VI.17.4 Pompeii. Thermopolium.
Linked to VI.17.3.
First excavated 1757. 1769-70.
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According to Fiorelli –
“VI.17.3 and 4.
Il termopolio che segue ha due aditi, tra i quali era un pilastro portante
nella sommità un fallo a rilievo, in una piccola edicola sporgente dal muro.
Vi erano sotto
altri programmi, ne’ quali proponevansi alla edilità lo stesso Giulio Polibio,
Sabino, e M. Cerrinio Vatia.
La bottega
fornita del solito podio co' gradini e il fornello, aveva nello interno un
androne, cui stavano ai lati l’apotheca, il triclinio, due cellette, e poi un
altro triclinio ed un cubicolo: teneva in fondo tre grandi celle, e da una di
esse il passaggio nell’hospitium.”
See Fiorelli, G.
(1875). Descrizione di Pompei,
(p.431-2)
See Pappalardo, U., 2001. La Descrizione di Pompei per Giuseppe Fiorelli (1875). Napoli: Massa Editore. (p.158).
(Translation –
“VI. 17.3 and 4. The thermopolium that follows has two
entrances, between which was a pillar carrying a phallus in relief at the top,
in a small protruding aedicula.
Underneath there were other inscriptions, in which were
proposed the same Julius Polybius, Sabinus, and M. Cerrinius Vatia, for
aediles.
The bar-room was furnished with the usual podium with
steps/shelves and a hearth, in the interior was a corridor, storeroom, the
triclinium, two rooms and then another triclinium and a cubiculum were on
either side: having at the rear three large rooms, and in one of them was the
passage into the hospitium (at VI.17.1).”
VI.17.4/3 Pompeii. March 2018. Looking south along west side of Via Consolare, with entrance doorway to VI.17.4, on left.
Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VI.17.4/3 Pompeii. 1771 drawing of entrances and plaque with electoral slogan underneath.
In AdE the location
is described as near the gate and along the ancient road of this city.
See Antichità di Ercolano: Tomo Sesto: Bronzi 2 – Statue, 1771, vignette, p. 393.
VI.17.4 Pompeii. December 2018.
Looking west on Via Consolare towards entrance doorway, in centre. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.
VI.17.4 Pompeii. May 2011. Looking west on Via Consolare towards entrance doorway, in centre.
VI.17.5, entrance doorway to House of Popidius Rufus, is on the left, VI.17.3 can be seen on the right.
VI.17.5 Pompeii, on left, then VI.17.4 entrance doorway to bar room, and VI.17.3, centre right.
Pre-1778 drawing by J. B. Piranesi, engraved by F. Piranesi, published 1804.
VI.17.4
Pompeii, on left, and VI.17.3, on right. September 2021. Looking west on Via
Consolare. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VI.17.4 Pompeii, on left, and
VI.17.3, on right. Brick pilaster between entrances.
(For detail of the terracotta
plaque with phallus, see VI.17.3, and photos at end of VI.17.4.)
Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VI.17.4 Pompeii. December 2018.
Looking south-west towards entrance doorway and marble counter. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.
VI.17.4 Pompeii. March 2009. Entrance doorway and marble counter.
![VI.17.4 Pompeii. December 2007. Entrance doorway. Found between December 1769 and January 1770, written in black under the plaque, but only just readable, was -
] Sabinum
Iulius Polybius aed(ilem) [CIL IV 114]
Found in April 1770, on an outside wall, was an inscription. It read –
M(arcum) Cerrinium Vatiam aed(ilem) [CIL IV 115]
See Pagano, M.and Prisciandaro, R., 2006. Studio sulle provenienze degli oggetti rinvenuti negli scavi borbonici del regno di Napoli. Naples : Nicola Longobardi. (p.67) PAH I, 1, 238, add. 155.](6%2017%2004_files/image014.jpg)
VI.17.4 Pompeii. December 2007. Entrance doorway.
Found between December 1769 and January 1770, written in black under the plaque, but only just readable, was -
] Sabinum
Iulius Polybius
aed(ilem) [CIL IV 114]
Found in April 1770, on an outside wall, was an inscription. It read –
M(arcum)
Cerrinium Vatiam aed(ilem) [CIL IV
115]
See Pagano, M. and Prisciandaro, R., 2006. Studio sulle provenienze degli oggetti rinvenuti negli scavi borbonici del regno di Napoli. Naples: Nicola Longobardi, (p.67) PAH I, 1, 238, add. 155.
VI.17.4 Pompeii. 1961. Looking south-west towards bar room from Via Consolare. 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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VI.17.4 and VI.17.3 Pompeii. December 2005. Looking north-west along Via Consolare.
VI.17.4 Pompeii. May 2011. Looking west towards two-sided marble counter with display shelves.
VI.17.4 Pompeii. September 2021.
Looking west along south wall with two-sided marble counter
with hearth and display shelves. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VI.17.4 Pompeii. September 2005. Two-sided marble counter with hearth and display shelves.
VI.17.4 Pompeii. 1961. Looking west towards two-sided marble counter. 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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VI.17.4 Pompeii. May 2011. Looking east at rear of counter, looking towards Via Consolare.
VI.17.4 Pompeii. Pre-1778 drawing by J. B. Piranesi, engraved by F. Piranesi, published 1804.
Looking east across rear of counter in bar room towards Via Consolare, and VI.1.5 on opposite side of road.
See Piranesi, F,
1804. Antiquités de la Grande Grèce : Tome I. Paris : Piranesi and Le Blanc.
Vol. I, pl. XXVIII.
VI.17.4 Pompeii. September 2021. Looking south-west towards
rear of counter. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VI.17.4 Pompeii. May 2003. Looking from rear of counter. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
VI.17.4 Pompeii. May 2011. Hearth in counter of bar-room.
VI.17.4 Pompeii. May 2011. South-east corner of bar-room, with display shelving.
VI.17.4 Pompeii. May 2003.
South-east corner of bar-room, with recess under display shelving. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
VI.17.4 Pompeii. September 2021. Looking towards south wall.
Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VI.17.4 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking west along marble counter and hearth to rear.
In the upper right can be seen the rear room with the lava threshold, the middle room described by Fiorelli as one of three large rooms, at the rear.
According to Fiorelli, a corridor led to the interior and to its side was a cupboard, a triclinium, and two rooms, and then (?on the other side) was another triclinium and a cubiculum. At the rear were three large rooms, and from one of these was the passageway towards the hospitium (VI.17.1).
See Pappalardo, U., 2001. La Descrizione di Pompei per Giuseppe Fiorelli (1875). Napoli: Massa Editore. (p.138).
VI.17.4 Pompeii. September 2021.
Masonry
column (1) near south wall. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VI.17.4 Pompeii. September 2021.
Second
masonry column near south wall. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VI.17.4 Pompeii. September 2021. Looking west along
south wall with niche and two masonry columns. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VI.17.4 Pompeii. May 2003. Looking towards south wall with niche. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
VI.17.4 Pompeii. December 2018. Niche in south wall. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.
VI.17.4 Pompeii. September 2005. South wall with niche.
VI.17.4 Pompeii.
March 2009. Niche in south wall.
VI.17.4 Pompeii. May 2011. Looking south towards doorway to first room in south-east corner at rear of bar.
VI.17.4 Pompeii. May 2011. Looking south in first room in south-east corner at rear of bar.
VI.17.4 Pompeii. May 2011. Looking west towards doorway to second room in south-west corner at rear of bar.
Looking south-west towards doorway to second room in south-west corner at rear of bar, with detail of walling. Photo courtesy of Ivo van der Graaff.