VII.16.a Pompeii. Suburban Baths. Nymphaeum.
Cascading fountain and pool.
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VII.16.a Pompeii. July 2021. Looking east towards
nymphaeum.
Foto
Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VII.16.a Pompeii. November 2023. Looking east towards
nymphaeum. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
VII.16.a Pompeii. October 2020. Looking east towards nymphaeum. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VII.16.a Pompeii. July 2021.
Room 9, looking east towards nymphaeum,
cascade and lower area.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VII.16.a Pompeii. May 2015. Room 9, bottom of cascade and pool. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.16.a Pompeii. May 2015. Room 9, nymphaeum. Cascade. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.16.a Pompeii. December 2004. Room 9, nymphaeum. Cascade.
VII.16.a Pompeii. December 2006. Room 9, nymphaeum. Mosaic showing Mars and three cherubs.
VII.16.a Pompeii. September 2005. Room 9, nymphaeum. Detail of mosaic centrepiece with Mars and three cherubs.
VII.16.a Pompeii. September 2021.
Room 9, nymphaeum. Detail of mosaic centrepiece with Mars
and three cherubs. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VII.16.a Pompeii. May 2015.
Room 9, nymphaeum. Detail of mosaic centrepiece with Mars and three cherubs. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.16.a Pompeii. September 2021.
Room 9, nymphaeum, detail of mosaic cherub. Photo
courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VII.16.a Pompeii. September 2021. Room 9, nymphaeum, detail
of Mars and cherub. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VII.16.a Pompeii. October 2020. Room 9, detail from north end of nymphaeum. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VII.16.a Pompeii. October 2020. Room 9, detail from aedicula in centre of upper nymphaeum. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VII.16.a Pompeii. May 2015. Room 9, detail from aedicula in centre of upper nymphaeum. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.16.a Pompeii. September 2021.
Room 9, detail from mosaic centrepiece of eagle in centre of upper nymphaeum. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VII.16.a Pompeii. October 2020. Room 9, detail from south end of nymphaeum. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VII.16.a Pompeii. May 2015. Room 9, detail from south end of nymphaeum. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.16.a Pompeii. October 2020.
Room 9, column on north side. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VII.16.a Pompeii. May 2015. Room 9, column on north side. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.16.a Pompeii. September 2021.
Room 9, detail of mosaic column on north side. Photo
courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VII.16.a Pompeii. October 2020.
Room 9, detail from mosaic at side of column on north side. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VII.16.a Pompeii. May 2015.
Room 9, detail of column on north side. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.16.a Pompeii. October 2020.
Room 9, column on south side. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VII.16.a Pompeii. May 2015. Room 9, column on south side. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.16.a Pompeii. October 2020.
Room 9, detail of column on south side. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VII.16.a Pompeii. September 2021. Room 9, detail of mosaic at side of column on south side. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VII.16.a Pompeii. May 2015.
Room 9, detail of column on south side. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.16.a Pompeii. October 2020.
Room 9, detail of mosaic at side of column on south side. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VII.16.a Pompeii. May 2018.
Two mosaic fragments belonging to the suburban baths now in VII.7.5. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
According to the Soprintendenza web site, these were discovered during the 1959 excavation.
They were part of a barrel vault of an area (m 11,40 x 7,60), which is almost completely occupied by a swimming pool warmed up through a ‘samovar’ system (and this is the only case known in Pompeii so far).
The rare mosaic, which is stylistically close to Fourth Style paintings, was made after the AD 62 earthquake.
VII.16.a Pompeii. May 2018. First mosaic fragment belonging to the suburban baths now in VII.7.5.
This frame is decorated with shells and fishes, among which there is a darting dolphin.
See Carratelli,
G. P., 1990-2003. Pompei: Pitture e Mosaici: Vol. VII. Roma: Istituto della enciclopedia
italiana, p. 257.
Photo courtesy of
Buzz Ferebee.
VII.16.a Pompeii. May 2018. First mosaic fragment upper part belonging to the suburban baths now in VII.7.5.
This frame is decorated with shells. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
See Carratelli,
G. P., 1990-2003. Pompei: Pitture e Mosaici: Vol. VII. Roma: Istituto della enciclopedia italiana, p. 257.
VII.16.a Pompeii. May 2018.
First mosaic fragment lower part belonging to the suburban baths now in VII.7.5. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
This frame is decorated with shells and fishes, among which there is a darting dolphin.
See Carratelli,
G. P., 1990-2003. Pompei: Pitture e Mosaici: Vol. VII. Roma: Istituto della enciclopedia italiana, p. 257.
VII.16.a Pompeii. May 2018.
Second mosaic fragment belonging to the suburban baths now in VII.7.5. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
In this section, under a circle decorated with a shell motif, there are meander motifs, garlands held by a winged figure, an eagle on a globe inserted in a tripod, and a landscape painting.
VII.16.a Pompeii. May 2018. Second mosaic fragment belonging to the suburban baths now in VII.7.5.
Top section, a circle decorated with a shell motif. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.16.a Pompeii. May 2018. Second mosaic fragment belonging to the suburban baths now in VII.7.5.
Lower section decorated on the left with a tripod on which is a globe surmounted by an eagle. At the bottom is a landscape.
Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.16.a Pompeii. May 2018. Second mosaic fragment belonging to the suburban baths now in VII.7.5.
Lower section decorated with a landscape. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
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