. Pompeii : its life and art . to the bathand to the closet (G). The arrangements of this bath are in a better state of preser-vation than those of any other Roman bath yet discovered; the tank and reservoir withthe connecting pipesmay now be seen atPompeii in the littleMuseum near the Fo-rum fitted up for the ex-hibition of the objectsiS found in this villa. Thebath rooms comprisedan apodyterium (D),H a tepidarium (E), anda caldarium (F) with abath basin at one endand a labrum in a semi-circular recess at the other. The bath was heated from a smallfurnace room (C). Over the hot air flue leadi
. Pompeii : its life and art . to the bathand to the closet (G). The arrangements of this bath are in a better state of preser-vation than those of any other Roman bath yet discovered; the tank and reservoir withthe connecting pipesmay now be seen atPompeii in the littleMuseum near the Fo-rum fitted up for the ex-hibition of the objectsiS found in this villa. Thebath rooms comprisedan apodyterium (D),H a tepidarium (E), anda caldarium (F) with abath basin at one endand a labrum in a semi-circular recess at the other. The bath was heated from a smallfurnace room (C). Over the hot air flue leading from the fur-nace into the hollow space under the floor of the caldarium wasa water heater in the form of a half cylinder similar to the onefound in the Stabian Baths (p. 188). The tepidarium, as wellas the caldarium, had a hollow floor and walls. Over the furnace stood a round lead tank, the lower part ofwhich was encased in masonry ; the pipes connecting it withthe reservoir in the corner of the kitchen and with the bath. Fis 178. — Hot water tank and reservoir for supplyingthe bath in the villa rustica at Boscoreale. THE VILLA RUSTICA AT BOSCOREALE 357 rooms were found in place, and are shown in Fig. 178. Themiddle pipe supplied the tank with cold water; the flow couldbe regulated by means of a stopcock. The lower pipe startedfrom the reservoir, but before reaching the tank was divided,the left arm leading into the tank, the other into the bath there were stopcocks in the main pipe and in the armentering the tank, by adjusting these the bath basin could besupplied with either hot or cold water through a single upper pipe was divided in the same way, one arm leadingto the labrum. In the public baths there was a separate tankfor lukewarm water ; here a moderate temperature was obtainedby mixing hot and cold water. At the bottom of the tank (seen at the right) is a short bib-cock used when the water was drawn off. On the side of thereservoir we see the en
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