IX.1.13 Pompeii. Thermopolium or Caupona.
Excavated 1853 and 1857. (Strada
Stabiana 84).
According to
Fiorelli –
“13. Succede una
piccola bottega, con podio e furnace, oltre la scala dell’ammezzato.”
See Pappalardo, U., 2001. La Descrizione di Pompei per Giuseppe Fiorelli (1875). Napoli: Massa Editore. (p.138)
See Fiorelli, Descrizione, (p.370)
(translation: “13. Following then, a little shop, with
counter and hearth, other than the stairs to the mezzanine”.)
IX.1.13
Pompeii. December 2018. Looking east to entrance on Via Stabiana. Photo
courtesy of Aude Durand.
IX.1.13 Pompeii, in centre. March 2018. Looking towards entrance doorway on Via Stabiana.
Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.1.13 Pompeii. December
2005. Entrance on Via Stabiana.
IX.1.13 Pompeii. May 2003. Looking east to entrance on Via Stabiana. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
IX.1.13 Pompeii. 1966. Looking south-east towards entrance. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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IX.1.13 Pompeii. December
2018.
Entrance doorway and
south wall and pilaster between IX.1.13 and IX.1.14. Photo courtesy of Aude
Durand.
IX.1.13 Pompeii. December 2007. Entrance and south wall and pilaster between IX.1.13 and IX.1.14.
Graffiti were found on this pilaster in June 1853, see IX.1.14.
IX.1.13 Pompeii. March 2018. Looking north
towards corner of counter/podium at entrance.
Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.1.13 Pompeii. March 2018. Looking east
towards north side of entrance doorway, with step.
Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.1.13 Pompeii. March 2018. Detail of
remaining painted plaster on step at entrance.
Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.1.13 Pompeii. December 2007. Step at entrance.
The threshold of fragmented calcareous blocks was 0.30m wide: two lava blocks, with circular hole centrally placed inside and outside of the threshold, had the function of supporting the post for closing the door.
See Gallo, A: L’insula I della Regione IX, Settore Occidentale, in Studi della Soprintendenza archeologica di Pompei, no. I, 2001, (p.53)
IX.1.13 Pompeii. 1966. Looking north-east towards entrance doorway. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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IX.1.13 Pompeii, on left and IX.1.14, on right. 1959. Entrances on Via Stabiana. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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IX.1.13 Pompeii. Pre-1943. Looking towards entrance on east side of Via Stabiana. Photo by Tatiana Warscher.
See Warscher, T. Codex Topographicus Pompeianus, IX.1. (1943), Swedish Institute, Rome. (no.55), p. 88.
IX.1.13 Pompeii. December 2018. Looking east
across podium/counter in shop-room. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.
IX.1.13 Pompeii. December 2007. Looking east across counter with remains of hearth on north side of shop-room.
IX.1.13 Pompeii. July 2010. Looking south-east across counter. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
A few small plaster fragments of Opus signinum were preserved here and there on the walls.
See Gallo, A: L’insula I della Regione IX, Settore Occidentale, in Studi della Soprintendenza archeologica di Pompei, no. I, 2001, (p.53)
IX.1.13 Pompeii. December 2004. Looking east across counter with remains of hearth on north side of shop-room.
IX.1.13 Pompeii. December 2007. Counter and hearth.
IX.1.13 Pompeii. May 2003.
Looking south-west towards Via Stabiana, across hearth and counter. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
IX.1.13 Pompeii. May 2003. Hearth at rear of counter. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
IX.1.13 Pompeii. May 2003. Looking south-west across inside of counter area. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
IX.1.13 Pompeii. December 2007. Inside of counter.
IX.1.13 Pompeii. December 2007. Hearth on south side of shop-room. At the rear were stairs to upper floor with latrine beneath.
IX.1.13 Pompeii. May 2013. Hearth on south side of shop-room. Photo courtesy of Paula Lock.
IX.1.13 Pompeii. May 2003. Hearth on south side of shop-room. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
IX.1.13 Pompeii, on left, and IX.1.14, on right. December 2018.
Looking east to pilaster separating two entrances, with a tufa phallus set into a plaque.
Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.
Pilaster between IX.1.13 and IX.1.14 Pompeii. March 2018.
Detail of tufa phallus set into pilaster
between entrances.
Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.1.13 and IX.1.14 Pompeii. December 2018.
Detail of tufa
phallus set into pilaster between entrances. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.
Plaque between IX.1.13 and IX.1.14. December 2005.
Wall with plaque between IX.1.13 and IX.1.14. May 2003. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
Plaque between IX.1.13 and IX.1.14. December 2005.
Plaque between IX.1.13 and IX.1.14. December 2005.
According to Gallo, the sign on the façade showing a tufa phallus was the only merit of this shop.
The plaque, originally painted azure blue, shows an erect phallus with appendices painted in red, with an inscription painted in red below:
Ubi me
iuvat, asido (CIL IV, 950)
According to Varone, this translates at “When it suits me, I sit on it”
(Asido is written instead of assido)
See Varone, A.,
2002. Erotica Pompeiana: Love Inscriptions
on the Walls of Pompeii, Rome: L’erma di Bretschneider. (p.90)
See Gallo, A: L’insula I della Regione IX, Settore Occidentale, in Studi della Soprintendenza archeologica di Pompei, no. I, 2001, (p.53)