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comm.) reports that the praefurnium is still visible. Room (12) probably housed a latrine. Neither
area has been completely excavated. DR◊(7), attached to the diner, was probably a dining area
for customers. 79 DR•(5), well-decorated in the 4th style, may also have served for dining (its
sometime identification as a bedroom is insupportable). Area (9) at the SW corner of the garden
may once have been a large hall, decorated in the 3rd style, but it was demolished by the
earthquake in A.D. 62 . Cooking, serving and eating utensils and vessels were stored largely
within room (3).
References
Jashemski 1993, 44; Berry 1993, 14-16, 34; PPM I, 942-966; Rediscovering Pompeii 1990, #109, 120;
PPP I, 89-91; CTP IIIA, 16-17; Laidlaw 1985, 75; Guida Laterza 1982, 123; Guida 1976, 224;
Schefold 1957, 38; Maiuri 1954a, 80; Della Corte 1954, 283, #723a.
Data
A) Total area: 536.0 Nodes: 383.2 Connectors: 39.8 Static spaces: 116.1
B) Total # spaces: 16 # Nodes: 3 # Connectors: 3 # Static spaces: 8
C) Area, HE in (14): 2.5 Area, DR•(5): 14.2 Length, DR•(5): 4.00 Width, DR•(5): 3.55
Area, KI◊(10): 20.7 Area, DR◊(7): 20.1 Length, DR◊(7): 5.64 Width, DR◊(7): 3.56
52. I.9.5-7, Casa dei Cubicoli Floreali, casa media (Figs. 1.17, 2.7, 5.6, 5.140-5.143)
Synopsis
Although no fixed installations survive, a kitchen was perhaps located in area (16), next
to a latrine in (16) (Fig. 5.140). A stable (18) was located at #7 to the S. Cooking apparatus were
actually found in the N part of the house -- two bronze and iron braziers were found in the NW
corner and along the E side of atrium (2), and an iron tripod, bronze water heater and several
pots appeared in room (9) (Fig. 1.17). Berry sees evidence for wine-selling from the shop at #6.
Other cooking, serving and eating vessels were found in a chest along the E side of the atrium.
DR•(11) contains strong evidence for dining, perhaps during the winter months. Bipartite, 3rd
style black ground decoration on the walls separates the dining area from the serving area with
painted pilasters, and a mosaic central emblema marks the focal point for the arrangement of
couches (Fig. 5.141). An opus sectile central emblema sits in the center of DI•(13) (Fig. 5.142), and
DH•(17) is also marked by a large mosaic emblema around which couches (one possible bronze
foot of which was found there) were arranged. The latter had rough walls, and was perhaps
under restoration in A.D. 79 (Fig. 5.143).
79 PPP and PPM both erroneously describe the decoration of room (6) under the heading of room (7). Room
(7) has no preserved wall decoration.
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