VI.5.7 Pompeii. Garden site. Excavated 1837, 1881.

VI.5.7 Pompeii. September 2005. Looking east along entrance fauces, or corridor.

VI.5.7 Pompeii. September 2005. Looking east.

According to Jashemski, this large garden was planted in an area, where an abandoned building had been cleared.

See Jashemski, W. F., 1993. The Gardens of Pompeii, Volume II: Appendices. New York: Caratzas. (p.126)

VI.5.7 Pompeii. September 2005. West side of garden area. According to Eschebach, site of two cubicula.

See Eschebach, L., 1993. Gebäudeverzeichnis und Stadtplan der antiken Stadt Pompeji. Köln: Böhlau. (p.170)

VI.5.7 Pompeii. September 2005.

North side of garden, according to Eschebach, site of triclinium and five cubicula.

VI.5.7 Pompeii. September 2005. Remains of painted plaster in cubiculum nearest the north-east corner.

The zoccolo would have had alternating panels of plants on a red background, and then narrow compartments with painted imitation marble.

Above the zoccolo was a green painted predella, with a still-life at its centre.

In the centre of the wall would have been a wide yellow aedicula painted with surrounding architectural columns.

VI.5.7 Pompeii. September 2005.

VI.5.7 Pompeii. September 2005.

VI.5.7 Pompeii. September 2005.