VI.16.2 Pompeii. Thermopolium with rear rooms.

Linked to VI.16.1. Excavated 1903.

VI.16.1/2 and VI.16.3 Pompeii. Drawing of plan from NdS 1906; for details of VI.16.1 and 2, see pages 345-348.

See Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, 1906, (p.346, fig.1)

VI.16.2 Pompeii. December 2007. Entrance doorway, looking north.

VI.16.2 Pompeii. December 2007.

Looking north across two-sided podium or counter, showing holes for two of the three urns, in the front part.

According to Sogliano, the receding part of the counter was very damaged when found.

The outside surface of the rear part was covered with stucco painted in red; the upper part had fragments of slabs of marble embedded into it.

See Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, 1906, (p.345).

VI.16.2 Pompeii. December 2007. Looking north at rear wall of bar-room.

According to Sogliano, this wall had a doorway leading into the rear room, on the left. The wall also had a window towards the right.

See Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, 1906, (p.346).

VI.16.2 Pompeii. December 2007. Looking north-west from entrance doorway towards VI.16.1.

VI.16.2 Pompeii. December 2007. Looking north-west from entrance towards VI.16.1.

On the left (south-west corner) can be seen the remains of the masonry hearth, that had an arch below.

VI.16.2 Pompeii. December 2007. Threshold or sill.

VI.16.2 Pompeii. December 2007. Stepping stone and drainage outside in Vicolo di Mercurio.