II.1.6 Pompeii. Thermopolium. Linked to II.1.3, II.1.4, II.1.5 and II.1.7.

Excavated 1916, 1950 and 1985. Bombed in 1943.

(Originally when excavated, this was numbered as Reg. II, Insula 4, no.6).

II.1.6 Pompeii. December 2018. Entrance doorway on south side of Via dell’Abbondanza. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

II.1.6 Pompeii, October 2017.

Looking towards entrance doorway on south side of Via dell’Abbondanza, with Vicolo di Octavius Quartio, on left.

Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR

II.1.6 Pompeii. December 2007. Entrance doorway.

II.1.6 Pompeii. 1961.

Looking south through entrance doorway towards rear room and garden area. 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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II.1.6 Pompeii. 1961. The bar and bar-room in use, with happy customers! 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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II.1.6 Pompeii. March 2019. Looking south-west across entrance and doorway threshold.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR

II.1.6 Pompeii. December 2007. Marble entrance sill with groove for doors or shutters.

II.1.6 Pompeii. December 2018.

Looking north from counter in bar-room towards Via dell’Abbondanza. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

II.1.6 Pompeii. May 2005. Looking south across bar-room and two-sided counter.

II.1.6 Pompeii. May 2003. Looking south across counter in bar-room. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.

II.1.6 Pompeii. 1966.

Looking south across counter towards rear room. 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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II.1.6 Pompeii. December 2007. Sales counter or podium, in bar-room.

According to Garcia y Garcia –

the sales counter and the entire perimeter wall to the north-east of the insula were destroyed by the 1943 bombing.

See Garcia y Garcia, L., 2006. Danni di guerra a Pompei. Rome: L’Erma di Bretschneider. (p.41).

II.1.6 Pompeii. March 2019. Looking south along top of counter with three urns and a hearth.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR

II.1.6 Pompeii. December 2007. Counter with three urns and a hearth.

II.1.6 Pompeii. December 2007. East wall of bar-room.

II.1.6 Pompeii. December 2007. West wall of bar-room.

II.1.6 Pompeii. December 2007. Looking south in bar-room into rear room and through window of rear room into garden at II.1.7.

II.1.6 Pompeii. December 2018. Looking north across bar-room from rear room. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

II.1.6 Pompeii. May 2005. Looking north into bar-room from rear room.

II.1.6 Pompeii. December 2007. East wall of rear room with remains of steps to upper floor in north-east corner.

II.1.6 Pompeii. December 2007. West wall of rear room.

II.1.6 Pompeii. December 2007. South wall of rear room with large window and doorway into garden of II.1.7.

II.2 Pompeii, on left. December 2005.       Vicolo di Octavius Quartio looking south.                 II.1.6 side wall, on right.

II.2 Pompeii, on left. December 2005. Vicolo di Octavius Quartio looking south.               II.1.6 side wall, on right.

II.1.6, Pompeii. March 2024. No.4 – Game set consisting of bronze and bone dice and astragals. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.

On display in exhibition in Palaestra entitled – “L’altra Pompei, vite comuni all’ombra del Vesuvio”.

II.1.6 Pompeii. March 2024. No.5 above, in upper centre of photo, pottery dice shakers. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.

On display in exhibition in Palaestra entitled – “L’altra Pompei, vite comuni all’ombra del Vesuvio”.

No.1 – Gaming counters made of glass paste, die and tesserae made of bone, from Porta Stabia Necropolis.

No.2 – Worked bone dice, from V.4.13, Pompeii.

No.3 – Gaming counters made of worked bone, from VI.16.26/27, Pompeii.

No.5 – Pottery dice shakers, from II.1.6, Pompeii.

No.6 – Reproduction of a gaming table.

March 2024.

Information card on Board Games from exhibition in Palaestra entitled – “L’altra Pompei, vite comuni all’ombra del Vesuvio”.

Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.