VII.16.2 Pompeii. Shop. Excavated 1846, 1873. Bombed in 1943, restored in 1950.
According to
Fiorelli –
“Taberna con
podio e fornello, sul cui limitare eravi l’adito di una scaletta di legno,
portante all’abitazione del bottegaio posta superiormente.”
See Pappalardo, U., 2001. La Descrizione di Pompei per Giuseppe Fiorelli (1875). Napoli: Massa Editore. (p.161)
(translation: "Taberna with podium and a stove, at
the limit of which was the access to a wooden ladder, leading to the dwelling
for the shopkeeper up above.”)
VII.16.1-5 Pompeii. October 2020. Looking west along portico with entrance doorway VII.16.1, on left, and VII.16.5, on right.
Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VII.16.2 Pompeii. December 2004. Looking north from Via Marina across portico, towards doorway to shop.
VII.16.1 left and VII.16.2 right, taken from Temple of Venus. September 2005.
VII.16.1 Pompeii, on
left with VII.16.2, on right. October 2023.
Looking north from
Temple of Venus, with shop/bar-room at VII.16.2, on right. Photo courtesy of
Klaus Heese.
VII.16.2 Pompeii. September 2005. Entrance doorway, taken from Temple of Venus.
According to Eschebach, this would have contained a masonry counter with a small hearth.
Near the entrance would have been wooden steps to the half
mezzanine. Nothing remains.
See Eschebach, L., 1993. Gebäudeverzeichnis und Stadtplan der antiken Stadt Pompeji. Köln: Böhlau. (p.346)
According to Garcia y Garcia, this thermopolium was completely destroyed by the bombing, including the sales counter.
See Garcia y
Garcia, L., 2006. Danni di
guerra a Pompei. Rome:
L’Erma di Bretschneider. (p131)
VII.16.2 Pompeii. September 2005. Looking north-east from Temple of Venus.