VII.6.14 Pompeii. Large shop.

Linked to VII.6.13 and VII.6.15. Excavated 1868 and 1910.

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).

VII.6.14 Pompeii. December 2004. Entrance, looking south.

According to Fiorelli, this shop had 3 large urns buried into the floor, a room at the rear, and a door that led into VII.6.15 in the vicolo to the east.

See Pappalardo, U., 2001. La Descrizione di Pompei per Giuseppe Fiorelli (1875). Napoli: Massa Editore. (p.160).

According to Eschebach, these 3 large dolia were on the west (right) of the shop. No sign remains of them.

See Eschebach, L., 1993. Gebäudeverzeichnis und Stadtplan der antiken Stadt Pompeji. Köln: Böhlau. (p.294)

According to Garcia y Garcia, the 3 large urns seen by Fiorelli, were found destroyed after the bombing.

See Garcia y Garcia, L., 2006. Danni di guerra a Pompei. Rome: L’Erma di Bretschneider.  (p. 102)

VII.6.14 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking south towards doorway to rear room and VII.6.15

 VII.5 Pompeii. May 2005.          Vicolo delle Terme looking south.                   VII.6.14