Herculaneum South-east corner. Suburban Baths. Apodyterium, Frigidarium and Tepidarium.
Ercolano. Angolo sud-est. Terme
suburbane. Apodyterium, Frigidarium and Tepidarium.
Herculaneum Entrance and views across terrace Terrace of Marcus Nonius Balbus Suburban Baths, atrium and surrounding rooms Suburban Baths, Waiting room, Frigidarium and Tepidarium Suburban Baths Caldarium Sacred Area Terrace Shrine of Venus Temple of four Gods Terrace north-west corner Ancient shoreline, arched vaults or boatsheds Building with boat exhibition
Suburban Baths, Herculaneum. June 2014.
Looking south across room, possible waiting room or diaeta, with three windows overlooking beachfront, in south-west corner of baths.
Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Herculaneum Suburban
Baths. October 2023. Looking west through window onto beachfront. Photo
courtesy of Johannes Eber.
Suburban Baths, Herculaneum, April 2008.
Detail from upper
south-west corner of possible waiting room or diaeta.
Photo courtesy of
Nicolas Monteix.
Suburban Baths, Herculaneum. June 2014.
Detail from west wall and north-west corner of possible waiting room or diaeta. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Suburban Baths, Herculaneum, May 2001.
North-west corner of possible waiting room or diaeta. Photo courtesy of Current Archaeology.
Herculaneum Suburban
Baths. October 2023.
Upper vaulted north
wall of possible waiting room or diaeta. Photo
courtesy of Johannes Eber.
Suburban Baths, Herculaneum, April 2008.
Looking towards
north wall and upper vaulted area of possible waiting room or diaeta. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
Herculaneum
Suburban Baths. October 2023.
Detail from upper north wall at west
end of possible waiting room or diaeta. Photo courtesy of
Johannes Eber.
Suburban Baths, Herculaneum. June 2014.
Detail from north-east corner with doorway leading north to
atrium. Photo courtesy of Michael
Binns.
Herculaneum Suburban
Baths. October 2023. Frigidarium, west wall with doorway into atrium. Photo
courtesy of Johannes Eber.
Herculaneum Suburban
Baths. October 2023.
Frigidarium, looking
through doorway into atrium in west wall. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.
Herculaneum Suburban
Baths. October 2023. North wall of frigidarium. Photo courtesy of Johannes
Eber.
Suburban Baths, Herculaneum. June 2014. North wall of frigidarium.
The doorway has the remains of carbonised wooden door-jambs, outlined in black to emphasise their exact location.
This shows the wall of volcanic mud/debris flowing through the aperture. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Herculaneum Suburban Baths. October
2023.
Frigidarium, remains of carbonised wooden door-jambs, outlined in black to emphasise their exact location.
This shows the wall
of volcanic mud/debris flowing through the aperture. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.
Suburban Baths, Herculaneum. October 2001.
Frigidarium, remains of carbonised wooden door-jambs, outlined in black to emphasise their exact location.
This shows the wall of volcanic mud/debris flowing through the aperture. Photo courtesy of Peter Woods.
Herculaneum Suburban Baths. October
2023. Looking north-east in frigidarium. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.
Herculaneum Suburban Baths. October
2023.
Looking towards north end of cold pool
in frigidarium. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.
Suburban Baths, Herculaneum, May 2004. Frigidarium, looking towards the cold bath.
Suburban Baths, Herculaneum, 1975. Frigidarium. 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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Suburban Baths, Herculaneum, 1975. Frigidarium. 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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Herculaneum
Suburban Baths. October 2023. Frigidarium, looking east towards the cold
bath. Photo
courtesy of Johannes Eber.
Suburban Baths, Herculaneum. October 2001. Looking east towards cold bath in frigidarium. Photo courtesy of Peter Woods.
Suburban Baths,
Herculaneum, May 2001. Cold pool in frigidarium. Photo courtesy of
Current Archaeology.
Herculaneum Suburban Baths. October
2023.
Frigidarium, detail from upper south
end of the cold bath. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.
Suburban Baths, Herculaneum. October 2001.
Skylight lighting the frigidarium at south end of pool. Photo courtesy of Peter Woods.
Suburban Baths, Herculaneum. June 2014. Frigidarium, looking towards the cold bath. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Suburban Baths, Herculaneum. June 2014. Edging of cold bath in frigidarium. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Suburban Baths, Herculaneum. October 2001. Cold bath in frigidarium. Photo courtesy of Peter Woods.
Suburban Baths,
Herculaneum, May 2001. Cold pool in frigidarium. Photo courtesy of
Current Archaeology.
Suburban Baths, Herculaneum. June 2014. Flooring of frigidarium. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Suburban Baths, Herculaneum, May 2001.
Looking south-east across
flooring in frigidarium towards doorway to tepidarium. Photo
courtesy of Current Archaeology.
Suburban Baths, Herculaneum. October 2001.
Doorway in south wall with preserved door leading from frigidarium towards tepidarium, and two caldaria.
Photo courtesy of Peter Woods.
Herculaneum Suburban
Baths. October 2023.
Detail from doorway. Photo
courtesy of Johannes Eber.
Herculaneum
Suburban Baths. October 2023.
Frigidarium, south wall with doorway
into tepidarium. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.
Herculaneum Suburban
Baths. October 2023.
Detail from south wall
in south-west corner of frigidarium. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.
Herculaneum Suburban
Baths. October 2023.
Tepidarium, north-west
corner and north wall with doorway into frigidarium. Photo courtesy of Johannes
Eber.
Decorative stucco warriors on white stucco panels were set into the walls of the tepidarium.
In this room were eight large white rectangular panels.
