Herculaneum Ins. Or. II.6. Bar or Shop, possibly of Marcus Livius Alcimus.
Excavated 1932-41.
According to Maiuri, this was a shop with a selling counter and the remains of decoration with a yellow background.
In the rear room of the shop there were amphorae both upright and upside down, inserted within one another.
See Maiuri, Amedeo, (1977). Herculaneum. 7th English ed, of Guide books to the Museums Galleries and Monuments of Italy, No.53 (p.57).
Guidobaldi wrote that this was a thermopolium with a rear shop-room and dwelling on the upper floor.
See Guidobaldi, M.P, 2009: Ercolano, guida agli scavi. Naples, Electa Napoli, (p.49).
According to Wallace-Hadrill, number 6 is a shop with a sales counter with four dolia built into it, and a number of amphorae stacked in the backroom, one carrying the address label ‘M. Livi Alcimi Herclani’, Marcus Livius Alcimus of Herculaneum.
See Wallace-Hadrill, A. (2011). Herculaneum, Past and Future. London, Frances Lincoln Ltd., (p.276).
Ins. Orientalis II.6, Herculaneum. September 2015. Looking towards entrance doorway.
Ins.Or.II.6, on right, Herculaneum. December 2008.
Looking towards entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
Ins. Orientalis II.6, Herculaneum, October 2012. Looking east to entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Ins. Orientalis II.6, Herculaneum, June 2006. Looking east to entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
Ins. Orientalis II.6, Herculaneum. September 2015. Looking towards north wall of shop/bar-room.
Ins. Orientalis II.6, Herculaneum. October 2014. Looking towards north wall of shop/bar-room. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Ins. Orientalis II.6, Herculaneum. March 2014. Looking towards counter against north wall of shop/bar-room.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR
Ins. Orientalis II.6, Herculaneum. September 2015. Looking north along threshold of entrance doorway.
Ins Or II, 6, Herculaneum. June 2006. Looking west across recomposed threshold from interior. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
Ins Or II, 6, Herculaneum. June 2006. South end of threshold. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
Ins Or II, 6, Herculaneum. June 2006. Central section of threshold. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
Ins Or II, 6, Herculaneum. June 2006. North end of threshold. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
Ins. Orientalis II.6, Herculaneum. September 2015.
Looking towards north wall with holes for support beams for an upper floor.
On the right, in the north-east corner are the remains of mezzanine floor, as reconstructed by Maiuri.
Ins. Orientalis II.6, Herculaneum. September 2015.
Looking towards east wall of shop/bar-room with doorways on the upper floor, as well as doorway to a rear room from the shop/bar-room.
Ins. Orientalis II.6, Herculaneum. September 2015.
Looking towards south wall with holes for support beams for an upper floor.
Ins Or II, 6, Herculaneum. June 2006. General view across counter, looking south-east.
The stairs leading to the upper floor would have been against the south wall.
The latrine would have been situated in the south-west corner, behind the brick wall, on right. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
Ins Or II, 6, Herculaneum. 7th August 1975. General view across counter, looking east.
Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer, from Dr George Fay’s slides collection.
Ins Or II, 6, Herculaneum. December 2004. Hole/drain in south-west corner of shop/bar-room. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
Ins Or II, 6, Herculaneum. December 2004. Detail of hole/drain. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
Ins. Orientalis II.6, Herculaneum. September 2019.
Looking north-east across counter with imbedded dolia. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Ins. Orientalis II.6, Herculaneum. September 2015. Looking north-east across counter with imbedded dolia.
Ins. Orientalis II.6, Herculaneum. May 2009. Looking north across three-sided counter. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Ins. Orientalis II.6, Herculaneum. September 2015. Looking north-west across counter, from its rear.
Ins. Orientalis II.6, Herculaneum. September 2015. Detail from rear of counter, looking west.
Ins Or II, 6, Herculaneum. December 2004.
Flooring at rear east end of south arm of counter. Looking west. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
Ins Or II, 6, Herculaneum. December 2004.
Detail of area of flooring at rear east end of south arm of counter. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
Ins Or II, 6, Herculaneum. December 2004.
Detail of area of flooring at rear east end of south arm of counter. Looking east. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
Ins. Orientalis II.6, Herculaneum. September 2015. Looking towards south-east corner of shop/bar-room.
Ins. Orientalis II.6, Herculaneum. September 2015. Looking towards south-east corner of shop/bar-room.
Ins. Orientalis II.6, Herculaneum. September 2015. Doorway to rear room from shop/bar room.
Ins. Orientalis II.6, Herculaneum. September 2015.
Looking east across rear room, with remains of mezzanine floor, and holes for support beams for an upper floor.
Ins. Orientalis II.6, Herculaneum. September 2015.
South-east corner and south wall in second rear room reached from doorway in the other rear room.
Ins. Orientalis II.6, Herculaneum. September 2015. Threshold of entrance doorway to shop/bar room.
Ins. Orientalis II.6, Herculaneum. September 2015. Step up from roadway.