V.2.14 Pompeii. Shop and rear room. Excavated 1889 and 1893.

V.2.14 Pompeii. October 2022. Looking towards entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

V.2.14, Pompeii. December 2018. Looking north to entrance doorway on Via di Nola. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

V.2.14 Pompeii. March 2009. Entrance doorway on Via di Nola.

V.2.14 Pompeii. May 2005. Entrance, looking north.

V.2.14 Pompeii. March 2009. West wall of shop.

V.2.14 Pompeii. October 2022. West wall of shop, and west wall of rear room, on right. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

V.2.14 Pompeii. June 2012. Looking north towards rear room, lararium and base for stairs. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.

V.2.14 Pompeii. March 2009. North wall, with rear room, lararium and base for stairs.

According to NdS, this shop had the remains of painted decoration with a white background.

In the north wall was the lararium niche, coated with plaster.

The rear room was decorated with red and yellow panels and contained a painting in each of the yellow panels on the north and east walls.

One represented the departure of Chryseis, (or Helen, see below) and the other Ulysses and Circe.

See Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, 1891, p. 270-1 for description of paintings.

Seen in the red side panels, were flying cupids with various attributes.

See Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, 1896, (p. 438).

V.2.14 Pompeii. October 2022.

Pilaster with niche Lararium in north wall of shop. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

V.2.14 Pompeii. December 2018.

Pilaster with niche Lararium in north wall of shop. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

V.2.14 Pompeii. December 2018. Niche Lararium in north wall of shop. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

V.2.14 Pompeii. December 2018. Detail of niche Lararium in north wall of shop. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

V.2.14 Pompeii. September 2015. Niche Lararium in north wall of shop.

V.2.14 Pompeii. March 2009. Niche Lararium in north wall of shop.

According to Boyce, this niche had a projecting floor and its inside walls were coated with white stucco and outlined with red stripes.

He also mentioned that in Mau’s (1894) description of V.2.13, a cylindrical altar of travertine was found in the rear room.

Boyce thought there was confusion between the text and the plans of the rooms, and in fact the altar was found in V.2.14.

When the book was written, the altar was on display in V.2.14.

However, the Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, 1896, p. 438, does not record the discovery of this altar.

See Boyce G. K., 1937. Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome: MAAR 14. (p.34, no.93)

V.2.14 Pompeii. March 2009. Niche with remains of stucco, walls painted white and with red stripes around the edges.

V.2.14 Pompeii. March 2009. East wall of shop with base for stairs to upper floor in north-east corner.

V.2.14 Pompeii. October 2022. Looking towards east wall with base of stairs in north-east corner. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

V.2.14 Pompeii. October 2022. Detail of base of stairs in north-east corner. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

V.2.14 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking north towards rear room.

V.2.14 Pompeii. October 2022.

West wall of rear room with remains of yellow central panel, and the two red side panels. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

V.2.14 Pompeii. March 2009. West wall of rear room with remains of yellow central panel, and the two red side panels.

V.2.14 Pompeii. October 2022.

Looking towards north wall of rear room. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

V.2.14 Pompeii. March 2009. North wall of rear room. On this wall was a painting of the Embarkation of Helen.

V.2.14 Pompeii. North wall of rear room. Painting of the Embarkation of Helen.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 119690.

See Richardson, L., 2000. A Catalog of Identifiable Figure Painters of Ancient Pompeii, Herculaneum. Baltimore: John Hopkins. (p.141).

See Schefold, K., 1962. Vergessenes Pompeji. Bern: Francke. (Taf. 171, 2).

See Ragghianti, C.L., 1963. Pittori di Pompei. Milano: Edizioni del Milione.  (pl. 70).

See Helbig, W., 1868. Wandgemälde der vom Vesuv verschütteten Städte Campaniens. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, (no.1308).

According to Sogliano in NdS, this painting was of the departure of Chryseis.

See Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, 1896, (p.438).

V.2.14 Pompeii. October 2022. Detail of painted plaster from lower north-east corner of rear room. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

V.2.14 Pompeii. October 2022. East wall of rear room. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

V.2.14 Pompeii. March 2009. East wall of rear room. On this wall was a wall painting of Ulysses and Circe.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum.  Inventory number 119689.

V.2.14 Pompeii. Drawing of 1890. East wall of rear room. Drawing of the wall painting of Ulysses and Circe.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 119689.

Ulysses is leaping from his seat and preparing to draw his sword against Circe who with her out-stretched hands implores his mercy.

One of his companions, in his changed form, looks in through an upper window.

See Richardson, L., 2000. A Catalog of Identifiable Figure Painters of Ancient Pompeii, Herculaneum. Baltimore: John Hopkins (p.141)

See Schefold, K., 1962. Vergessenes Pompeji. Bern: Francke. (Taf. 171, 1)

See Helbig, W., 1868. Wandgemälde der vom Vesuv verschütteten Städte Campaniens. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, (no. 1320)

V.2.14 Pompeii. East wall of rear room. Wall painting of Ulysses drawing his sword against Circe.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 119689.

Photo courtesy of Carlo Raso.