On seven of these panels were depicted stucco warriors (six showed warriors carrying spears, the seventh carrying a sword).
On the eighth panel were two stucco flying cupids carrying baskets of fruit and garlands.
Herculaneum Suburban
Baths. October 2023.
Tepidarium, south end
of west wall with doorway into smaller original caldarium. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.
Herculaneum Suburban Baths. October 2023.
Tepidarium, detail of stucco warrior
from south end of west wall. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.
Suburban Baths, Herculaneum. October 2001.
Detail of stucco warrior with spear, from west wall of tepidarium. Photo courtesy of Peter Woods.
Herculaneum Suburban
Baths. October 2023.
Tepidarium, detail
of stucco cupids from centre of west wall. Photo
courtesy of Johannes Eber.
Suburban Baths, Herculaneum. October 2001.
Two stucco flying cupids with baskets of fruits and garlands, on west wall of tepidarium. Photo courtesy of Peter Woods.
Herculaneum Suburban
Baths. October 2023. Heating ducts in west wall of tepidarium. Photo courtesy
of Johannes Eber.
Herculaneum Suburban
Baths. October 2023. Bench against west wall of tepidarium. Photo courtesy of
Johannes Eber.
Herculaneum Suburban
Baths. October 2023.
Tepidarium, north end
of west wall with stucco warrior. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.
Suburban Baths, Herculaneum. October 2001.
Detail of stucco warrior with spear and shield, from north end of west wall of tepidarium.
Photo courtesy of Peter Woods.
Suburban Baths, Herculaneum, May 2001.
North-west corner of tepidarium, with decorative stucco warriors on white stucco panels set into the walls.
Photo courtesy
of Current Archaeology.
Suburban Baths, Herculaneum, May 2001.
Looking north-west across flooring in tepidarium towards
doorway to frigidarium, on right. Photo
courtesy of Current Archaeology.
The zoccolo on the walls of the tepidarium was formed from slabs of marble.
A bench was set against all three walls, this one against the west wall.
Herculaneum Suburban Baths. October 2023.
Tepidarium, detail of stucco warrior from west side of north
wall. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.
Herculaneum Suburban Baths. October 2023.
Tepidarium, detail of stucco warrior from east side of north
wall. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.
Herculaneum Suburban
Baths. October 2023. Tepidarium, upper east end of north wall. Photo courtesy
of Johannes Eber.
Herculaneum Suburban
Baths. October 2023.
Detail of stucco
decoration on east end of upper north wall. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.
Suburban Baths, Herculaneum. June 2014.
Tepidarium, detail of vaulted ceiling on north wall, and upper north-east corner. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Herculaneum Suburban
Baths. October 2023.
Tepidarium, stucco
panel with warrior from north end of east wall. Photo courtesy of Johannes
Eber.
Herculaneum Suburban
Baths. October 2023.
Tepidarium, stucco
warrior from north end of east wall. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.
Herculaneum Suburban
Baths. October 2023.
Tepidarium, north-east
corner. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.
Suburban Baths, Herculaneum, April 2008.
Looking towards
north-east corner and east wall of tepidarium. Photo courtesy of Nicolas
Monteix.
Herculaneum Suburban
Baths. October 2023. Upper east wall in north-east corner. Photo courtesy of
Johannes Eber.
Herculaneum Suburban
Baths. October 2023.
Detail of heating
ducts in upper east wall of tepidarium. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.
Herculaneum Suburban
Baths. October 2023.
Stucco decoration on
upper east wall at north end. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.
Suburban Baths, Herculaneum, 1975.
Tepidarium, with warriors on white stucco panels set into the east wall. 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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Herculaneum Suburban Baths. October 2023.
Tepidarium, east wall and doorway to the second caldarium,
on right. Photo courtesy of
Johannes Eber.
Herculaneum Suburban
Baths. October 2023.
Tepidarium, detail of
stucco warrior from centre of east wall. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.
Herculaneum Suburban
Baths. October 2023.
Tepidarium, east wall
with doorway to the second caldarium, on right. Photo
courtesy of Johannes Eber.
Suburban Baths, Herculaneum. June 2014.
East wall of tepidarium, with doorway to larger caldarium. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Herculaneum Suburban
Baths. October 2023.
Detail of stucco
warrior from south end of east wall. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.
Herculaneum Suburban Baths. October 2023.
Looking south along bench against east wall of tepidarium. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.
Herculaneum Suburban
Baths. October 2023. Looking south across
tepidarium. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.
Herculaneum Suburban
Baths. October 2023. Tepidarium, bench against south wall. Photo courtesy of
Johannes Eber.
Suburban Baths, Herculaneum. June 2014.
Third bench in tepidarium, in alcove against south wall under window. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Suburban Baths, Herculaneum. October 2001.
Third bench in tepidarium, in alcove against south wall. Photo courtesy of Peter Woods.
Herculaneum Suburban
Baths. October 2023. Tepidarium, detail of leg of bench against south wall. Photo
courtesy of Johannes Eber.
Herculaneum Suburban
Baths. October 2023. Tepidarium, south wall in south-west corner. Photo
courtesy of Johannes Eber.
Herculaneum Suburban
Baths. October 2023. Tepidarium, detail of flooring. Photo courtesy of Johannes
Eber.
Herculaneum Entrance and views across terrace Terrace of Marcus Nonius Balbus Suburban Baths, atrium and surrounding rooms Suburban Baths, Waiting room, Frigidarium and Tepidarium Suburban Baths Caldarium Sacred Area Terrace Shrine of Venus Temple of four Gods Terrace north-west corner Ancient shoreline, arched vaults or boatsheds Building with boat exhibition