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. 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.

 

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.

 

 

 

 

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