I.4.17 Pompeii. Shop. Linked to I.4.12, I.4.13, I.4.15 and I.4.16.

Excavated 1853 and 1862.

Plan

I.4.17 Pompeii, in centre. October 2019. Looking towards entrance doorways, with I.4.18, on left, and I.4.16, on right.

Foto Tobias Busen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

I.4.17 Pompeii. October 2019. Looking south to entrance doorway on Via dell’Abbondanza.

Foto Tobias Busen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

I.4.17 Pompeii. May 2019. Looking south to entrance doorway on Via dell’Abbondanza.

Foto Tobias Busen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

I.4.17 Pompeii. 28th September 2024 during “Ludi Pompeiani” event. 

Looking south across Via dell’Abbondanza.

Roman soldiers marching including the “Cornicen” holding a C shaped brass instrument (cornu) used to signal orders to Legions.

Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.

I.4.17 Pompeii. May 2019.

Looking south to pilaster between I.4.18, on left, and I.4.17, on right.

Foto Tobias Busen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

I.4.17 Pompeii. May 2019.

Looking south to detail of masonry between I.4.17, on left, and I.4.16, on right.

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I.4.17 Pompeii. May 2005. Entrance on Via dell’Abbondanza. Looking south.

Two large terracotta dolia were found buried in the soil of the shop-room.

They contained “farina molita” (flour) that Fiorelli thought was probably sold from there.

They are no longer visible.

See Pappalardo, U., 2001. La Descrizione di Pompei per Giuseppe Fiorelli (1875). Napoli: Massa Editore. (p.43).

According to Della Corte, on the pilaster to the right of the shop, CIL IV 768 was found:

M.  Epidium  Sabinum  d(uumvirum)  i(ure)  dic(undo)  o(ro)  v(os)  f(aciatis)  dignus   est

defensorem  coloniae  ex  sententia  Suedi  Clementis  sancti  Iudicis

consensu  ordinis,  ob  merita  eius  et  probitatem  dignum  rei  publicae  faciat(is)

Sabinus  dissignator  cum  Plausu  facit. 

See Della Corte, M., 1965.  Case ed Abitanti di Pompei. Napoli: Fausto Fiorentino. (p. 244,

together with Note 1 – which says “For the precise topography of this programme, see PAH II, p.571)

I.4.17 Pompeii. December 2007. East wall of shop-room.

In March 1858, on the pilaster between I.4.18 and 17, painted graffiti in red and black letters, were found:

Romanum   [CIL IV 1031]

M(arcum)  Epidium […]

defensorem    [CIL IV 1032]

See Pagano, M. and Prisciandaro, R., 2006. Studio sulle provenienze degli oggetti rinvenuti negli scavi borbonici del regno di Napoli. Naples: Nicola Longobardi. (p.174)

I.4.17 Pompeii. October 2019. Looking towards east wall of shop-room.

Foto Tobias Busen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

I.4.17 Pompeii. October 2019.

Looking towards south wall of shop-room, with doorway to I.4.12, on left, and door to I.4.13, on right.

The doorway on the left leads into room h of I.4.12 and can be seen on the page for that number.

The doorway on the right leads into room b of I.4.13 and can be seen on that number.

Foto Tobias Busen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

I.4.17 Pompeii. December 2007. South wall with doorway to I.4.12, on left, and door to I.4.13, on right.

I.4.17 Pompeii. October 2019. Looking towards west wall of shop-room.

Foto Tobias Busen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

I.4.17 Pompeii. December 2007. West wall with doorway looking west across I.4.16 to I.4.15.

I.4.17 Pompeii. October 2019. Interior north-east corner of shop-room.

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I.4.17 Pompeii. October 2019. Detail of interior north-east corner.

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I.4.17 Pompeii. October 2019. North-west corner of shop-room, with doorway to I.4.16.

Foto Tobias Busen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

I.4.17 Pompeii. December 2007. Doorway to I.4.12, in south wall of shop-room.

I.4.17 Pompeii. December 2007. Looking through doorway into I.4.12.

I.4.17 Pompeii. December 2007. Looking through doorway in south wall, into rear room of I.4.13.