V.I.13 Pompeii. Thermopolium, Inn of Salvius. Excavated 1875.

 

V.6 Pompeii.September 2004.Vicolo delle Nozze d’Argento, looking east. Side wall of V.1.13.

 

V.I.13 Pompeii. December 2004. Entrance, looking east from Via Stabiana.

 

V.I.13 Pompeii. December 2006. Entrance, looking east.

This area was hit by two bombs in 1943, and badly damaged and ruined.

See Garcia y Garcia, L., 2006. Danni di guerra a Pompei. Rome: L’Erma di Bretschneider. (p.60).

 

V.I.13 Pompeii. July 2010. Looking north along pavement.

Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.

 

V.I.13 Pompeii. December 2006. Counter.

 

V.I.13 Pompeii. December 2006. Counter with remains of 6 urns.

 

V.I.13Pompeii. December 2006. Counter, looking north.

 

V.I.13 Pompeii. December 2006. Niche or recess in north wall.

 

V.I.13 Pompeii. December 2006. Looking east through doorway into rear room of thermopolium. 

 

V.I.13 Pompeii. December 2006.  Looking east along corridor to rear.

 

V.I.13 Pompeii. December 2004. Looking east towards rear.

 

V.I.13 Pompeii. December 2006.  Rear of Inn of Salvius.

 

V.I.13 Pompeii. December 2006. South wall of corridor.

 

V.I.13 Pompeii. December 2006. South wall.

According to Boyce, in the south wall of the corridor that led towards the rear was an arched niche.

In the rear wall of the niche there was a small vaulted recess, for a statuette.

See Boyce G. K., 1937. Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome: MAAR 14. (p.32, no.73)

 

Outside north wall of V.I.13, Inn of Salvius in Vicolo delle Nozze d’ Argento. December 2006.