VII.12.29 Pompeii. December 2005. Blocked entrance.
According to Eschebach, this doorway led to a public latrine.
See Eschebach, L., 1993. Gebäudeverzeichnis und Stadtplan der antiken Stadt Pompeji. Köln: Böhlau. (p.331)
According to Hobson, the latrine is not evident.
See Hobson, B. 2009. Pompeii, Latrines and Down Pipes. Oxford, Hadrian Books, (p.392)
According to Fiorelli, “a dark and narrow cell, with entrance from the previous house seems to have served as a prison….”
See Pappalardo, U., 2001. La Descrizione di Pompei per Giuseppe Fiorelli (1875). Napoli: Massa Editore. (p.114)
VII.12.29 Pompeii, on left. December 2005. Blocked entrance and doorway to VII.12.28.
VII.12.29 blocked entrance and VII.12.28 on Vico del Balcone Pensile. December 2005.