VIII.6.11 Pompeii. Side entrance to bakery.
Linked to VIII.6.1, VIII.6.9 and VIII.6.10. Excavated 1819, 1881.
Notizie degli
Scavi, (January) 1882,
p.281, reads –
“Dell’isola
situata a mezzo giorno della 5, e che per la regione esposta di sopra sara da ora
innanzi 6.........”
(“Of the insula situated to the south of 5, which will
now be called 6……,”)
VIII.6.1.8.9.10.11 combined plans
VIII.6.11
Pompeii. September 2005. Entrance on Vicolo dei Dodici Dei.
VIII.6.11 Pompeii. September 2005. Entrance doorway.
According to Mau, all the door frames would have been furnished with wood and the thresholds made of lava.
The only doorway that was different was the kitchen, which had a threshold of wood and not lava.
See Bullettino dell’Instituto di Corrispondenza
Archeologica (DAIR), 1884, p.139.
VIII.6.11 Pompeii. October 2020.
Looking south through doorway to room “f” on south side of entrance, according to Eschebach – a stable?.
Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese
VIII.6.11 Pompeii. September 2005.
Room on south side of entrance, according to Eschebach – a stable?
See Eschebach, L., 1993. Gebäudeverzeichnis und Stadtplan der antiken Stadt Pompeji. Köln: Böhlau. (p.386)
According to Mau, the use of room “f” was unknown.
It was found without any other decoration than a zoccolo as in room “e” (made of a reddish stucco made by the addition of brick dust) and had a separate entrance from the western roadway.
On entering the doorway from the roadway, on the right was a staircase (two stone steps, the reminder made of wood) to the upper floor.
On the left was the toilet, from which in order to reach “f”, you had to go down 0.60m.
See BdI, 1884, p.139
(È ignota del
pari la destinazione di “f”, senz'altra decorazione che uno zoccolo come quello
di “e”; ha un ingresso separato dal vico occidentale, entrando per il quale si
aveva a destra una scala (due gradini di pietra, il resto di legno) per
località superiori, a sinistra il cesso, mentre per giungere in “f” bisogna
scendere m. 0,60.
Un'altra scala
stava addosso alla parete verso il pistrino, e doveva passare sopra la porta e
avanti ad un angolo di essa.)
VIII.6.11 Pompeii. December 2004. Looking east from entrance across room “f” or stable, towards bakery.
VIII.6.11 Pompeii. December 2018.
Looking east through doorway from room “f” or stable,
towards bakery. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.
VIII.6.11 Pompeii.
August 2023. Looking east towards oven across bakery room. Photo courtesy of
Maribel Velasco.
VIII.6.11 Pompeii. October 2020. Looking east
towards oven across bakery room. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VIII.6.11 Pompeii. December 2018.
Looking east towards oven across bakery room,
from south side. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.
VIII.6.11 Pompeii. December 2018. Looking
across bakery room towards oven, from north side. Photo courtesy of Aude
Durand.
VIII.6.11 Pompeii. October 2020.
Looking north towards doorway to room “k” and peristyle
area, on left, and doorway to room “e” in north-east corner of bakery room.
Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VIII.6.11 Pompeii. 1968.
Looking towards room “e” in north-east corner, and oven on east side. 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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VIII.6.11 Pompeii. October 2020. Looking north
across bakery room towards north-east corner. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VIII.6.11 Pompeii. December 2018.
Looking north-east across bakery room, with
room “k”, on extreme left, and room “e”, in centre. Photo courtesy of Aude
Durand.
VIII.6.11 Pompeii. September 2005. Looking east towards north-east corner of bakery, and doorway to “room e”, on right.
According to Mau, room "e" was a room without other decoration than a zoccolo of reddish stucco made with the addition of brick dust.
Here, in the places marked on the plan, are two millstones, and over each of them was a low clay basin, which holds another of similar form of lead (diam. 1 m.); each of the two clay basins had a stamp mark, (see BdI for copy of mark).
