of Pompeii, Volume II: Appendices. New York: Caratzas. (p.47; Fig 54 ).

I.10.4 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking south over underground storerooms at rear of Baths area, in area S.

I.10.4 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking at rear upper wall of Baths area.

I.10.4 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking at rear wall of Baths area.

I.10.4 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking at rear lower wall of area S.

I.10.4 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking south across area S.

I.10.4 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking south across underground rooms at area S.

I.10.4 Pompeii. March 2009. Rectangular and round structures in area S [50].

I.10.4 Pompeii. March 2009. Round structure next to rectangular area, in area S [50]. Well or cistern mouth?

I.10.4 Pompeii. March 2009. Area S [50]. South east corner looking at rear of Baths wall.

I.10.4 Pompeii. March 2009. Area S [50]. South wall.

I.10.4 Pompeii. March 2009. South east corner at rear of Baths wall with remains of staircase.

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