VI.10.1 Pompeii. Caupona. Osteria della Via di Mercurio.

Excavated 1827 and 1831. Rear entrance at VI.10.19. (Strada di Mercurio 9).

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Via di Mercurio, December 2018. Looking south along west side of Insula VI.10, with VI.10.1, on left. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand

VI.10.1 Pompeii. March 2009.

Entrance on corner (of Via di Mercurio), with doorway to VI.10.19 along the side street (Vicolo di Mercurio).

Graffiti, painted in red on the north-west corner of VI.10, was found on 24th October 1827.

A(ulum)  Vettium  Firmum

aed(ilem)  o(ro)  v(os)  f(aciatis)  dign(um)  est

una  et  vicini o(ro)  v(os)  f(aciatis)     [CIL IV 171].

M(arcum)  C(aium)  M(arcellum)  a[ed(ilem)]    [CIL IV 172]

Marcellum

aed(ilem)     [CIL IV 173]

See Pagano, M. and Prisciandaro, R., 2006. Studio sulle provenienze degli oggetti rinvenuti negli scavi borbonici del regno di Napoli. Naples: Nicola Longobardi. p. 137.

VI.10.1 Pompeii. 1961.

Entrance on corner (of Via di Mercurio), with doorway to VI.10.19 a short distance on side street (Vicolo di Mercurio).

Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.

Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.

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VI.10.1 Pompeii. July 2021. Looking north-east across doorway threshold into bar-room.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VI.10.1 Pompeii. December 2018. Looking east towards entrance doorway to bar-room. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

VI.10.1 Pompeii. May 2005. Entrance and marble counter, with doorway on the left to rear bar room with frescoes.

The doorway on the right led into the two smaller guest rooms on the south side of the bar-room.

VI.10.1 Pompeii. 1959. Entrance doorway, with two other doorways to rear rooms. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.

Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.

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VI.10.1 Pompeii. Pre-1937-39. Looking east towards counter and entrance doorway.

Photo courtesy of American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Warsher collection no. 966.

VI.10.1 Pompeii. Looking towards entrance doorway on east side of Via Mercurio.

Photo by permission of the Institute of Archaeology, University of Oxford. File name instarchbx202im071. Source ID. 44542.

See photo on University of Oxford HEIR database

VI.10.1 Pompeii. October 2022.

Looking north-east across bar-room, with display shelving, in upper left. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VI.10.1 Pompeii. March 2009. Display shelving.

VI.10.1 Pompeii. July 2021. Looking west to display shelving at north end of counter, with recess below.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VI.10.1 Pompeii. July 2021. Looking west into recess below shelving.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VI.10.1 Pompeii. March 2009. Marble display shelving at end of counter, with recess below.

VI.10.1 Pompeii. c.1830. Drawing by Gell, looking west towards Via di Mercurio with fountain outside VI.8.24.

The lararium painting showing a single serpent is seen under the steps.

See Gell, W. Sketchbook of Pompeii, c.1830.

See book from Van Der Poel Campanian Collection on Getty website http://hdl.handle.net/10020/2002m16b425

According to Boyce, on the [south wall]? beneath the stairs was a lararium painting:

A single serpent about to devour the offerings – an egg and a pinecone – on a burning altar.

See Boyce G. K., 1937. Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome: MAAR 14.  (p.50, no.180).

VI.10.1 Pompeii. July 2021.

Looking north-west across counter with three inset urns, towards display shelving and recess in north-west corner of bar-room.

On the left, on the other side of Via di Mercurio, is the fountain of Mercury outside VI.8.24.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VI.10.1 Pompeii. March 2009. Marble counter with three urns.

VI.10.1 Pompeii. May 2003. Marble counter with three urns.

Looking towards the east wall, the door on the left leads into the room on the north side (also see VI.10.19).

The doorway on the right leads into the room on the south side of the bar, and probably originally linked to VI.10.2

Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.

VI.10.1 Pompeii. March 2009. Marble counter with three urns.

VI.10.1 Pompeii. October 2022.

Looking towards south wall of bar-room with hearth and doorway to rear room on south side of bar-room. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VI.10.1 Pompeii. March 2009. South wall of caupona with hearth and doorway to rear room on south side of bar-room.

According to Eschebach, the stairs to the upper floor would have been against this south wall.

Where the modern gate has been fitted, there may be a mark showing the steps leading up the wall.

VI.10.1 Pompeii. July 2021. Looking west along south wall with hearth.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VI.10.1 Pompeii. October 2022. Hearth on south side of bar-room. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VI.10.1 Pompeii. May 2003. Hearth on south side of bar-room. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.

VI.10.1 Pompeii. May 2003.

South wall of bar-room, with remaining mark of stairs, on left. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.

VI.10.1 Pompeii. July 2021.

Looking north-east from entrance doorway across counter in bar-room towards doorways to rear rooms.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VI.10.1 Pompeii. December 2018.

Looking north-east across counter in bar-room towards doorway to rear room. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

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