In the right wall, which is devoid of plaster, you could see the holes of the supports for a shelf: in the rear wall, where the plaster is conserved, these holes have been closed in the past.
See Bullettino dell’Instituto di Corrispondenza
Archeologica (DAIR), 1884, p.139
(“e” è una
camera senz' altra decorazione che uno zoccolo di stucco rossastro per
l'aggiunta di polvere di mattoni; qui stanno, nei posti segnati sulla pianta,
due macine, e sopra ognuna di esse un basso bacile di creta, che ne sorregge un
altro di forma simile di piombo (diam. m. 1); ognuno dei due bacili di creta
porta il bollo, (vedi p.139 BdI)
Nel muro
destra, che è privo d'intonaco, si vedono i buchi dei mutuli per una scansia;
nel muro di fondo, ov'è conservato l'intonaco, tali buchi sono stati chiusi
anticamente.)
VIII.6.11 Pompeii. October 2020.
Looking east through doorway to room “e” in
north-east corner of bakery. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VIII.6.11 Pompeii. Oven on east side of bakery.
Photographed 1970-79 by Günther Einhorn, picture courtesy of his son Ralf Einhorn.
VIII.6.11 Pompeii. December 2018. Looking towards
east side of bakery room, with oven. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.
VIII.6.11 Pompeii. May 2024. Looking towards east
side of bakery room, with oven. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VIII.6.11 Pompeii. October 2020. Looking east
towards oven in bakery room. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VIII.6.11 Pompeii. September 2011. Interior domed roof of oven.
VIII.6.11 Pompeii. September 2011. Looking east across bakery.
The doorway to room “e” in north-east corner is in the centre left. The rooms on the south side of the bakery room are on the right.
VIII.6.11 Pompeii. September 2005. Looking east across bakery. The north end of the entrance corridor can be seen on the right.
VIII.6.11 Pompeii. Bakery, looking east.
Photographed 1970-79 by Günther Einhorn, picture courtesy of his son Ralf Einhorn.
According to Mau, from the entrance corridor one immediately entered the bakery, where one could see the substructures of four mills, and around them the flooring for the mules.
The walls were painted simply in the last style, with red and yellow compartments.
Near to the north wall was a square stone that was probably used as a table.
A larger table was against the left wall (west), between the two doorways and was supported by two feet of wood, while the other side was supported by two beams fixed into the wall. The table cannot be currently recognised other than by these two beam holes (height 0.75, distance between them 2.10m) and the two holes in the floor (0.80 distance from the wall) where the wooden feet stood.
A similar table but smaller (1.m) was against the same wall between the doorway to “f” and the front corner (south-west corner).
“a” is the oven, (round, not elliptical, as it seems on the plan); before the oven on the left buried in the ground was a vessel for water, and next on the left was a large dolium.
See Bullettino dell’Instituto di Corrispondenza
Archeologica (DAIR), 1884, p.138
(Per la fauce,
che ha la porta immediatamente alla strada,s'entra nel pistrinum, ove troviamo
le sostruzioni per quattro mulini, e intorno ad esse il selciato per i muli. Le
pareti son dipinte semplicemente nell'ultimo stile, con compartimenti rossi e
gialli. Addosso al muro N sta una pietra quadra di tufo che serviva
probabilmente da tavola. Una tavola più grande stava addosso al muro sinistra
(0), fra le due porte, ed era sorretta da due piedi di legno, mentre l'altro
lato era con due travi fissato nel muro. Così presentemente la tavola non si
riconosce che dai buchi di queste due travi (a. 0,75, distanti fra loro 2,10) e
da due buchi corrispondenti nel pavimento, (distanti dal muro 0,80), ove
stavano i piedi di legno. Una tavola simile ma più piccola (m. 1) stava addosso
alla stessa parete fra la porta di “f" e l'angolo anteriore. – “a” è il
forno (tondo, non ellittico, come sembra nella pianta); avanti ad esso sta a
sinistra un vaso per acqua murato nel suolo, e accanto a sinistra un gran
dolium.)
