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VII.3.10 Pompeii. May
2005. Looking south across shop.
According to Helbig,
on the outside wall between VII.3.11 and VII.3.10, on the left, there was a
faint trace of a painted Lar with a situla.
See Helbig, W.,
1868. Wandgemälde der vom Vesuv
verschütteten Städte Campaniens. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel. (no: 93)


According to Boyce, the inside walls of this arched niche
were coated in red stucco.
Fiorelli called
it la nicchia dei Penati.
See Boyce G. K., 1937.
Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome: MAAR 14. (p. 64, no.262)
See Pappalardo, U., 2001. La Descrizione di Pompei per Giuseppe Fiorelli (1875). Napoli: Massa
Editore. (p. 86)


Looking south across shop towards steps to upper floor in
front of rear room, on left.
Four lava paving slabs are laying on the ground to the
left.
