VII.12.13 Pompeii. Bakery and shop of Sabinus. Excavated 1845.

VII.12.13 Pompeii. December 2018. Looking south to entrance doorway on Via degli Augustali. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

VII.12.13 Pompeii. December 2007. Entrance doorway.

According to Della Corte, one could still read the wording painted to the left of the entrance -

Sabinus cupit    [CIL IV 629]

See Della Corte, M., 1965. Case ed Abitanti di Pompei. Napoli: Fausto Fiorentino. (p.183)

According to Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss/Slaby (See www.manfredclauss.de), it read  -

Casellium aed(ilem) Sabinus cupit

[3] copo et Etius     [CIL IV 629]

VII.12.13 Pompeii. September 2005. East wall of shop.

VII.12.13 Pompeii. December 2007. Looking south to rear room on left, and corridor to bakery area on right.

VII.12.13 Pompeii. September 2005. Room at rear of shop with two recesses for beds.

According to Fiorelli, a triclinium with two couch recesses was found at the rear of the shop.

See Pappalardo, U., 2001. La Descrizione di Pompei per Giuseppe Fiorelli (1875). Napoli: Massa Editore. (p.111)

VII.12.13 Pompeii. September 2005. Looking south to rear room on left, and corridor to bakery area on right.

VII.12.13 Pompeii. December 2007. West wall of shop and corridor to bakery area.

VII.12.13 Pompeii. September 2005. Rear room of shop and corridor to bakery area.

VII.12.13 Pompeii. September 2005. West wall with podiums in corridor to bakery area. 

VII.12.13 Pompeii. September 2005. Hearth near east wall.

VII.12.13 Pompeii. September 2005. Niches over hearth on east wall.

VII.12.13 Pompeii. September 2005. Oven in south-east corner.

According to Fiorelli, also found was a cupboard for the bread, and an enclosure that seemed to have been used as a stable.

See Pappalardo, U., 2001. La Descrizione di Pompei per Giuseppe Fiorelli (1875). Napoli: Massa Editore. (p.111)

According to Garcia y Garcia, on display in the antiquarium prior to the 1943 bombing was the skeleton of a rabbit which had been found near the oven in VII.12.13.

See Garcia y Garcia, L., 2006. Danni di guerra a Pompei. Rome: L’Erma di Bretschneider. (p.195)

VII.12.13 Pompeii. December 2004. Lararium niche on east wall in front of oven in south-east corner.   

Two mills can be seen in the bakery area to the right of the oven.

VII.12.13 Pompeii. September 2005. Niche on east wall near oven.

According to Boyce, on the wall of the room with the oven, near the hearth, was a lararium painting.

Into the panel, near the top, was set a rectangular niche with projecting floor.

The inside walls were coated with white stucco decorated with spots of many colours.

On the wall on each side of it were the traces of the figure of a Lar.

Below the niche a pediment was formed by bricks embedded in the wall.

Within the pediment were painted a cock and a peacock, one above the other.

On the wall below the pediment were painted two serpents confronted at an altar.

At the side of the altar stood Vesta, wearing a wreath of flowers.

At her side stood an ass, its head appearing above the altar.

See Boyce G. K., 1937. Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome: MAAR 14. (p.71, no.318)

VII.12.13 Pompeii. September 2005. Detail of lararium niche on east wall near oven.

According to BdI, a lararium painting was discovered in this bakery during the last year.

The picture was described by Sig. Reifferscheid in AdI 1863, p.126, item d(elta).

See Bullettino dell’Instituto di Corrispondenza Archeologica (DAIR), 1864, p.116 (described as Casa V).

According to Fiorelli, at the rear of the corridor was an area discovered with oven and hearth, where besides the altar and serpents (of the lararium painting), a few traces remained of the Lares to the sides of a niche.

See Pappalardo, U., 2001. La Descrizione di Pompei per Giuseppe Fiorelli (1875). Napoli: Massa Editore. (p.111)

VII.12.13 Pompeii. September 2005. South wall with oven and bakery area.

VII.12.13 Pompeii. 1966. South wall with oven and bakery area. 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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VII.12.13 Pompeii. 1966. Oven in south-east corner. 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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VII.12.13 Pompeii. September 2005. Interior of oven.

VII.12.13 Pompeii. September 2005. Looking north from bakery to front of shop.

VII.12.13 Pompeii. September 2005. Down-pipe built into column on east wall of corridor.