VII.6.10 Pompeii. Shop. Excavated 1817, 1868, 1910. Bombed in 1943.

Linked to VII.6.11 and other entrance at VII.6.16.

According to Garcia y Garcia Region VII, Insula VI was one of the insulae most devastated over the years since its excavation.

He calls it the “Cinderella” of Pompeii. Between the years 1759 and 1762 it was vandalised and stripped by the Bourbons, then re-interred.

Then came the slow and non-systematic uncovering again before the final destruction in September 1943.

The area was ignored and abandoned during the years following the war, which reduced the insula to a heap of bricks and masonry.

See Garcia y Garcia, L., 2006. Danni di guerra a Pompei. Rome: L’Erma di Bretschneider. (p.102).

According to Fiorelli,

This was a small shop annexed to a nearby building.

(Piccola bottega annessa all’edificio vicino.)

See Pappalardo, U., 2001. La Descrizione di Pompei per Giuseppe Fiorelli (1875). Napoli: Massa Editore. (p.160)

According to NdS,

This was the entrance doorway of a small shop, no.59 on plan, communicating with the following house to the east (number 11 – VII.6.11).

(Vano d’ingresso di una piccola bottega n.59, communicante con l’abitazione seguente, ad oriente, n.XI.)

See Notizie degli Scavi, 1910, p.461.

VII.6.10 Pompeii. 1910 plan by Spano. See Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, 1910, fig. 1, p. 437.

VII.6.10 Pompeii, on left, with VII.6.9 and 8, in centre, and VII.6.7, entrance doorway, on right. December 2018.

Looking south from Via delle Terme. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

VII.6.10 Pompeii. October 2020. Looking south to entrance to shop. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VII.6.10 Pompeii. December 2004. Looking towards east wall with remains of doorway into fauces of VII.6.11, in south-east corner.