VIII.5.9 Pompeii. House of a pottery wholesaler.

Linked to VIII.5.8, VIII.5.13 and VIII.5.14. Excavated 1841, 1862, 1881 and 1943.

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VIII.5.9 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to room 17, looking south.

VIII.5.9 Pompeii. March 2009. Second doorway to room 17, looking east.

VIII.5.9 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 17, looking east.

VIII.5.9 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 17, small doorway in north wall.

VIII.5.9 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to room 18.

VIII.5.9 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 18, south wall.

VIII.5.9 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 18, south-east corner.

VIII.5.9 Pompeii. March 2009. Peristyle garden.

Looking west across narrow part of peristyle, where there was a small square water basin built against the back wall.

Nothing remains, only the three flat slabs mark the area.

See Jashemski, W. F., 1993. The Gardens of Pompeii, Volume II: Appendices. New York: Caratzas, p.216.

VIII.5.9 Pompeii. March 2009. Peristyle garden, south wall.

VIII.5.9 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 20, large area leading to room 21, kitchen. Looking south-west.

VIII.5.9 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 20, looking west, towards room 21, kitchen, rooms 22 and 23.

VIII.5.9 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 21, kitchen. Looking south-west.

VIII.5.9 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 21, kitchen. West wall and hearth.

VIII.5.9 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 21, kitchen hearth. Looking west.

VIII.5.9 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 21, niche in north wall of kitchen. 

VIII.5.9 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 21, niche in north wall.

According to Boyce, this arched niche, in the north wall near the hearth, was called a lararium in the reports.

See Boyce G. K., 1937. Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome: MAAR 14. (p.77, no.370)

Boyce gives the references Not. Scavi, 1881, 323; Bull. Inst., 1883, 177.

VIII.5.9 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 21, south-west corner of kitchen. 

VIII.5.9 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 21, kitchen. South-east corner, and east wall.

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