Herculaneum III.10. Bottega del Lanarius or Workshop of Lanarius.
Excavated between 1928-29.
According to Maiuri, this shop-room had no communication with the Casa del Tramezzo di legno, although it would undoubtedly have belonged to the same proprietor. The square room had a very low ceiling, a floor of beaten earth and steps to an upper floor. Found in the shop-room was a wooden press with a central screw for pressing clothes. It was undoubtedly the shop of a clothes-merchant, a lanarius.
According to Pesando and Guidobaldi, in the south wall of the shop-room, near to a small arched lararium niche, were small stairs to the upper floor comprising of two rooms. The room placed above the shop-room was provided with a latrine, whose discharge channel was connected to the latrine of the shop at number 9. The other room was positioned above the cubiculum and entrance corridor of the Casa del Tramezzo di legno. One of the windows from a room in the upper floor also gave or took light into the atrium of the Casa, giving some credence to the fact that the owner of the Casa and the tenant or owner of the shop were closely linked.
Found during the excavation of the shop, which had already been traversed by the Bourbon tunnels, was a single, exceptional artefact; a press of charred wood, positioned within a masonry basin/tank, but of which no trace remained.
See Pesando, F. and Guidobaldi, M.P. (2006). Pompei, Oplontis, Ercolano, Stabiae. Editori Laterza, (p.324-5).
III.10, on left, Herculaneum, September 2015.
Looking west along Decumanus Inferiore, from junction with Cardo IV. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
III.10, on left, Herculaneum, August 2006. Looking south to doorway, with III.9 on right with windows. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
III.10, Herculaneum. May 2005. Entrance doorway in northern facade of Insula III. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
III.10, Herculaneum. May 2005. Wall to west side of entrance doorway in northern facade of Insula III. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
III.10, Herculaneum. May 2005. Upper wall to west side of entrance doorway in northern facade of Insula III.
Window of III.9. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
III.10, on right, Herculaneum, September 2015.
Looking at junction with Cardo IV Inferiore, on left, and Decumanus Inferiore, on right. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
III.10 Herculaneum, September 2015. Looking south to entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
III.10 Herculaneum, August 2013. Identification nameplate. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Shop of the fabric merchant with the only remaining example of a wooden screw press (torcular or pressorium) which was used to iron clothes.
III.10, Herculaneum, May 2018. Looking south across shop towards wooden screw press. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
III.10, Herculaneum, photo taken between October 2014 and November 2019.
Looking south across shop towards wooden screw press. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
III.10 Herculaneum, August 2013. Wooden screw press used to iron clothes (torcular or pressorium). Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
lll.10 Herculaneum, October 2012. Wooden screw press used to iron clothes (torcular or pressorium). Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
lll.10 Herculaneum, May 2018. Wooden screw press. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
lll.10 Herculaneum, May 2018. Detail of wooden screw press. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
lll.10 Herculaneum, May 2018. Detail of wooden screw press. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
lll.10 Herculaneum, May 2018. Detail of wooden screw press. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
lll.10 Herculaneum, October 2012. Detail of the wooden screw press. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
III.10, Herculaneum. May 2005. Wooden press. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
III.10, Herculaneum, June 2005. Press. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
III.10, Herculaneum, June 2005. Press. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
III.10, Herculaneum, June 2005. Detail of press. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
III.10, Herculaneum, June 2005. Detail of the press. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
III.10, Herculaneum, May 2005. Detail of the press. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
III.10, Herculaneum, May 2005. Detail of the press. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
III.10, Herculaneum, May 2005. Press, with carbonised wood. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
III.10 Herculaneum, 1961. Wooden screw press (torcular or pressorium).
The staircase would have led to the upper floor small dwelling, consisting of two rooms. 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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III.10, Herculaneum. September 2003. Looking south towards upper floor of room above shop-room. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
III.10, Herculaneum. September 2003.
Looking towards latrine in upper room. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
III.10, Herculaneum. September 2003. Latrine in upper floor room. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
III.10, Herculaneum. September 2003.
Detail of downpipe of latrine in upper floor room. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
III.10, Herculaneum. September 2003.
Detail of downpipe of latrine in upper floor room, connecting to latrine in III.9. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
III.10, Herculaneum. May 2005.
Looking towards doorway in upper south wall. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
III.10, Herculaneum. September 2003.
Looking towards east wall with windows, of room positioned above the cubiculum and entrance corridor of the Casa del Tramezzo di legno
Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
III.10, Herculaneum. May 2005. Looking towards south wall and south-west corner with remains of painted decoration.
Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
III.10, Herculaneum. May 2005. Looking towards (enhanced) south wall and south-west corner of room on upper floor.
Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
III.10, Herculaneum. May 2005.
Detail from south wall of room positioned above the cubiculum and entrance corridor of the Casa del Tramezzo di legno
Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
III.10, Herculaneum. May 2005.
Detail (enhanced) of south wall of room positioned above the cubiculum and entrance corridor of the Casa del Tramezzo di legno
Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.