VII.5.23 Pompeii. Shop. Excavated 1824.

VII.5.24 Pompeii. December 2005. Forum Baths entrance (12 on plan).

This leads to the men’s baths and the courtyard with portico (see plan).

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.5.23 Pompeii. March 2019. Looking towards entrance doorway, centre right, on west side of Via del Foro.

On the right, is VII.5.24, an entrance to the Forum Baths.

Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VII.5.23 Pompeii. December 2006. Looking west towards entrance to shop.

VII.5.23 December 2007. Entrance. Looking west.

In August 1823, on one of the pilasters outside this shop, a graffito was found, painted in red –

M(arcum)  C(errinium)  V(atiam)  aed(ilem)

o(ro)  v(os)  f(aciatis      [CIL IV 522]

See Pagano, M. and Prisciandaro, R., 2006. Studio sulle provenienze degli oggetti rinvenuti negli scavi borbonici del regno di Napoli. Naples: Nicola Longobardi.  (p. 126)

VII.5.23 Pompeii. December 2007. South wall.

VII.5.23 Pompeii. December 2007. West wall.

VII.5.23 Pompeii. December 2007. North wall.

VII.5.23 Pompeii. December 2007. North wall with indication of upper floor supports.

VII.5.23 Pompeii. December 2007. Door to rear room of shop.

VII.5.23 Pompeii. December 2007. Room with vaulted ceiling at rear of shop, possibly the kitchen?.

VII.5.23 Pompeii. December 2007. Room with vaulted ceiling at rear of shop.

VII.5.23 Pompeii. December 2007. Room with vaulted ceiling at rear of shop.

VII.5.23 Pompeii. December 2007. Cistern in front of room at rear of shop.

See Associazione Internazionale Amici di Pompei: Quaderni di Studi Pompeiani, 1/2007.

Barattolo, A and Romaldi, F: Insula VII.5 – Una rilettura ragionata dei documenti grafici. (p.127-146)