VII.10.12 Pompeii. Shop and small dwelling.

Linked to VII.10.9. Excavated 1863. (Vico della Maschera 10).

VII.10.12 Pompeii, on left. December 2018. Looking west to entrance doorways. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

VII.10.12 Pompeii. December 2007. Entrance doorway, looking west.

VII.10.12 Pompeii. December 2005. Shop entrance.

VII.10.12 Pompeii. December 2005. Looking west across shop towards doorway to atrium of dwelling.

VII.10.12 Pompeii. November 2016. Looking west across shop to atrium of dwelling. Photo courtesy of Marie Schulze.

VII.10.12 Pompeii. December 2007. Looking west across shop to atrium of dwelling.

VII.10.12 Pompeii. December 2007. Doorway and window in west wall at rear, leading to corridor linking VII.10.12 to VII.10.9.

VII.10.12 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking east from corridor into room on north side of atrium.

VII.10.12 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking east towards remains of a cubiculum, and the front of the shop.

VII.10.12 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking west at wall with window and a doorway with plaster in the lower area, on the right.

VII.10.12 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking west at floor and wall with a doorway with plaster in the lower area, on the right.

VII.10.12 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking west at wall with a doorway with plaster in the lower area.

VII.10.12 Pompeii. March 2009. West side of atrium, with doorways to latrine and kitchen (VII.10.9)

VII.10.12 Pompeii. March 2009. South wall of atrium.

VII.10.12 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to triclinium in south-east corner of atrium.

According to Boyce, on the east wall of the atrium entered at number 12 was a lararium painting on a white background.

The Genius, wreathed and wearing a toga with a fold drawn over his head, held a cornucopia in his left hand.

With his right hand, he poured a libation from a patera onto a blazing altar around which a serpent was coiled.

His head was excellently preserved and exhibited the features of the Roman portrait type of the early Empire.

In the wall above the painting was a niche.

See Helbig, W., 1868. Wandgemälde der vom Vesuv verschütteten Städte Campaniens. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, (31).

See Fiorelli, G., 1875. Descrizione di Pompei. Napoli, p. 276.

See Boyce G. K., 1937. Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome: MAAR 14. (p.69, no.309, numbered as VII.x.9-12).

VII.10.12 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking east across triclinium in south-east corner of atrium, with remains of painted plaster.

VII.10.12 Pompeii. March 2009. Cubiculum on north side of atrium.

VII.10.12 Pompeii. March 2009.

Looking north from the atrium, across a cubiculum. VII.10.10 and House of Hanging Balcony are in the background.

VII.10.12 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking east across the shop towards entrance.

VII.10.12 Pompeii, on right. December 2018.

Looking south on Vicolo della Maschera between VII,11, on left, and VII.10.12, on right. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

Looking south-west along Vicolo della Maschera. December 2018.

From left to right are the entrances to VII.10.13, VII.10.12, VII.10.11 and VII.10.10.  Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

Looking south along Vicolo della Maschera. December 2007.  From left to right are VII.10.13, VII.10.12, VII.10.11 and VII.10.10.