VI.17.3 Pompeii. Entrance to
caupona.
Linked to VI.17.4. First excavated 1757?
According to
Fiorelli –
“VI.17.3 and 4.
Il termopolio che segue ha due aditi, tra i quali era un pilastro portante
nella sommita un fallo a rilievo, in un piccola edicola sporgente dal muro.
Vi erano sotto
altri programmi, ne’quali proponevansi alla edilita lo stesso Giulio Polibio,
Sabino, e M. Cerrinio Vatia.
La bottega
fornita del solito podio co’gradini e il fornello, aveva nello interno un
androne, cui stavano ai lati l’apotheca, il triclinio, due cellette, e poi un
altro triclinio ed un cubicolo: teneva in fondo tre grandi celle, e da una di
esse il passagio nell’hospitium.”
See Fiorelli, G.
(1875). Descrizione di Pompei, (p.431-2)
See Pappalardo, U., 2001. La Descrizione di Pompei per Giuseppe Fiorelli (1875). Napoli: Massa Editore. (p.158).
(translation –
“VI. 17.3 and 4. The thermopolium that follows has two
entrances, between which was a pillar carrying a phallus in relief at the top,
in a small protruding aedicula.
Underneath there were other inscriptions, in which were
proposed the same Julius Polybius, Sabino, and M. Cerrinio
Vatia, for aediles.
The bar-room was furnished with the usual podium with
steps/shelves and a hearth, in the interior was a corridor, storeroom, the
triclinium, two rooms and then another triclinium and a cubiculum were on
either side: having at the rear three large rooms, and in one of them was the
passage into the hospitium (at VI.17.1).”
VI.17.3 Pompeii. April 2019.
Entrance doorway on Via Consolare, on left. Looking north to Herculaneum Gate. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VI.17.4/3 Pompeii. 1771 drawing of entrances and plaque with electoral slogan underneath.
In AdE the location
is described as near the gate and along the ancient road of this city.
See Antichità di Ercolano: Tomo Sesto: Bronzi 2 – Statue, 1771, vignette, p. 393.
VI.17.3 Pompeii.
December 2005. Entrance doorway on Via Consolare.
VI.17.3 Pompeii. May 2011. Looking west from Via Consolare towards entrance doorway, in centre.
VI.17.3 Pompeii.
December 2005. December 2005. Entrance doorway.
VI.17.3 Pompeii. September 2005. Looking west into entrance of caupona, and south-west to rear rooms linked to VI.17.4.
For other photographs of rear rooms, see VI.17.4.
VI.17.3 Pompeii. May 2005. Looking west through entrance doorway.
VI.17.4 Pompeii left and VI.17.3 right. December 2006. The brick pilaster in the centre is the location of the plaque below.
VI.17.4 left and VI.17.3 right, Pompeii. July 2010.
The brick pilaster in the centre is the location of the plaque below. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
VI.17.4 Pompeii left and VI.17.3 right, lower Fig. I, looking west from Via Consolare.
Pre-1778 drawing by J. B. Piranesi, engraved by F. Piranesi, published 1804.
Drawing by Piranesi, described as –
“Different sides and elevations to show the interior and exterior of the Bar with Phallus.”
The upper, Fig. II, is how he drew the interior, including a lararium painting on the centre pillar, looking west towards Via Consolare.
VI.17.4
Pompeii, on left, and VI.17.3, on right. Brick pilaster between entrances.
Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Plaque with phallus between VI.17.4 and VI.17.3 Pompeii. March 2018.
Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Plaque with phallus between VI.17.4 and VI.17.3 Pompeii. July 2010. Looking west.
Plaque with phallus between VI.17.4 and VI.17.3 Pompeii. December 2005. Looking west.
Plaque with phallus between VI.17.4 and VI.17.3 Pompeii. March 2018. Looking south.
Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR
Pilaster below phallus between VI.17.4 and VI.17.3 Pompeii. March 2018. Detail of masonry, looking south.
Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR
VI.17.6 to VI.17.1 Pompeii. Looking south along west side (right) of Via Consolare from near Herculaneum Gate.
See Hamilton, Sir William. (1777). Account of the discoveries at Pompeii. (plate VIII).