VII.4.3 Pompeii. Shop. Excavated 1824.

VII.4.3  and           VII.4.4 Pompeii. December 2005.

Looking south along portico outside shops on Via del Foro.

VII.4.3 Pompeii. December 2005. Looking east from entrance.

The steps to the upper floor can be seen in the south-east corner of the shop-room, on the right.

The doorway to the rear room can be seen in the north-east corner, on the left.

In the rear room, against the east wall, there is a block of tufa stone, found on this was CIL IV 6602.

This block of stone can partly be seen through the doorway. The graffito read -

 M(arcum)  Artor(ium)  II v(irum)  [...]    [CIL IV 6602]

See Varone, A. and Stefani, G., 2009. Titulorum Pictorum Pompeianorum, Rome: L’erma di Bretschneider, (p.355 & photo XXVb)

Eschebach thought it may have been used as a podium ?

See Eschebach, L., 1993. Gebäudeverzeichnis und Stadtplan der antiken Stadt Pompeji. Köln: Böhlau. (p.272)