VII.1.36 Pompeii. Modestus Bakery. Linked to VII.1.37.

Excavated 1846. (Strada degli Augustali 25 or 26?).

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Via degli Augustali, Pompeii. March 2018. Looking east towards entrance doorway, centre right.

Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VII.1.36 Pompeii. March 2018. Looking east along front façade on south side of Via degli Augustali, from VII.1.37, on right.

Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VII.1.36 Pompeii. March 2018. Looking west along south side of Via degli Augustali, with entrance doorway, in centre.

Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VII.1.36 Pompeii. March 2018. Looking west along front façade with remaining stucco towards entrance doorway, centre right.

Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VII.1.36 Pompeii. March 2018. Painted stucco on east (left) of entrance doorway.

Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VII.1.36 Pompeii. May 2017. Entrance façade on east side of entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VII.1.36 Pompeii. December 2018. East side of entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

VII.1.36 Pompeii. March 2018. East (left) side of entrance doorway.

Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VII.1.36 Pompeii. December 2018. Looking south to entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

VII.1.36 Pompeii. March 2018. Looking south to entrance doorway.

Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VII.1.36 Pompeii. March 2009. Entrance.

According to Della Corte, found on the front of the insula between VII.1.35 and VII.1.36, on the left, were the graffiti -

Caesius  Anulinus    [CIL IV 1738]

A(ulo) Suettio Vero feliciter    [CIL IV 3068]

See Della Corte, M., 1965. Case ed Abitanti di Pompei. Napoli: Fausto Fiorentino. (p.181 and 188)

According to Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss/Slaby (See www.manfredclauss.de) these read as

[3]alsius Anulinus      [CIL IV 1738]
A(ulo) Suettio Vero feliciter      [CIL IV 3068]

According to Fiorelli, near the doorway was written:  MODESTVM  AED

See Pappalardo, U., 2001. La Descrizione di Pompei per Giuseppe Fiorelli (1875). Napoli: Massa Editore. (p.76).

This was written in red letters.

VII.1.36 Pompeii. December 2018.

Looking east towards entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

VII.1.36 Pompeii. 1964. Looking east towards entrance doorway.

Note that it appears that the plaques on the east side of the doorway were plastered over. 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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VII.1.36 Pompeii. June 2019. Plaques on east side of doorway. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

In the Jashemski photograph of 1964 (above) these were not visible as they were covered in plaster.

VII.1.36 Pompeii. December 2018.

Ithyphallic and geometric plaques outside VII.1.36 Modestus Bakery, on pilaster on east side of entrance doorway.

Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

VII.1.36 Pompeii. September 2005.

Ithyphallic and geometric plaques outside VII.1.36 Modestus Bakery, on pilaster on east side of entrance doorway.

VII.1.36 Pompeii. June 2019. Detail of ithyphallic plaque. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VII.1.36 Pompeii. December 2018. Detail of ithyphallic plaque. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

VII.1.36 Pompeii. June 2019. Detail of geometric plaque. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VII.1.36 Pompeii. December 2018. Detail of geometric plaque. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

VII.1.36 Pompeii. March 2018. Looking south-west towards entrance doorway with plaques.

Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VII.1.36 Pompeii. September 2005. Entrance doorway looking towards west side, showing both plaques.

VII.1.36 Pompeii. December 2018.

Pilaster on west side of entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

VII.1.36 Pompeii. March 2018. Detail of pilaster on west (right) side of entrance doorway.

Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR

VII.1.36 Pompeii. June 2019.

Phallus and rhomboid plaques outside VII.1.36 Modestus Bakery, on pilaster on west side of entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VII.1.36 Pompeii. December 2018. Pilaster on west side of entrance doorway with plaques. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

VII.1.36 Pompeii. September 2005.

Phallus and rhomboid plaques on pilaster on west side of entrance doorway.

VII.1.36 Pompeii. 1964.

Plaques on west side of entrance doorway. 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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VII.1.36 Pompeii. December 2007. West side of entrance fauces and looking west along Via degli Augustali.

VII.1.36 Pompeii. October 2009.

Threshold of entrance doorway, looking north from entrance corridor. Photo courtesy of Jared Benton.

VII.1.36 Pompeii. May 2010. Looking south along west side of entrance corridor.

VII.1.36 Pompeii. October 2009.

Looking north along west side of entrance corridor. Photo courtesy of Jared Benton.

VII.1.36 Pompeii. December 2004. Looking south along entrance corridor.

VII.1.36 Pompeii. October 2009.

Looking north along east side of entrance corridor. Photo courtesy of Jared Benton.

VII.1.36 Pompeii. December 2018.

Looking south across atrium from entrance corridor. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

VII.1.36 Pompeii. December 2006.

Looking south across atrium with large tub or basin for washing the grain, on the site of the impluvium.

VII.1.36 Pompeii. 1968.

Looking south across atrium with large tub or basin for washing the grain. 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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VII.1.36 Pompeii. October 2009. Looking south across large tub or basin in atrium. Photo courtesy of Jared Benton.

According to Scafati, from the entrance corridor one entered the atrium with several rooms on the sides, and where in the middle was a basin of masonry in which one could see a lead pipe and various tubes of terracotta to regulate the flow of water. Then one passed into the locality of the mills and oven, which was found shut with a bar of iron across it, and contained 81 loaves, well preserved and now to be seen in Naples Museum and Museum at Pompeii.

See Scafati, (1900): Guide to Pompei illustrated, (p.62)

According to Breton, in the centre of the atrium was found a square masonry impluvium of an exceptional shape because its sides were not less than 0.80m height above the ground: the water was brought by a visible lead pipe. On the left was a large terracotta puteal mended with lead straps.

See Breton, Ernest. 1870. Pompeia, Guide de visite a Pompei, 3rd ed. Paris, Guerin.

VII.1.36 Pompeii. December 2018. Looking south-east across large tub or basin in atrium. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

VII.1.36 Pompeii. May 2010. Oven at the rear of the large tub, from entrance doorway.

VII.1.36 Pompeii. December 2007. Oven, viewed from entrance doorway.

VII.1.36 Pompeii. Modestus Bakery. Loaf found in bakery. Now in Boscoreale Antiquarium.

VII.1.36 Pompeii. One of 81 loaves found in bakery ready for sale. Now in Boscoreale Antiquarium.

According to Della Corte, the bakery was one of the most complete found up until then in the excavated city, from the tub for the working of the grain, the stall for the shelter of the beasts that worked the four machines, the workshop for the proving of the bread, and the shop, which opened onto the via at number 37, for the sale of the same bread.

Precisely in this oven of the bakery, found closed with a door of iron, were 81 carbonised loaves of bread, put there to cook minutes before the catastrophe.

See Della Corte, M., 1965.  Case ed Abitanti di Pompei. Napoli: Fausto Fiorentino. (p.189-90

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