VII .5.21 Pompeii. Shop. Excavated
1823.
According to Fiorelli-
VII.5.18-29. One sees a series of large shops topped with higher floors, amongst which was the doorway leading to the garden of the Men’s Baths. They have no particularity of construction, but were found rich in objects, some of which would have fallen from the upper floors.
(Vedesi una
serie di grandi botteghe gia sormontate da altro piano, tra le quali era
l’adito (n.24) portante al giardino al bagno virile. Esse non hanno particolarita
di costruzione, ma furon trovate ricche di oggetti, alcuni dei quali caduti dai
cenacoli superiori.)
See Pappalardo, U., 2001. La Descrizione di Pompei per Giuseppe Fiorelli (1875). Napoli: Massa Editore. (p.96).
VII.5.21 Pompeii, on left. December 2018.
Looking west to shop entrances on west side of
Via del Foro, VII.5.21/22/23. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.
According to Eschebach, on the left would have been the steps to the upper floor, with latrine beneath them.
In the middle would have been a long podium with a four-sided table behind it.
See Eschebach, L., 1993. Gebäudeverzeichnis und Stadtplan der antiken Stadt Pompeji. Köln: Böhlau. (p. 290)
