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Pompeiana : the topography, edifices, and ornaments of Pompeii (1824)

Gell, William, Sir, 1777-1836, Gandy, John P. (John Peter), 1787-1850 · London : Rodwell and Martin · leaf 211

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ascendingto the adytum w-ere the whole width of the court.Before them is an altar (39), upon which werefound three terra cotta statues, of iEsculapius,Hygeia, and Priapus. The cell containing thepedestal for the statue was fronted with columns, ofwhich only indications remain. 40, 41 Are apartments… … U o POMPEIANA. 255 44 Is the garden, or area domus, thereunto attached, 45 Another house, upon a lower level. It probablyhad an upper story, as a flight of steps leads up,through 46, to the garden (47). It was the resi-dence of a sculptor; some of whose statues, begunupon, were found, with others…

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