VII .1.8 Pompeii. Terme Stabiane or Stabian Baths.
Entrance, Gymnasium, and portico area.
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VII.1.8 Pompeii. July 2021.
Looking north from south-west corner of gymnasium C.
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VII.1.8 Pompeii. Watercolour by Giuseppe Abbate, 1859, of wall in south-west corner of gymnasium C.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number ADS 438.
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VII.1.8 Pompeii. October 2022.
Detail from upper wall in south-west corner. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VII.1.8 Pompeii. Drawing by Nicola La Volpe, of the stucco showing the story of the myth
of Hylas and the nymphs.
This would
have been seen on the south side of the central stucco of Hercules on the west
wall.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number ADS 444.
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VII.1.8 Pompeii.
Drawing by
Nicola La Volpe, of the stucco perhaps showing Perseus and Andromeda, or a
seated Satyr and Maenad.
This would
have been seen on the north side of the central stucco of Hercules on the west
wall.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number ADS 445.
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Stucco plaster on
wall in south-west corner of gymnasium C, central panel showing Hercules.
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Stucco plaster on
wall in south-west corner of gymnasium C. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
VII.1.8 Pompeii. Detail of plaster on wall in south-west corner of gymnasium C.
Photographed 1970-79 by Günther Einhorn, picture courtesy of his son Ralf Einhorn.
VII.1.8 Pompeii. April 2013. Stucco plaster on wall in
south-west corner of gymnasium C. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VII.1.8 Pompeii. September 2005. Stucco plaster on wall in south-west corner of gymnasium C.
According to Mau, this may be a relief of a satyr offering Hercules a drinking horn.
See Mau, A., 1907, translated by Kelsey F. W. Pompeii: Its Life and Art. New York: Macmillan, p. 197.
VII.1.8 Pompeii. 1968.
Detail of plaster on wall in south-west corner of gymnasium C. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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VII.1.8 Pompeii.
Drawing by
Nicola La Volpe, of the stucco showing Hercules, from centre of the stucco on
the west wall.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number ADS 439.
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VII.1.8 Pompeii. September 2005. Plaster on upper wall in south-west corner of gymnasium C.
VII.1.8 Pompeii. September 2005. Detail of stucco plaster on wall in south-west corner of gymnasium C.
VII.1.8 Pompeii. September 2005. Detail of plaster on wall in south-west corner of gymnasium C.
VII.1.8 Pompeii. July 2021. Looking west across gymnasium C
towards south-west corner and south portico B.
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VII.1.8 Pompeii. September 2005. South-west corner of gymnasium C with south side of portico B.
Entrance doorway to destrictarium E at west end of south portico B. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
VII.1.8 Pompeii. December 2006. Entrance to destrictarium E at west end of south portico B.
The plaster-cast of the young female found at the north-east corner of VI.14 is displayed here. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
Looking towards north-west corner of destrictarium E at west end of south portico B. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
VII.1.8 Pompeii. December 2006. West wall and north-west corner of room E, the destrictarium, in south-west corner of gymnasium.
The destrictarium was a room for preparing before, and cleaning with strigil after, gymnastic exercise.
A painted hunt was seen on the west walls of both room G, and this room E.
As the walls are now totally faded and illegible, it is not possible to identify an exact location.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number ADS 460.
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The west walls of both rooms E and F were subdivided into three parts and showing a statue supporting a basin with a garden scene behind. Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number ADS 448.
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VII.1.8 Pompeii. December 2006. Looking west along south portico B towards doorway to destrictarium E.
VII.1.8 Pompeii. October 2014. South portico B, decorative painted plaster from south wall.
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VII.1.8 Pompeii. June 2012. Decorative painted plaster from south wall of south portico B. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
VII.1.8 Pompeii. December 2006. Looking east along south portico B to entrance vestibule A.
VII.1.8 Pompeii. July 2021.
Looking
towards south portico B with entrance, on left, and south-west corner of
gymnasium C, on right.
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VII.1.8 Pompeii. May 2012. Looking north-west across gymnasium C. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.1.8 Pompeii. December 2006. Looking north-west across gymnasium C to rooms R and Q and portico B on north side.
VII.1.8 Pompeii. July 2021. Looking north-west towards north
side of gymnasium C.
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VII.1.8 Pompeii. July 2021. North side of gymnasium
C.
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VII.1.8 Pompeii. August 2021. Looking north-east
across gymnasium C. Photo courtesy of Robert Hanson.
VII.1.8 Pompeii. December 2006. Looking north-east across gymnasium C.
VII.1.8 Pompeii. October 2001. Looking north-east across gymnasium C. Photo courtesy of Peter Woods.
VII.1.8 Pompeii. April 2013. Looking north-east across gymnasium C towards east portico. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VII.1.8 Pompeii. September 2017. Looking towards east portico. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VII.1.8 Pompeii. April 2005. Looking towards east portico. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VII.1.8 Pompeii. May 2012. Looking south-west across gymnasium C towards south portico B. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.1.8 Pompeii. September 2005. Looking west along south portico B from entrance vestibule A.
VII.1.8 Pompeii. June 2012. Looking west along south portico B, across entrance vestibule A. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
VII.1.8 Pompeii. July 2021. Looking across gymnasium C towards
entrance vestibule, centre left, and south portico B.
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VII.1.8 Pompeii. June 2012.
Entrance vestibule A, looking south towards entrance on Via dell’Abbondanza. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Finds
VII.1.8 Pompeii. March 2024. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
No.4 (on right) –
Oil lamp depicting the Rape of Europa (1st century AD). (Lucerna con Europa rapita dal toro (I sec. d.C).)
Provenanced to the Stabian Baths, but we do not know the exact find location.
On display in exhibition in Palaestra entitled –
“L’altra Pompei, vite comuni all’ombra del Vesuvio”.
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