VI.17.23-26 was also known as Casa di Polibio or House of Julius Polybius or Casa del Leone.
VI.17.26 Pompeii. September 2021. Looking west to entrance
doorway. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VI.17.26 Pompeii. May 2005. Looking west to entrance doorway.
According to Fiorelli – the dwelling at VI.17.23/25 had six shops attached to it, along the Via Consolare.
According to Mazois – the shops could be accounted for at VI.17.19/20/21/22, and with two shops at VI.17.23/24.
(In fact, VI.17.24 was an entrance (perhaps a shop?) leading to a passageway with stairs, and with an area to the north of it, leading to a step to the peristyle at VI.17.23).
On the Mazois plan, he describes the entrance above, as –
A. Passage which, by means of a gentle ramp, leads to the roadway (see VI.17.25).