VII.6.26 Pompeii. Thermopolium. Linked to VII .6.27.
Excavated 1868, 1873, 1910. Bombed in 1943.
According to Garcia y Garcia Region VII, Insula VI was one of the insulae most devastated over the years since its excavation.
He calls it the “Cinderella” of Pompeii. Between the years 1759 and 1762 it was vandalised and stripped by the Bourbons, then re-interred.
Then came the slow and non-systematic uncovering again before the final destruction in September 1943.
The area was ignored and abandoned during the years following the war, which reduced the insula to a heap of bricks and masonry.
See Garcia y Garcia,
L., 2006. Danni di guerra a Pompei. Rome: L’Erma di Bretschneider. (p.102).
According
to Fiorelli,
Then
follows two workshops linked
between them, the first with podium with two urns and the hearth, a room in the
interior, and another more at the rear with the latrine: the second had the
stairs for the mezzanine, and a room behind.
(Seguono due botteghe communicanti tra loro, la
prima con podio per due urne ed il focolare, una cella nello interno, ed altra
piu in fondo con la latrina: la seconda avente la scaletta per l’ammezzato, ed
una cella dietroposta.)
(p.160)
According
to NdS,
XXVI and
XXVII. Shop with internal
rooms 90 - 94, but hardly preserved.
XXVI e XXVII.
Bottega con stanze interne 90-94, poco conservate.
See Notizie
degli Scavi di Antichità, 1910, (p.463)
VII.6.23-27 Pompeii. Plan based on PPM.
See Carratelli, G. P., 1990-2003. Pompei: Pitture e Mosaici: Vol. VII.
Roma: Istituto della enciclopedia italiana,
p. 182.
VII.6.26 Pompeii, with VII.6.28 in background. Pompeii. September 2005.
Looking north towards site of shop, which had a counter with two urns and a hearth, a rear room and another smaller rear with a latrine.
On the left, the west wall (now vanished) had a doorway linking to the shop at VII.6.27.
VII.6.26 Pompeii. May 2011. Looking north-west towards entrances at VII.6.28 (white step), 27 (green grass), 26 and 25 (on right).
Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
