VII.9.29 Pompeii. Shop and rear room.
Linked to VII.9.30. Excavated 1822.
VII.9.29-31.
Con due altre botteghe, che costituivano un
termopolio termina questa lato dell’isola. La prima ha
la scaletta, ed una cella dietroposta: la seconda
oltre il banco di fabbrica co’rispondenti scalini,
per tenervi sopra bicchieri e stoviglie, ha una seconda gradinata, una della piu interna con focolare ed uscita nei
vico ad oriente, e l’adito di una scala portante a stanze superiori. Poco
discosto leggesi –
C. LOLLIVM.FVSCVM.AED.
(trans: this side of the insula ended with two other shops, which constituted a thermopolium. The first had the stair-ladder, and a room behind it: the second apart from the masonry bench with corresponding steps/shelves, to keep glasses and dishes on top, had a second stairs, one of the rooms most internal with hearth and exit onto the eastern vicolo, and the entrance doorway to a staircase leading to the upper rooms. Nearby was read –
C. LOLLIUM.FUSCUM.AED.)
See Pappalardo, U., 2001. La Descrizione di Pompei per Giuseppe Fiorelli (1875). Napoli: Massa Editore. (p.106).
VII.9.29 Pompeii. March 2009. Entrance doorway, looking south.
VII.9.29 Pompeii. September 2005. Looking south across shop. On the left, in the east wall is a doorway linking to VII.9.30.
VII.9.29 Pompeii. December 2005. Looking south across shop towards rear room.
VII.9.29 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking through gap in south wall into rear room.
VII.9.29 Pompeii. March 2009. Area above steps to upper floor, in south wall.
At the rear of the steps, according to Eschebach, would have been the latrine.
See Eschebach, L., 1993. Gebäudeverzeichnis und Stadtplan der antiken Stadt Pompeji. Köln: Böhlau. (p.314)
VII.9.29 Pompeii. March 2009. Remains of stairs to upper floor in south-east corner.
VII.9.29 Pompeii. March 2009. South wall, with doorway to rear room.
VII.9.29 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to rear room in south wall.
VII.9.29 Pompeii. December 2005. Looking towards west wall and south-west corner.
VII.9.29 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking towards west wall, north-west corner. Marble sill and entrance onto Via degli Augustali.
VII.9.29 Pompeii. December 2007. Via degli Augustali looking west.