IX.6.e Pompeii. Shop. Linked to House at IX.6.d. Excavated 1868, 1879.

IX.6.e Pompeii. April 2019. Looking north to entrance doorway, on right. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

IX.6.e Pompeii, on right. December 2018.

Looking north-east towards entrance doorways, with IX.6.d, on left. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

IX.6.e Pompeii. May 2005. Looking north across shop entrance.

On the left, west wall, would have been the steps to the upper floor.

In the north wall is a doorway into room “c” of IX.6.d, and a window into room “d” (see IX.6.d)

According to Mau, this was described as number 10, of IX.6.

See Bullettino dell’Instituto di Corrispondenza Archeologica (DAIR), 1881, (p.25)

See Eschebach, L., 1993. Gebäudeverzeichnis und Stadtplan der antiken Stadt Pompeji. Köln: Böhlau. (p.428)

IX.6.e Pompeii. May 2003. Looking north-east across shop entrance. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.

IX.6.e Pompeii. May 2005. North wall of shop, with door and window to IX.6.d.

IX.6.e Pompeii. December 2018. East wall with niche. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

IX.6.e Pompeii. May 2005. Niche on east wall.

According to Boyce, in the east wall of the taberna was a niche with peaked ceiling.

Its walls were coated with white stucco outlined in red.

Around it on the wall was a lararium painting, of which only a cornucopia on the left side could be seen when excavated.

See Boyce G. K., 1937. Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome: MAAR 14. (p.87, no.433)

According to Sogliano, in the shop a sacred picture was found.

See Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, 1879, p. 72.

See Sogliano, A., 1879. Le pitture murali campane scoverte negli anni 1867-79. Napoli: (p. 19, no. 71).

IX.6.e Pompeii. December 2018. Looking towards niche set into east wall. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

IX.6.e Pompeii. December 2018. Detail of niche set into east wall. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.