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Room 8, garden area and staircase, with altar and water
feature in arched recess.

IX.3.20
According to Fiorelli, found fixed in the arch under the
stairs was a small marble disc with the relief of a tragic mask, removed from
another place and put here as an charm against bad luck.
See Pappalardo, U., 2001. La Descrizione di Pompei per Giuseppe Fiorelli (1875).
Napoli: Massa Editore. (p.147)

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A jet flowed from under the arch into a travertine vessel,
which served as a makeshift pool, and then fell into a channel and sank into the
ground.
See Jashemski, W. F.,
1993. The Gardens of

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