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VII.9.49

VII.9.49

VII.9.48 Pompeii. March
2009. West wall of shop on Vicolo del Balcone Pensile

VII.9.49
According to Eschebach
there was a two-sided counter with two urns of which only one remains.
Is this the terracotta
pot shown here? Above the counter
were holes for shelving.
See Eschebach,
L., 1993. Gebäudeverzeichnis und Stadtplan
der antiken Stadt Pompeji. Köln: Böhlau. (p.317).

VII.9.48
According to Boyce, in the south wall of this taberna with
thermopolium was an arched niche.
It was called by Fiorelli, “la
nicchia
dei Penati”.
See Boyce G. K., 1937.
Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome: MAAR 14. (p.69, no.305)

VII.9.49

VII.9.49

Pompeii VII.9.50 on left, and wall between in centre, and doorway to VII.9.49 on
right.
December 2005.