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I.8.19 Pompeii. September
2005. Looking east from entrance.

I.8.19 Pompeii. September
2005. Looking east from entrance.

I.8.19 Pompeii. September
2005. Looking east from entrance.

I.8.19 Pompeii. September
2005. Looking through window to lower level.

I.8.19 Pompeii. September
2005. Looking through window to lower level.

I.8.19 Pompeii. September
2005. Cistern at lower level, with peristyle of I.8.2 above.
According to
Jashemski, part of the floor on the north, east and west portico of the
peristyle of I.8.2, was destroyed by bombing in 1943.
A
gutter at the edge of the garden collected rain water which was stored in the
large cistern under the peristyle.
The water appeared to
have been used in the adjacent dye-shop (I.8.19) at the rear.
See Jashemski, W. F.,
1993. The Gardens of Pompeii, Volume II:
Appendices. New York: Caratzas. (p.42)

I.8.19 Pompeii. September
2005.
Looking east into cistern at lower
level, with peristyle of I.8.2 above.

I.8.19 Pompeii. September
2005. Lower level.

I.8.19 Pompeii. September
2005. Lower level, taken from street level.

I.8.19 Pompeii. September
2005. Lower level.