VII .15.16 Pompeii. Granary
under the garden of VII .15.2.
Rear entrance of VII .15.2.
Linked to VII .15.1.
Numbered on Eschebach plan as number 15.
VII.15.16 Pompeii. May 2006. Granary. Room H, looking west, from open space I.
According to Franklin – “the corridor gives to an exedral space of larger dimensions to either side (H and I).
In these spaces the excavators saw at least two dolia, which are no longer in place, and a circular masonry base in the centre of which is a small basin”.
See Franklin, J. L. (Jnr) 1990. Pompeii, the Casa del Marinaio and its history. SAP, monograph 3. Roma; L’Erma di Bretschneider, (p.36).
VII.15.16 Pompeii. May 2006. Granary. Room H, looking west.
VII.15.16 Pompeii. May 2006. Open space I, looking east from open space H.
In the south-east corner of (I), centre right, is a circular masonry base.
VII.15.16 Pompeii. May 2006. Open space (I), south-east corner with circular masonry base.
According to Franklin, in the centre of the masonry base was a small basin.
VII.15.16 Pompeii. May 2006. Small passageway from open space I/H towards rooms L and K.
VII.15.16 Pompeii. May 2006. Room K, looking towards west wall with two windows onto garden area.
VII.15.16 Pompeii. May 2006. Looking across room (L) towards unroofed courtyard of bakery.
The small doorway through to storerooms T, V, W, X, Y and Z, is in the south wall of room L, on the right.
VII.15.16 Pompeii. May 2006. Granary. Room X, looking west from room V.
VII.15.16 Pompeii. May 2006. Granary. Room X, west wall with doorway to corridor Y.
VII.15.16 Pompeii. May 2006. Granary. Room X, looking towards south-west corner and corridor Y.
VII.15.16 Pompeii. May 2006. Granary. Looking west along corridor Y, and along to room Z.
VII.15.16 Pompeii. May 2006. Looking across room (L) towards oven in unroofed courtyard of bakery.
VII.15.16 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking towards oven in unroofed courtyard (µ) of bakery.
VII.15.16 Pompeii. April 2019. Looking east to granary oven located under the baths area of VII.15.2.
The doorway to room O is on the right. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
VII.15.16 Pompeii. May 2006. Granary oven located under the baths area of VII.15.2.
VII.15.16 Pompeii. May 2006. Remains of a dolia built into a platform in front of oven in courtyard (µ).
VII.15.16 Pompeii. May 2006. Oven courtyard (µ).
According to Franklin, fragments of a single catillus from a large donkey mill and of a second disc like hand mill still lie in the courtyard.
See Franklin, J. L. (Jnr) 1990. Pompeii, the Casa del Marinaio and its history. SAP, monograph 3. Roma; L’ERMA di Bretschneider, p. 36.
According to Mau in Bullettino dell’Instituto di Corrispondenza Archeologica (DAIR), 1874, p. 155, he only observed a mill.