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See chapter 3 of Household and City Organization for a description of different types of rooms.
| alley | The alley running down the center of a block. In some houses this is used as part of the household space. |
| andron | Andron - men's formal dining room, used for symposia |
| anteroom | Anteroom to an andron |
| bath | Small room as part of kitchen-complex, with or without bathtub |
| bath? | Small room as part of kitchen-complex, with or without bathtub; identification less certain. |
| court | Courtyard |
| cupboard | Small space usually within a larger room, separated by low wall or foundation. |
| entrance | May be of prothyron type. |
| exedra | A roofed space opening onto a courtyard or other such open area without a dividing wall. |
| flue | Conventional term for part of the kitchen-complex, in many houses where cooking was done. |
| flue? | Identification less certain than above. |
| incomplete | Room incompletely preserved or excavated. |
| irregular | Space not fitting into an one of the standard categories. |
| kitchen | The large room in a kitchen-complex, sometimes with a hearth. |
| light well | A space architecturally similar to a "flue" -- i.e. a small space open through the second story to the sky, but attached to a suite which is probably not a kitchen complex. See the discussion in the House of Many Colors and other houses. |
| N. room | North Room: architecturally unspecialized room in the northern portion of the house, north of the pastas. |
| pastas | Portico, usually on the northern side of the courtyard. |
| pastas room | Room opening onto one end of the pastas. |
| portico | Portico, not on the north side of the courtyard, usually in addition to a pastas. |
| public | Public space. |
| room | Architecturally unspecialized room. |
| S. room | South Room: architecturally unspecialized room in the southern half of the house |
| shop | Room with door to the exterior, sometimes with another door to the interior of the house |
| stable | Robinson's term for large rooms which take up ca. 1/3 of the area of a house. I suspect they are used for storage of agricultural products. See the discussion of House A 4. |
| street | Street or avenue |
| street shop | In the streets in front of some houses there were significant clusters of objects, perhaps from temporary stalls or similar. See discussion in Chapter 6. |
| trial trench | Room partly or completely uncovered in an exploratory trench. |
| none | Space has no walls. |
| not pres. | Walls not preserved. |
| painted | Walls plastered and painted a single color |
| painted, baseboard | Walls plastered and painted a single color with a baseboard |
| painted, designs | Walls plastered and painted a single color, with designs (rare) |
| painted, moldings | Walls plastered and painted, with moldings |
| painted, panels | Walls plastered and painted, and divided into panels, a simple version of Pompeiian First Style painting. |
| plain | Walls unplastered. |
| plastered | Walls plastered but not painted. |
| tiled? | The walls of the bathroom in the "House of Pan" on the South Hill are described as "tiled." It is unclear what this means. |