VIII.6.11 Pompeii. 1968.
Looking south-east across bakery and oven towards doorway to room “b” in south-east corner. 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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VIII.6.11 Pompeii. September 2005. Looking south-east towards rooms on south side of bakery. Doorway to room “c”, on the right.
According to Mau, room “c” had simple decoration on a white background and a floor of opus signinum; a shelf was attached to the right wall and the rear wall.
(“c” ha
semplicissime pitture a fondo bianco e un pavimento di opus Signinum; al muro
“d” e di fondo era attaccata una scansia.)
Entrance corridor, centre left.
Doorway to room “b”, on the left.
According to Mau, “b” was the panificium: against the east wall was a masonry foot of a large table: the other foot must have been made of wood.
In the rough-covered plastered walls one could see the holes for the supports of three shelves.
The floor was made of opus signinum varied with white stones arranged irregularly.
(“b” è il
panificium; addosso al muro E sta un piede murato della grande tavola : l'altro
piede dev'essere stato di legno.
Nelle pareti,
rivestite d'intonaco grezzo, si vedono i buchi dei mutuli per tre scansie. Il
pavimento è formato di opus Sìgninum variato da pietruzze bianche disposte
irregolarmente.)
See Bullettino dell’Instituto di Corrispondenza
Archeologica (DAIR), 1884, Page 138-9
VIII.6.11 Pompeii. October 2020.
Looking towards south-west corner of bakery
room. The north end of the west side of the entrance corridor, is on the left.
Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VIII.6.11 Pompeii. December 2018. Looking west
across bakery room. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.
VIII.6.11 Pompeii. October
2020.
Looking
north-west across bakery room towards doorway “g” to kitchen, in centre. Photo
courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VIII.6.11 Pompeii. October 2020. Looking west through doorway into kitchen. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VIII.6.11 Pompeii. December 2018.
Looking west through
doorway into kitchen. Photo
courtesy of Aude Durand.
VIII.6.11 Pompeii. September 2011. Looking west in kitchen.
According to Mau, "g" was the kitchen; entering from the bakery, on the left was the hearth, on the inside corner to the left was the toilet, and on the right, divided and hidden by a wall bent at right angles, a fusorium.
See Bullettino
dell’Instituto di Corrispondenza Archeologica (DAIR), 1884,
p.139
(“g” è la cucina; entrando dal pistrino si ha a
sinistra il focolare nell'angolo interiore a sinistra sta il cesso, e a destra,
diviso e nascosto per un muro piegato ad angolo retto, un fusorium.)
VIII.6.11 Pompeii. October 2020. Looking east in kitchen towards bakery room. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VIII.6.11
Pompeii. December 2018. Looking east in kitchen towards bakery room. Photo courtesy of Aude
Durand.
VIII.6.11 Pompeii. Looking east towards bakery from kitchen with hearth.
Photographed 1970-79 by Günther Einhorn, picture courtesy of his son Ralf Einhorn.
According to Mau, the threshold of the kitchen doorway apparently was made of wood.
See Bullettino dell’Instituto di Corrispondenza
Archeologica (DAIR), 1884, p.139
VIII.6.11 Pompeii. Hearth in kitchen on north side of entrance.
Photographed 1970-79 by Günther Einhorn, picture courtesy of his son Ralf Einhorn.
VIII.6.11
Pompeii. May 2024.
Detail
of remaining painted decoration on north wall of bakery room. Photo courtesy of
Klaus Heese.
VIII.6.11 Pompeii. October 2020.
Looking north through doorway from bakery room across room
K, towards rooms around peristyle. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese
VIII.6.11 Pompeii. October 2020. Looking north from bakery
room in room K. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese
For the rooms around the peristyle area, see VIII.6.10, linked to VIII.6.11.
VIII.6.1.8.9.10.11 combined plans