Herculaneum V.6. Bottega di Nettuno e Anfitrite. Wine/food shop, linked to V.7.
Excavated 1932-34.
This large shop is on the south side of the entrance doorway to the house and has a doorway in its rear east wall leading into one of the rooms at the side of the atrium.
According to Maiuri, this is the best preserved of all the hundreds of shops discovered both here and at Pompeii.
It gives an excellent idea of what a classical-age shop would have been like.
On the large counter near the entrance, the shop-fittings and goods of the last day and hours of business, still lay.
Inside on the shelves, were the wine amphorae, in upright and lying positions according to their requirements – some being sold full, other emptied in the shop.
Behind the counter was a sort of wooden partition with a close grating.
According to Wallace-Hadrill, this was a wine shop with well-preserved counter and amphora rack, back room separated by wooden partition giving upper storage space.
Upper apartment with balcony, kitchen and 2 living rooms, both with Style III/IV decoration, including inserted mythological panel, accessible from stairs in back room reached from shop or atrium of main house.
See Wallace-Hadrill, A., 1994. Houses and Society in Pompeii and Herculaneum. New Jersey: Princeton U.P. (p.202).
See Pesando, F. and
Guidobaldi, M.P. (2006). Pompei,
Oplontis, Ercolano, Stabiae. Editori Laterza, (p.350)
Lower floor
V.6 Herculaneum. May 2010.
Downpipe in wall of Bottega di Nettuno e Anfitrite on east side of Cardo IV Superiore.
V.6 Herculaneum. May 2010. Looking east to entrance doorway.
V.6 Herculaneum. 1957. Entrance doorway and upper and lower floors. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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V.6 Herculaneum, September 2015. Entrance doorway.
V.6 Herculaneum. March 2014. Looking east towards entrance doorway on Cardo IV.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
V.6 Herculaneum, September 2015. Entrance doorway and upper floor.
Cardo IV Superiore, Herculaneum. Looking north along Cardo IV Superiore towards Insula V., during excavations.1935.
Photo by Fratelli Alinari (I.D.E.A.). Alinari No 43312.
V.6 the doorway to the wine/food shop is on the right.
V.7, the doorway to Casa di Nettuno e Anfitrite or House of Neptune and Amphitrite, is in the centre.
V.8, is the area still being excavated beneath props holding wall up, on left.
Used with the permission of the Institute of Archaeology, University of Oxford. File name instarchbx116im012 Resource ID 42241.
See photo on University of Oxford HEIR database
V.6 Herculaneum, September 2015. Looking across remains of counter towards the north-east.
V.6, Herculaneum, April 2018. Looking east. Photo courtesy of Ian Lycett-King.
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V.6 Herculaneum, September 2015. Looking east across dolia in counter.
V.6 Herculaneum, August 2013.
Looking east across counter with remains of dolia embedded in counter. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
V.6 Herculaneum, September 2015. Remains of dolium in counter.
V.6 Herculaneum, September 2015. Looking across shop to doorway to rear room in east wall.
V.6 Herculaneum, photo taken between October 2014 and November 2019.
Looking towards upper east wall in north-east corner. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
V.6 Herculaneum, March 2019. Upper east wall in north-east
corner.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR
V.6 Herculaneum, October 2014. Looking towards upper north wall and north-east corner. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
V.6 Herculaneum, March 2019. Upper east wall at north end.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR
V.6 Herculaneum, August 2013. Detail of amphorae from upper floor at north end of east side of shop. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
V.6, Herculaneum, April 2018. Looking towards upper north-east corner. Photo courtesy of Ian Lycett-King.
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V.6 Herculaneum, May 2009. Upper floor at north end of east side of shop. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
V.6 Herculaneum, 7th August 1976. Upper floor at north end of east side of shop.
Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer, from Dr George Fay’s slides collection.
V.6 Herculaneum. 1957. Upper floor at north end of east side of shop. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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V.6, Herculaneum, April 2018. Looking towards north-east corner. Photo courtesy of Ian Lycett-King.
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V.6 Herculaneum. May 2010. Looking towards north-east corner.
V.6 Herculaneum. Not dated. Looking north-east. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
V.6 Herculaneum. September 2003.
Detail of blocked doorway in east wall of shop-room. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
V.6 Herculaneum. September 2003.
Detail of blocked doorway in east wall of shop-room. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
V.6 Herculaneum. October 2001.
Looking towards north-east corner of shop. Photo courtesy of Peter Woods.
V.6 Herculaneum. September 2016.
Looking towards north-east corner of shop and wooden partition with grating. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
V.6 Herculaneum. May 2010. North-east corner of shop, wooden partition with grating.
V.6 Herculaneum. May 2009. North-east corner of shop. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
V.6 Herculaneum. 7th August 1976. Detail of wooden partition in north-east corner of shop.
Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer, from Dr George Fay’s slides collection.
V.6 Herculaneum, September 2015. Upper floor, east side. Above this wooden partition, there appeared to be a mezzanine level.
V.6 Herculaneum. September 2003.
Looking towards east wall of mezzanine level, with painted decoration. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
V.6 Herculaneum. June 2006.
Looking towards east wall of mezzanine level, with painted decoration. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
V.6 Herculaneum. September 2003.
Looking towards east wall of mezzanine level, with painted decoration. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
V.6 Herculaneum. June 2006. Detail of painted decoration on east wall of mezzanine level. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
V.6 Herculaneum. September 2003. Detail of painted decoration on east wall of mezzanine level. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
V.6 Herculaneum. September 2003. Detail from east wall of mezzanine level. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
V.6 Herculaneum. June 2006. Detail from north end of east wall of mezzanine level. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
V.6 Herculaneum, March 2019. Looking across shop towards
south-east corner.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR
V.6 Herculaneum, March 2019. Looking towards upper
south-east corner.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR
V.6 Herculaneum. May 2010. Looking towards east wall in south-east corner.
V.6 Herculaneum. April 2014. Looking
towards south-east corner of shop.
Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
V.6 Herculaneum, September 2015. South-east corner of shop.
V.6 Herculaneum, May 2009. Hearth in south-east corner of shop. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
V.6 Herculaneum, 1964. South-east corner of shop. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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South-east corner,
upper and lower levels. Photo
courtesy of Klaus Heese.
V.6 Herculaneum. May 2010. Shelving and amphorae on south side of shop.
V.6 Herculaneum. May 2010. Hearth in south-east corner, and amphorae on south side.
V.6 Herculaneum. Photo taken between October 2014 and November 2019.
Shelving on south
side of shop. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
V.6 Herculaneum. May 2009. Amphora rack against south wall. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
V.6 Herculaneum. June 2006. Amphora rack against south wall. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
V.6 Herculaneum. September 2003. South wall of shop-room, with painted decoration. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
V.6 Herculaneum. September 2003. South wall of shop-room, detail of painted decoration. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
V.6 Herculaneum, Not dated.
Looking across shop-room towards south wall with remains of painted decoration. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
V.6 Herculaneum, 1964. South wall with remains of painted decoration beneath amphora rack.
In the centre at the top of the rack, the carbonised rope is still tied to the shelf. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
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V.6 Herculaneum, 1964. Amphora rack against south wall of shop. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
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V.6 Herculaneum, 1957. South wall and south-west corner of shop. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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V.6 Herculaneum. September 2003.
Remains of painted decoration in shop-room. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
V.6 Herculaneum. June 2006. Looking south from upper floor. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
V.6 Herculaneum. June 2006. Looking south from upper floor. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
V.6 Herculaneum. June 2006. Looking south from upper floor. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
V.6 Herculaneum. June 2006. Looking west from upper floor. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
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