VII.16.4 Pompeii. Shop. Linked to VII .16.3.
Excavated 1846, 1872. Bombed in 1943, partially restored in 1950.
VII.16.4 Pompeii. September 2005. Looking west with entrance doorway, on the right.
VII.16.4 Pompeii. December 2004. Looking north across shop towards doorway to atrium of VII.16.3, and doorway to rear room.
On the left, in the west wall was another doorway to the entrance corridor of VII.16.3.
According to Boyce, in the east wall was a semi-circular niche – la nicchia dei Penati, according to Fiorelli.
See Boyce G. K., 1937. Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome: MAAR 14. (p.73, no.336)
According to Garcia y Garcia, this workshop was destroyed by the bombing of 13th September 1943, and then partially restored in 1950.
There is now no trace of a window at the rear looking into the atrium, as it has been replaced by a doorway.
The niche that Boyce described as being in the east wall, although there was doubt as to its exact position, has not been replaced at all.
Avellino located it in the west wall, whereas Boyce said in the east wall.
See Garcia y
Garcia, L., 2006. Danni di
guerra a Pompei. Rome:
L’Erma di Bretschneider. (p.131)
VII.16.4 Pompeii. October 2020. Looking north across shop-room. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VII.16.4 Pompeii. October 2022. Looking north across shop-room. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VII.16.4, Pompeii, on left. June 2019. Looking south across the atrium towards entrance doorway, on left.
The entrance doorway to VII.16.3 is on the right. Photo
courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
According to
Fiorelli,
“La bottega ha la
nicchia dei Penati, una finestra nel fondo rispondente nell’atrio indicato, ed
una porta che introduceva nel menzionato cubicolo.”
(translation: The shop has the niche of the Penates, a
window at the rear corresponding in the indicated atrium, and a doorway that
leads into the mentioned cubiculum.”)
