VI.17.7 Pompeii. Shop. Excavated
1771, 1804?
According to
Fiorelli - VI.17.7 and 8 –
“Seguono altre
due tabernae, in vicinanza delle quali dovevano trovarsi varii programmi,
trasportati nel Museo, e fra quelli di candidature piu note uno che dice:
CVSPIVM . PANSAM
AED . FABIVS .
EVPOR . PRINCEPS . LIBERTINORVM
See Fiorelli, G.
(1875). Descrizione di Pompei,
(p.432)
See Pappalardo, U., 2001. La Descrizione di Pompei per Giuseppe Fiorelli (1875). Napoli: Massa Editore. (p.159).
(translation - "Another two shops follow, and found nearby
were various electoral recommendations which were taken to the Museum, and
amongst many of noted candidates, one said - ……”)
VI.17.7 Pompeii. September 2021. Looking towards entrance
doorway on west side of Via Consolare. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Fragment of plaster painted in red, found
in the vicinity of VI.17.7 and VI.17.8.
On display in Naples Archaeological Museum,
inv. 4673. Photo courtesy
of Giuseppe Ciaramella, June 2017.
VI.17.7 and 8 Pompeii. Information card in Naples Archaeological
Museum.
Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella, June 2017.
VI.17.7 Pompeii. May 2011. Looking west to entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
According to Eschebach this shop would have been damaged by the 1943 bombing. She said it was excavated in 1804, and then restored in 1977.
In the left wall would have been a hole for a recess for a cupboard or podium, behind on the right was the stairs up to a pergula.
The east side of the main road (Via Consolare – House of the Vestals and House of the Surgeon) was excavated between 1770-1771, from here the excavators moved across to the west side of the roadway towards the two shops at VI.17.7 and 8. These would have been excavated c.1771.
VI.17.7 Pompeii. December 2007.
Entrance doorway, south wall and south-west corner. For graffiti found between VI.17.8 and 7, see VI.17.8.
VI.17.7 Pompeii. September 2021. Pilaster on south side of
doorway. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VI.17.7 Pompeii. December 2007. South wall.
VI.17.7 Pompeii. September 2021. Looking towards south wall,
south-west corner and west wall. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VI.17.7 Pompeii. September 2021. South-west corner. Photo
courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VI.17.7 Pompeii. December 2007. Looking west into shop.
According to Fiorelli, 2nd February 1771 –
We continued the excavation in the same dwelling and have emptied four rooms.
Opposite to the same dwelling we have discovered an entire room, that I am given to believe was a shop, where we have found 32 amphorae mainly broken, 10 of them have been sent to the Royal Museum, on each of which there was a sign in red and black letters, and these are -
VI.17.7 Pompeii. According to Fiorelli, 2nd February 1771 –
We continued the excavation in the same dwelling and have emptied four rooms.
Opposite to the same dwelling we have discovered an entire room, that I am given to believe was a shop, where we have found 32 amphorae mainly broken.
10 of them have been sent to the Royal Museum, on each of which there was a sign in red and black letters.
See Fiorelli G., 1860. Pompeianarum
antiquitatum historia, Vol. 1: 1748 - 1818, Naples, (Vol.1, part I, p.
249).
VI.17.7 Pompeii. May 2011. Looking towards north-west corner of shop. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
VI.17.7 Pompeii. September 2021.
Detail
from north-west corner of shop with holes for support beams for an upper floor.
Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VI.17.7 Pompeii. September 2021. Looking towards north wall
of shop. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VI.17.7 Pompeii. December 2007. North wall.