VII.11.7 Pompeii. Stable? Caupona? Taberna? Part of hospitium?

Linked to VII.11.6 and VII.11.8.

Excavated 1862. (Vico del Balcone Pensile 18).

VII.11.7 Pompeii, on right. December 2018.

Looking east from entrance doorway along Vicolo del Balcone Pensile, between VII.12, on left, and VII.11. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

VII.11.7 Pompeii. December 2007. Entrance doorway.

VII.11.7 Pompeii. December 2005. Entrance, looking south-east.

VII.11.7 Pompeii. December 2018. Looking south-east from entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

VII.11.7 Pompeii. December 2005. Looking south from entrance.

According to Liselotte Eschebach, this is a stable with livestock watering and feeding rack.

To the right are holes for brackets, also large beam hole.

In the middle is a large round masonry vat or trough, next to it a well, or cistern mouth.

See Eschebach, L., 1993. Gebäudeverzeichnis und Stadtplan der antiken Stadt Pompeji. Köln: Böhlau, p. 323.

According to PPM, this was a Caupona, originally dependent on the house and communicating with it through a door in the rear room.

The shop, in the centre, had a counter for serving wine, with an adjoining hearth.

See Carratelli, G. P., 1990-2003. Pompei: Pitture e Mosaici: Vol. VII.  Roma: Istituto della enciclopedia italiana, p. 453-5.

VII.11.7 Pompeii. December 2007. Looking south-west.

VII.11.7 Pompeii. December 2007. Looking south-east across masonry trough to rear room.

According to PPM, the door to the house at number 6, later closed in opus incertum, is located in the south wall.

In the east wall are the holes for the floor joists and remains of the decoration, now faded, of the first floor.

See Carratelli, G. P., 1990-2003. Pompei: Pitture e Mosaici: Vol. VII.  Roma: Istituto della enciclopedia italiana, p. 453-5.

VII.11.7 Pompeii. June 2005. Looking south-east across masonry trough towards south wall and blocked doorway to VII.11.6.

Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.

VII.11.7 Pompeii. 1966. Looking south-east across masonry trough to rear room. 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.11.7 Pompeii. December 2007. Masonry trough

VII.11.7 Pompeii. December 2005. Looking south from VII.11.8. 

VII.11.7 Pompeii. December 2005. Looking south from steps to upper floor at VII.11.8.

VII.11.7 Pompeii. December 2007. North-east corner by the steps to upper floor at VII.11.8. Looking south.

VII.11.7 Pompeii. December 2007. Floor by north wall near VII.11.8, steps to upper floor.

VII.11.7 Pompeii. December 2007. Floor by north wall near east side of VII.11.7 entrance.

VII.11.7 Pompeii. June 2005. Looking south-east towards masonry trough. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.

VII.11.7 Pompeii. June 2005. Looking north towards entrance doorway VII.11.7, on left, and VII.11.8, on the right.

The cistern mouth has now been excavated from under the pile of stones/gravel, at the base of the masonry trough.

Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.