VI.8.14 Pompeii. Bottega del
Barbiere or street shrine?
Excavated 1826. (Strada di Mercurio 44).
VI.8.14 Pompeii. December 2018. Looking west to entrance on Via di Mercurio. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.
VI.8.14 Pompeii. December 2018. Detail from pilaster on north side of entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.
VI.8.14 Pompeii.
May 2010. Entrance on Via di Mercurio.
VI.8.14 Pompeii. May 2005. Entrance doorway.
VI.8.14 Pompeii. December 2018.
Looking west through
entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.
VI.8.14 Pompeii. May 2006. Entrance and doorway to rear room.
VI.8.14 Pompeii. May 2006. Entrance doorway.
VI.8.14 Pompeii. May 2006. Looking west across entrance room.
According to Mau, there used to be a brick bench on the right, with the two niches above it.
In the middle was a block of limestone, which may have been used as an altar.
At the rear is a door leading into a small back room.
This chapel was formerly thought to be a barber shop.
See Mau, A., 1907, translated by Kelsey, F. W., Pompeii: Its Life and Art. New York: Macmillan. (p. 235).
VI.8.14 Pompeii. December 2018. Two niches in north wall. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.
VI.8.14 Pompeii. May 2006. Two niches on north wall.
VI.8.14 Pompeii. May 2006. Two niches on north wall.
VI.8.14 Pompeii. December 2018.
Niche on west side of north wall. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.
VI.8.14 Pompeii. May 2010. North-east corner near Via di Mercurio, looking east.
VI.8.14 Pompeii. Pre-1937-39. Looking towards north-east corner, with two niches on north wall.
Photo courtesy of American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Warsher collection no. 954.
VI.8.14 Pompeii. May 2010. North wall with niches. Looking west to rear room.
VI.8.14 Pompeii. May 2006. Upper north-west corner in rear room.
VI.8.14 Pompeii. May 2010. North-west corner in rear room.
VI.8.14 Pompeii. May 2006. West wall and north-west corner in rear room.
VI.8.14 Pompeii. May 2010. West wall in rear room.