Alan H's photos
Vault Opening
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This would have been at the top of the end wall of the building.
The Roman Baths, Bath, England.
Roof Fragment
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Hollow box tiles were used to reduce the weight of the heavy roof and insulate the baths.
The Roman Baths, Bath, England.
Great Bath and Abbey
The Great Bath
Sacred Spring Overflow
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Excess water from the Sacred Spring flows through here and then into the drain. The orange colour is due to dissolved iron in the water.
The Roman Baths, Bath, England.
Drain
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Overspill water from the Sacred Spring flowed through here on its way to the river Avon.
The Roman Baths, Bath, England.
Mosaic
Temple Courtyard
Great Altar
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It would have stood in the temple courtyard, outside the Temple.
The Roman Baths, Bath, England.
Altar to Sulis Minerva
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DEAE SULI
L(UCIUS) MARCIUS MEMNOR
HARUSP(EX)
D(ONO) D(EDIT)
For the goddess Sulis, Lucius Marcius Memnor, haruspex, gave this gift.
A haruspex was a priest trained to practice a form of divination called haruspicy which is the inspection of the entrails of sacrificed animals, especially the livers of sacrificed sheep and poultry, to predict the future.
The Roman Baths, Bath, England.
Temple Courtyard
Statue Head of Sulis-Minerva
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Probably from the gilded bronze statue which would have stood in the temple of Sulis-Minerva.
Bath, England.
May 2008.
Temple Steps
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The temple would have been on the other side of the partition on the left (Perhaps it still is!). The Georgian Pump Room was built over the Temple and its courtyard - hence the supporting wall to the right.
The Roman Baths, Bath, England.
Temple Courtyard
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Steps leading to the Sacred Spring are on the right hand wall.
The Roman Baths, Bath, England.
Curse Tablet
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Found in the Roman Baths at Bath, UK. The curse is inscribed on a lead sheet.
The Roman Baths, Bath, England.
Detail from Temple Pediment
Temple Pediment
Model of Roman Bath
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Showing the Temple, Temple Courtyard and the barrel-roof of the Sacred Spring on the left hand side.
The Roman Baths, Bath, England.
