VIII.7.10 Pompeii. Shop and rooms. Linked to VIII.7.9.

Excavated 1795, 1874, 1906 and 2005 to 2010.

The Pompeii Archaeological Research Project: Porta Stabia (PARP:PS) has been excavating VIII.7.1 to 15 since 2005.

For more detail see their annual research reports at http://www.fastionline.org/micro_view.php?itemkey=fst_cd&fst_cd=AIAC_356.

VIII.7.9 Pompeii, on left, with VIII.7.10, on right. December 2018. Looking west to entrance doorways. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

VIII.7.10 Pompeii. September 2010. Entrance on Via Stabiana. Looking west. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

VIII.7.10 Pompeii. 1959. Entrance on Via Stabiana. Looking west. 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.7.10 Pompeii. September 2010. Detail of door threshold showing door socket. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

VIII.7.10 Pompeii. May 2006. Entrance, looking west.

VIII.7.10 Pompeii, on right with VIII.7.9 on left. September 2005. Looking west.

VIII.7.10 Pompeii. September 2010. Looking west across shop towards rear. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

VIII.7.10 Pompeii. December 2018.

Looking towards rear room of shop-room, with a niche/recess in the north wall? Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

VIII.7.10 Pompeii. December 2018.

Detail of north wall of room at rear of shop-room. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

VIII.7.10 Pompeii. September 2010.

Rear room of shop-room, looking towards rear and north-west corner. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

VIII.7.10 Pompeii. September 2010.

Looking north across shop towards doorway, on right, linked to VIII.7.11. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

VIII.7.10 Pompeii. September 2010.

Corridor looking west towards rear room, possibly a dormitory. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

VIII.7.10 Pompeii. September 2010.

Rear room possibly a dormitory, looking towards north-west corner. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

VIII.7.10 Pompeii. September 2010.

Looking east along corridor from rear dormitory room, towards shop entrance on Via Stabiana, and Vicolo del Conciapelle, opposite.

Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

VIII.7.10 Pompeii. September 2010. Looking south into corridor and doorway into triclinium. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

VIII.7.10 Pompeii. September 2010. Looking west from doorway across triclinium. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

VIII.7.10 Pompeii. September 2010.

Corridor, looking west towards rear (blocked by low wall). Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

VIII.7.10 Pompeii. September 2010. Corridor, looking east towards road (low wall block in foreground).

This would seem to have been taken from the kitchen, but presumably was not blocked in antiquity?

Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

VIII.7.10 Pompeii. September 2010. Small room on east side of kitchen, or part of kitchen. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

VIII.7.10 Pompeii. August 2005. Looking down onto hearth against south wall in kitchen.

The remains of the niche of the lararium may be still partially visible in the wall above the hearth, upper centre of photo.

Photo courtesy of Pompeii Archaeological Research Project: Porta Stabia.

Site of kitchen, described by Eschebach as having hearth, well and lararium.

See Eschebach, L., 1993. Gebäudeverzeichnis und Stadtplan der antiken Stadt Pompeji. Köln: Böhlau. (p. 389)

According to Boyce, in the wall of the kitchen there was a niche and beside it was a lararium painting.

It represented a sacrificial scene with the Genius and the tibicen, one on each side of an altar.

On either side of them was a Lar. In the lower zone was a single serpent beside an altar.

See Boyce G. K., 1937. Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome: MAAR 14. (p.78, no.377).

See Sogliano, A., 1879. Le pitture murali campane scoverte negli anni 1867-79. Napoli: (p.12, no.24, “badly preserved”).

According to Mau  -

“Next to the hearth there was the usual painting of the Lares, and a niche.”

See Mau in BdI, 1875, (p.166 - La quarta casa).

VIII.7.10 Pompeii. September 2010. Looking west from kitchen across garden, linked to VIII.7.6 and VIII.7.11.

In the upper centre, near the modern wall, would have been the latrine.

In this garden, near the south wall, there would have been another triclinium that had a pergola in antiquity.

Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

VIII.7.10 Pompeii. September 2010.

Area on south of corridor, west of kitchen, becoming part of the large linked gardens of VIII.7.6 and VIII.7.11. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

VIII.7.10 Pompeii. September 2010. Looking south across garden area and site of triclinium, near south wall.

Looking south into adjoining garden and the other triclinium. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

According to Soprano –

“Ubicazione: giardino. L. medius, m. 4.60; l. imus e l. summus, m. 320; mensa, m.1.40 per 0.90.

Bibliog. “Not. Scavi”, 1910, p.265 e pianta.

Il triclinio era addossato al muro meridionale del giardino; davanti ad esso il terreno fu rinvenuto battuto per uno spazio semi-circolare che presenta piccole lastre di marmo confitte qua e la.

La mensa, rettangolare, presenta sul davanti una nicchietta semi-circolare; originariamente era ricoperta di segmenti a forma geometrica di marmo colorato.

I tre letti erano ricoperti di cocciopesto e rivestiti, lateralmente, di intonaco dipinto; cocciopesto e intonaco sono andati distrutti.

Anteriormente, le pareti verticali recavano, su fondo rosso, la raffigurazione di due Amorini, dei quali uno in atto di difendersi da un fagiano che tenta di beccare un grappola d’uva ch’egli ha nelle mani, l’altro in atto di bere il contenuto di una coppa, mentre con la destra respinge una pantera.”

See Soprano, P. (1950). I triclini all’aperto di Pompei. (In Pompeiana, raccolta di studi per il secondo centenario degli scavi di Pompei. Napoli, Gaetano Macchiaroli, Editore, P. 302, no.18).

VIII.7.10 Pompeii. 1966.

Looking south-east across garden area and site of triclinium near south wall, lower right of photo. 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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According to Jashemski, the triclinium in the garden of VIII.7.10, was attached to the south wall.

On the sides of the triclinium, which were finished with painted plaster, two cherubs were painted on a red background: the one on the right was trying to ward off a pheasant that was attempting to peck at a bunch of grapes held by the cherub, the other cherub drinking from a bowl, while pushing back an animal, perhaps a leopard.

There was a rectangular triclinium table with an incurving semicircle in front.

To the north of the triclinium was an unusual masonry table, permitting food and drink to be stored in the covered interior.

This garden communicated with the large garden to the south, as well as to the garden to the north.

See Jashemski, W. F., 1993. The Gardens of Pompeii, Volume II: Appendices. New York: Caratzas. (p.221).

VIII.7.10 Pompeii. 1910. Detail of unusual masonry table to north of triclinium, with amphora, statuette and other objects.

According to PARP: PS (2005), this table is now totally destroyed.

See PARP: PS 2005 season report http://www.fastionline.org/docs/FOLDER-it-2005-48.pdf . (p. 3)

See Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, 1910, p. 265-7, fig. 6.

VIII.7.10 Pompeii. July 2005. South wall. Eastern half of triclinium during excavations by PARP-PS.

Only the eastern half was revealed, and it was found to be extremely poor state of preservation.

Quite apart from root damage, a cistern beneath it had collapsed. None of the decoration has survived.

Photo courtesy Steven Ellis and Gary Devore.

See PARP: PS 2005 season report http://www.fastionline.org/docs/FOLDER-it-2005-48.pdf . (p. 3).

VIII.7.10 Pompeii. September 2010.

Looking east along south garden wall, where the triclinium was originally sited. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

VIII.7.10 Pompeii. September 2010.

Rear of garden area, site of latrine?  Looking west towards rear wall of VIII.7.16. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

VIII.7.10 Pompeii. September 2010. Looking north across site of latrine, on west side of garden area. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

VIII.7.10 Pompeii. September 2010.

Looking north from triclinium area in VIII.7.6, across entrance doorway from southern garden into triclinium area and garden of VIII.7.10.

Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

VIII.7.10 Pompeii. September 2010.

Looking west across entrance doorway, separating gardens of VIII.7.6 and VIII.7.10. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

VIII.7.10 Pompeii. September 2010.

Looking south from garden area, through entrance doorway to southern garden of VIII.7.6. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

VIII.7.10 Pompeii. September 2010.

North wall of garden area, with entrance to northern garden of VIII.7.11. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

The doorway has been blocked, but there is no evidence of a lava step.

According to Jashemski, attached to the north wall were two masonry basins, and between them was the opening with a lava step in front of it.

This gave entry to the garden to the north.

See Jashemski, W. F., 1993. The Gardens of Pompeii, Volume II: Appendices. New York: Caratzas. (p.221).

VIII.7.10 Pompeii. July 2005. Image of the north wall of garden area, that seems to still have a clear niche.

Photo courtesy of Pompeii Archaeological Research Project: Porta Stabia.

PARP: PS excavations in 2005 revealed a small semi-circular basin projecting from the north wall.

This collected water from a spout that protruded from the wall.

It was likely it was a settling tank and as there was no drain, water overflowed east along a pipe through the protruding wall into a small basin which in turn fed into a cistern mouth.

Below this a very well preserved, completely intact cistern was found that was 2 metres deep, 1.5m wide and 7m long.

This indicates that a considerable amount of water was held here, with a system of settling tanks to keep it fresh.

See PARP: PS 2005 season report http://www.fastionline.org/docs/FOLDER-it-2005-48.pdf . (p. 4, figs. 11, 13, 14, 15).

VIII.7.10 Pompeii. September 2010.

Looking east from garden area towards kitchen, and blocked doorway to corridor leading to entrance on Via Stabiana.

At the east end of the ruined kitchen hearth (on the right of the picture, in shadow), one may be able to see a scar in the wall, the remains of a niche. This may be the lararium niche. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

The PARP: PS excavation in 2005 found a food preparation area, a cooking hearth along with a waste disposal facility.

The remains of the cooking hearth and waste disposal facility can be seen on the right at the east end in this picture.

See PARP: PS 2005 season report http://www.fastionline.org/docs/FOLDER-it-2005-48.pdf . (p. 4, figs. 14, 16).

According to Boyce (described as VIII.viii.10) –

“In the wall of the kitchen there was a niche and beside it was a lararium painting.

It represented a sacrificial scene with the Genius and the tibicen, one on each side of an altar. On either side of them was a Lar.

In the lower zone was a single serpent beside an altar.

See Boyce G. K., 1937. Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome: MAAR 14. (p.78, no.377).

See Sogliano, A., 1879. Le pitture murali campane scoverte negli anni 1867-79. Napoli: (p.12, no.24, “badly preserved”).

VIII.7.10 Pompeii. August 2005. Looking south-east in kitchen area towards hearth at east end of south wall.

The remains of the lararium niche may be partly visible on the upper right of centre of the photo.

Photo courtesy of Pompeii Archaeological Research Project: Porta Stabia.

According to Mau -

“Next to the hearth there was the usual painting of the Lares, and a niche.”

See Mau in BdI, 1875, (p.167) (p.166-169 below_- La quarta casa).

Mau’s Report: Extract from Bull. Inst., 1875

VIII.7.10 Pompeii. 1875. Report by Mau.

See Bullettino dell’Instituto di Corrispondenza Archeologica (DAIR), 1875, (p.166).

VIII.7.10 Pompeii. 1875. Report by Mau.

See Bullettino dell’Instituto di Corrispondenza Archeologica (DAIR), 1875, (p.167).

VIII.7.10 Pompeii. 1875. Report by Mau.

See Bullettino dell’Instituto di Corrispondenza Archeologica (DAIR), 1875, (p.168).

VIII.7.10 Pompeii. 1875. Report by Mau.

See Bullettino dell’Instituto di Corrispondenza Archeologica (DAIR), 1875, (p.169).