Herculaneum V.10. Shop, with rear entrance at V.9.
Excavated 1938.
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V.10 Herculaneum May 2010.
Looking south to north-west corner of insula, shop (10) and adjoining street portico of Cardo IV Superiore.
V.9/10 Herculaneum, on left, May 2010. Looking south along east side of Cardo IV, from corner with Decumanus Maximus.
V.9/10 Herculaneum, May 2010. Looking south along east side of Cardo IV, lead pipes in pavement.
V.10 Herculaneum, exterior west wall and pavement, with lead pipes showing through in Cardo IV Superiore. May 2010.
V.10 Herculaneum, September 2015. Looking south to entrance, on the right is Cardo IV Superiore.
According to Maiuri, in this shop the big pots set into the ground can be seen, which preserved cereals and dried vegetables. For the same purpose the little porch of the pavement on the western side was used, a lot of cereals were actually found here. A deposit of grain was found in fact, on the upper floor, on the gallery which protruded onto the portico of the pavement along the roadway; making that gallery a kind of hanging silo perhaps to better protect the wheat from the humidity of the lower floor.
The shop belonged to the following dwelling (at V.11), as is clearly shown by the little door, through which the two dwellings were connected.
See Maiuri, Amedeo, (1977). Herculaneum. 7th English ed, of Guide books to the Museums Galleries and Monuments of Italy, No.53 (p.45).
Looking south towards shop and upper floor, with Cardo IV. Superiore, on right. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
V.10/12 Herculaneum. May 2005.
Looking east across upper areas, towards the higher west wall of shop at V.13, part of Casa del Bicentennario/House of Bicentenary.
In the lower part of the photo is the upper east wall of the shop-room at V.10 behind that are the upper walls of the entrance corridor of V.11, and then the upper east wall of shop at V.12 which is also a shared dividing wall of V.13/Casa del Bicentennario/House of Bicentenary.
Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
V.10 Herculaneum, October 2014. Looking south to entrance. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
V.10 Herculaneum, October 2012. Looking south to entrance, on the right is Cardo IV Superiore. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
V.10 Herculaneum, June 2014. Looking south towards entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
V.10 Herculaneum, April 2010. Looking south. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
V.10 Herculaneum, April 2010. Looking south-east across shop-room. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
V.10 Herculaneum, April 2010. Looking towards south-east corner.
On the rear, south wall, are holes for shelf-supports. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
V.10 Herculaneum, 7th August 1976. Looking towards south-east corner of shop-room.
Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer, from Dr George Fay’s slides collection.
V. Herculaneum, May 2010. Pilaster between doorway V.11 and V.10 on Decumanus Maximus.
V.10 Herculaneum, September 2015. Looking east.
The shop had its own accommodation on the upper floor, because a staircase led from inside the shop to the mezzanine or upper floor above the shop.
Only the first masonry steps remain, the others being made of wood.
V.10 Herculaneum, September 2015.
Looking east towards small doorway connecting the shop to the small dwelling at V.11.
V.10 Herculaneum, May 2010. Remaining plaster on east wall of shop-room.
V.10 Herculaneum, May 2010. North-east corner of shop.
V.10 Herculaneum. May 2005. Step. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
V.10 Herculaneum. May 2005. Detail of step in shop-room. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
V.10 Herculaneum, May 2010. Floor on east side of shop.
V.10 Herculaneum, September 2015. Cistern mouth or well in floor of shop-room.
V.10 Herculaneum, May 2010. Cistern mouth or well in floor of shop-room.
V.10 Herculaneum. May 2005. Floor of shop-room on east side of counter. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
V.10 Herculaneum. May 2005. Detail of floor of shop-room, looking north. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
V.10 Herculaneum, May 2010. Large terracotta pot in south-east corner of shop-room.
V.10 Herculaneum. May 2006. Looking west above shop-room. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
V.10 Herculaneum, September 2015.
Looking south across counter in shop-room towards a rear room with side entrance doorway at V.9, on right.
V.10 Herculaneum, March 2014.
Looking south across counter in shop-room towards a rear room with side entrance doorway at V.9, on right.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
V.10 Herculaneum, September 2015. Looking south across counter with inset dolia (pots).
V.9/10 Herculaneum. December 2004. Looking towards south-east wall in rear room. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
V.9/10 Herculaneum. December 2004. Detail from south-east wall in rear room. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
V.10 Herculaneum, September 2015. Large pots, dolia, set into the ground in rear room, to preserve cereals and dried vegetables.
V.10 Herculaneum, May 2010. Rear room, with dolia set into floor.
V.10 Herculaneum, May 2010. Rear room, doorway at V.9 in west wall leading to Cardo IV Superiore.
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