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50. I.9.1-2, Casa del Bell'Impluvio, casa media (Figs. 2.7, 5.6, 5.135-5.136)
Synopsis
KI (6) was converted from a cubiculum. A HE of sub-type (1) in the NW corner of the
room served as a cooking surface (Fig. 5.135). A latrine was located to the N in room (5), and
beneath both rooms was a cellar, accessed by a stair in the NW corner of the peristyle garden (13),
used probably for storage and additional workspace; it has not been completely excavated (Fig.
5.135). DR•(8), just across the atrium/passageway (7), has bipartite, late 3rd style decoration
marked by plaster pilasters that separate the dining area to the N from the serving space to the S
(Fig. 5.136). The spacious DH◊(14), acquired from the property (I.9.15) in the early Empire,
collapsed into that latter property, situated at a lower level. Ala (10), with a central square
emblema of opus sectile, may have been suitable as supplementary space for dining. An iron
tripod found in atrium (2) suggests additional cooking space there, and against the W wall of
atrium (2) was a large cupboard filled with cooking, serving and eating vessels and utensils
amongst other household goods. Paintings on the walls of the fauces have been interpreted as a
shrine in the entranceway (PPM I, 922, #2-3).
References
Jashemski 1993, 44; Berry 1993, 12-14, 34; PPM I, 919-941; Rediscovering Pompeii 1990, #109, 120;
Gassner 1986, 132; PPP I, 89-91; CTP IIIA, 16-17; Laidlaw 1985, 75; Guida Laterza 1982, 123; Bastet
& De Vos 1979, 71-73; Guida 1976, 223-224; Schefold 1957, 38; Maiuri 1954a, 79-80; Della Corte
1954, 282-283, #723; Della Corte NSc 1913, 34-35; Maiuri 1942a, 202.
Data
A) Total area: 513.7 Nodes: 272.5 Connectors: 65.6 Static spaces: 177.5
B) Total # spaces: 24 # Nodes: 3 # Connectors: 5 # Static spaces: 13
C) Area, KI (6): 3.9 Area, DR•(8): 17.7 Length, DR•(8): 5.52 Width, DR•(8): 3.20
Area, DI◊(10): 10.5 Length, DI◊(10): 3.00 Width, DI◊(10): 3.50
Area, DH◊(14): 50.8 Length, DH◊(14): 7.62 Width, DH◊(14): 6.67
51. I.9.3-4, Casa e caupona di Successus, casa media + diner
(Figs. 2.7, 5.6, 5.137-5.139)
Synopsis
The one identifiable HE, sub-type (4), from this complex is built into the S end of the
counter of the diner (14) at #4. The counter has solid-step shelving above the counter on the W
side for displaying goods (Fig. 5.139). An additional cooking area may have been located in room
(10) past the garden to the S, where two low masonry supports 1.2 m. apart perhaps supported a
cooking surface (Fig. 5.138). Room (10) was apparently once part of a bath complex; Berry (pers.
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