VI.1.2 Pompeii. Caupona with
Thermopolium.
Linked to VI.1.3. Excavated 1770, 1784 and 1787.
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VI.1.2 Pompeii. October 2017. Looking east on Via Consolare,
towards entrance doorway, in centre.
Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VI.1.2 Pompeii. July 2011. Entrance doorway, looking east. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
VI.1.2 Pompeii, on right. May 2010. Looking east. Photo courtesy of Ivo van der Graaff.
VI.1.2 Pompeii. May 2005. Entrance doorway, looking east.
VI.1.2 Pompeii. December 2018. Entrance doorway, looking east across counter. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.
VI.1.2 Pompeii. October 2017. Entrance doorway
to bar-room.
Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VI.1.2 Pompeii. September 2005. Entrance.
VI.1.2 Pompeii. March 2009. Entrance.
VI.1.2 Pompeii. December 2018.
North side of entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.
VI.1.2 Pompeii. December 2018.
South side of entrance doorway, counter and shelving. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.
VI.1.2 Pompeii. December 2018.
Looking towards counter on south side of entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.
VI.1.2 Pompeii. October 2017. Looking
south-east across bar-counter.
Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VI.1.2 Pompeii. March 2009. Counter, looking south-east.
According to Parslow, this counter originally had decorative heads built into its street facade.
Even as far back as 1794, thieves successfully extracted one of the two sculpted heads immured in the counter of this bar/shop.
See Parslow, C., (2001). The Open-Air Excavations at Pompeii in the Eighteenth Century: New Methods, New Problems. In Pompei, Scienza e Societa, ed by P.G. Guzzo. Milan, Electa, p. 19-28.
According to Fiorelli in PAH
This past night they stole one of the two heads remaining in the counter of the shop of the hot drinks, adjoining the city gate; the stolen was one that represented a woman.
They had tried to remove the other, but it is believed that they had run out of time, because they had needed to break it from the chain that it was attached to.
Sig. La Vega has decided to remove it, which he should.
See Fiorelli G., 1860. Pompeianarum antiquitatum historia, Vol. 1: 1748 - 1818, Naples, 2, 54: 20th February 1794.
VI.1.2
Pompeii. October 2017. Looking east towards front façade of bar-counter.
Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VI.1.2 Pompeii. The counter of the bar at VI.1.2 can be seen on the left of the above drawing.
See Hamilton, W., 1777. Account of the Discoveries at Pompeii. London: Bowyer and Nichols, p. 13, Plate IX.
According to Parslow “… theft had long been the biggest fear in leaving anything in situ and had influenced the decision to rebury the ruins in the early years.
Despite the construction of guard houses and the posting of
additional sentinels, however, thieves successfully extracted one of the 2
sculpted heads immured in the counter of a shop (reg. VI.1.2), by the Porta di Ercolano in 1794”.
See Parslow, C.,
(2001). The Open-Air Excavations
at Pompeii in the Eighteenth Century: New Methods, New Problems. In Pompei, Scienza e Societa, ed by P.G.
Guzzo. Milan, Electa, p. 23-24.
See Fiorelli G.,
1860. Pompeianarum antiquitatum historia,
Vol. 1: 1748 - 1818, Naples, 2, 54: 20th February 1794.
VI.1.2 Pompeii. Pre-1778 drawing by J. B. Piranesi, engraved by F. Piranesi, published 1804.
Looking south, with the bar-counter with decorative heads at VI.1.2. visible on the left.
Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
See Piranesi, F, 1804. Antiquités de la Grande Grèce : Tome I. Paris: Piranesi and Le Blanc, Pl. VIII.
VI.1.2 Pompeii. October 2017. Looking
north-east across bar-counter towards rear rooms.
Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VI.1.2 Pompeii. September 2005. Looking east across counter with marble top, hearth and display shelves.
VI.1.2 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking south across counter.
VI.1.2 Pompeii. Pre-1778 drawing by J. B. Piranesi, engraved by F. Piranesi, published 1804. Looking south towards counter, with Via Consolare, on right.
See Piranesi, F,
1804. Antiquités de la Grande Grèce : Tome I. Paris : Piranesi and Le
Blanc, pl. XI.
VI.1.2, Pompeii. December 2018.
Looking west across hearth and counter from rear, towards Via Consolare. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.
VI.1.2 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking west across hearth and counter to Via Consolare.
VI.1.2 Pompeii. March 2009. Hearth at end of counter.
VI.1.2 Pompeii. May 2003.
Looking towards north side of counter, at its eastern end near the hearth. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
VI.1.2 Pompeii. May 2003. Looking across counter and hearth, from rear. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
VI.1.2 Pompeii. March 2009. Small room on south side of VI.1.2 linking to VI.1.4.
VI.1.2 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to room on north side of caupona.
VI.1.2 Pompeii. March 2009. North wall of room on north side of caupona.
VI.1.2 Pompeii. March 2009. West wall of room on north side of caupona.
VI.1.2 Pompeii. March 2009. South-west corner of room on north side of caupona.
VI.1.2 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to room on east side of caupona.
VI.1.2 Pompeii. March 2009. East wall of room on east side of caupona.