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VII.16.7 Pompeii. Thermopolium of Flavus Nicephorus, with rear room.

Excavated 1846 and 1859. Bombed in 1943, and restored c.1950.

 

VII.16.7 Pompeii. July 2011. Entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

VII.16.7 Pompeii. July 2011. Entrance doorway.

Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

 

VII.16.7 Pompeii. December 2006. Entrance doorway and pilaster with aedicula niche.

VII.16.7 Pompeii. December 2006. Entrance doorway and pilaster with aedicula niche.

 

VII.16.6 Pompeii. September 2005. Masonry aedicula niche on pilaster between VII.16.6 and VII.16.7. This held a marble pelta or crescent-shaped shield decorated with the relief of two tragic masks, and two lamps. The pelta was destroyed and lost forever in the 1943 bombing. See Garcia y Garcia, L., 2006. Danni di guerra a Pompei. Rome: L’Erma di Bretschneider. (p.131). See Pappalardo, U., 2001. La Descrizione di Pompei per Giuseppe Fiorelli (1875). Napoli: Massa Editore. (p.161).

VII.16.6 Pompeii. May 2005. Masonry aedicula niche on pilaster between VII.16.6 and VII.16.7.

This held a marble pelta or crescent-shaped shield decorated with the relief of two tragic masks, and two lamps.

The pelta was destroyed and lost forever in the 1943 bombing.

See Garcia y Garcia, L., 2006. Danni di guerra a Pompei. Rome: L’Erma di Bretschneider. (p.131 and fig. 310-311)

See Pappalardo, U., 2001. La Descrizione di Pompei per Giuseppe Fiorelli (1875). Napoli: Massa Editore. (p.161)

 

VIII.1 Pompeii, on left. March 2009.Looking west on Via Marina. VII.16.7 on right.

VIII.1 Pompeii, on left.  March 2009.  Looking west on Via Marina.      VII.16.7 on right.

 

VII.16.7 Pompeii. March 2009. Entrance.

VII.16.7 Pompeii. March 2009. Entrance doorway.

 

VII.16.7 Pompeii. March 2009. Entrance doorway, counter with display shelves and inset urns, and west wall with two niches.

VII.16.7 Pompeii. March 2009.

Entrance doorway, counter with display shelves and inset urns, and west wall with two niches.

 

VII.16.7 Pompeii. March 2009. West wall with two arched niches. According to Boyce, these two arched niches, of similar size, were described by Fiorelli as “due nicchie per I Penati”. See Boyce G. K., 1937. Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome: MAAR 14. (p.73, no.337)

VII.16.7 Pompeii. March 2009. West wall with two arched niches.

According to Boyce, these two arched niches, of similar size, were described by Fiorelli as “due nicchie per I Penati”.

See Boyce G. K., 1937. Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome: MAAR 14. (p.73, no.337)

 

VII.16.7 Pompeii. March 2009. West wall, southern end. Arched niche with a low step, as described by Boyce. See Boyce G. K., 1937. Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome: MAAR 14. (p73, No.337)

VII.16.7 Pompeii. March 2009. West wall, southern end. Arched niche with a low step, as described by Boyce.

See Boyce G. K., 1937. Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome: MAAR 14.  (p73, No.337)

 

VII.16.7 Pompeii. March 2009. Arched niche at northern end of west wall.

VII.16.7 Pompeii. March 2009. Arched niche at northern end of west wall.

 

VII.16.7 Pompeii. September 2005. Looking north across bar-room to rear room.

VII.16.7 Pompeii. September 2005. Looking north across bar-room to rear room.

 

VII.16.7 Pompeii. December 2006. Looking north along remains of counter, with inset urn.

VII.16.7 Pompeii. December 2006. Looking north along remains of counter, with inset urn.

 

VII.16.7 Pompeii. December 2006. Two arched niches, display shelving and counter with urn.

VII.16.7 Pompeii. December 2006. Two arched niches, display shelving and counter with urn.

 

VII.16.7 Pompeii. December 2006. Counter with urn. According to Fiorelli, the counter originally held two urns. See Pappalardo, U., 2001. La Descrizione di Pompei per Giuseppe Fiorelli (1875). Napoli: Massa Editore. (p.161)

VII.16.7 Pompeii. December 2006. Counter with urn. According to Fiorelli, the counter originally held two urns.

See Pappalardo, U., 2001. La Descrizione di Pompei per Giuseppe Fiorelli (1875). Napoli: Massa Editore. (p.161)

 

VII.16.7 Pompeii. December 2006. Counter and urn, looking north.

VII.16.7 Pompeii. December 2006.  Counter and urn, looking north.

 

VII.16.7 Pompeii. December 2006. Looking north towards rear room and two dolia. According to Garcia y Garcia, the thermopolium linked with VII.16.8 was destroyed by the 1943 bombing, then badly restored. It deleted the doorway that was between the two properties. See Garcia y Garcia, L., 2006. Danni di guerra a Pompei. Rome: L’Erma di Bretschneider. (p.131)

VII.16.7 Pompeii. December 2006.  Looking north towards rear room and two dolia.

According to Garcia y Garcia, the thermopolium linked with VII.16.8 was destroyed by the 1943 bombing, then badly restored.

It deleted the doorway that was between the two properties.

See Garcia y Garcia, L., 2006. Danni di guerra a Pompei. Rome: L’Erma di Bretschneider. (p.131)

 

VII.16.7 Pompeii. December 2006. Looking north-west across insula, disastrously bombed in 1943.

VII.16.7 Pompeii. December 2006. Looking north-west across insula, disastrously bombed in 1943.