VII.5.14 Pompeii. Thermopolium. Now part of modern restaurant.

VII.5.14 Pompeii, on left. December 2018.

Looking east on Vicolo dei Soprastanti between VII,5, on left and VII.8, the Forum, on right. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

VII.5.14, on left, and VII.5.15, on right, Pompeii. October 2017. Looking east along north side of Vicolo dei Soprastanti.

Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VII.5.14 Pompeii. October 2017. Looking north towards site of entrance doorway.

Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VII.5.14 Pompeii. September 2005. Looking north towards original entrance on south side of insula.

According to Garcia y Garcia, all of the south-west corner and southern part of the insula were transformed in the time of Maiuri.

Then the area was hit during the first bombing incursion during the early evening (17.00hrs) of 13th September 1943.

All of the old structures have been modified again to provide a restaurant, latrine and sales area.

The modifications included closing and bricking up of the old doorways to VII.5.14, 15, 16 and 17.

Entrances at VII.5.18, 19 and 20 now provide the doorways to the modern restaurant.

See Garcia y Garcia, L., 2006. Danni di guerra a Pompei. Rome: L’Erma di Bretschneider. (p. 101-3)

According to Fiorelli, the shop originally had a sales-counter clad largely in marble, and with only one urn of terracotta.

At the rear were the stairs to the upper floor, a dormitory, a kitchen with hearth, near to the kitchen was a small stall.

See Pappalardo, U., 2001. La Descrizione di Pompei per Giuseppe Fiorelli (1875). Napoli: Massa Editore. (p.96)

According to Boyce, in the east wall was a square niche.

See Boyce G. K., 1937. Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome: MAAR 14. (p. 66, no. 284)

VII.5.14 Pompeii, on left. Between 1819 and 1832, sketch by W. Gell showing "Thermopolion opposite back front of Temple of Jupiter".

Shown on the right is the marble clad counter and on the left pilaster below the plaque is the inscription:

M(arcum)  Casellium //

aed(ilem)  d(ignum)  r(ei)  p(ublicae)  fac(it)

Fidelis  Fbrli      [CIL IV 540]

See Gell, W. Pompeii unpublished [Dessins de l'édition de 1832 donnant le résultat des fouilles post 1819 (?)] vol II, pl. 72.

Bibliothèque de l'Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art, collections Jacques Doucet, Identifiant numérique Num MS180 (2).

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VII.5.14 Pompeii, on left. Pre-1819. Looking north towards entrance doorway on Vicolo dei Soprastanti.

In the east wall, the square niche mentioned by Boyce, above, can be seen.

See Gell, W, and Gandy J. P., 1819. Pompeiana. London: Rodwell and Martin, p. 196.

An inscription to Marcellum CIL IV 539 appears to have been found under the painting of the gladiators on the right-hand pilaster shared with VII.5.15.

According to Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss/Slaby (See www.manfredclauss.de), it read –

Marcellum aed(ilem) EAMH() roga(t?)   [CIL IV 539]

VII.5.14 Pompeii. October 2017. Pilaster with plaque on south-west corner of Insula.

Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VII.5.14 Pompeii. September 2005. Plaque of goat on west pilaster.

According to Fiorelli, this brick pilaster was partly whitewashed, and under the plaque of the goat was the graffito –

M(arcum)  Casellium //

aed(ilem)  d(ignum)  r(ei)  p(ublicae)  fac(it)

Fidelis  Fbrli      [CIL IV 540]

See Pappalardo, U., 2001. La Descrizione di Pompei per Giuseppe Fiorelli (1875). Napoli: Massa Editore. (p.96)

See Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss/Slaby (See www.manfredclauss.de) who translated the last word as “Ebrli”.

According to Della Corte, an electoral programme found under the plaque, (he numbered it as VII.5.16) was –

Fac Fidelis Aemili    [CIL IV 539]

He noted that on the wall, the actual name read as “Eami”, but he believed it should have been Aemili (see Note 1 on p.174)

See Della Corte, M., 1965. Case ed Abitanti di Pompei. Napoli: Fausto Fiorentino. (p.173-4)

See VII.5.15, where CIL IV 539 appears to have been found under the painting of the gladiators.

According to Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss/Slaby (See www.manfredclauss.de), it read –

Marcellum aed(ilem) EAMH() roga(t?)   [CIL IV 539]

VII.5.14 Pompeii. PAH 3, p.11: 16th April 1817:

According to the Giornale, the above inscriptions were written in red and were described as being from the pilaster following VII.5.15.

These refer to CIL IV 540, and CIL IV 494.

VII.5.14 Pompeii. September 2021. Plaque of goat on west pilaster. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VII.5.14 Pompeii. September 2021. Terracotta plaque of goat. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VII.5.14 Pompeii. December 2018. Terracotta plaque of goat. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

Vicolo dei Soprastanti, north side, May 2010. Junction with Vicolo delle Terme, on left.

Looking east along south end of insula, with VII.5.14, left of centre, and VII.5.17, at far end of insula. 

Vicolo dei Soprastanti, September 2021. Looking east towards VII.5 on left, and VII.8 on right.

The junction with Vicolo delle Terme is on left.  Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.