Regio IX, Insula 7
Length of block – 55.65 m
West side street – Vicolo di Tesmo (3.47 m wide)
East side street – Unexcavated street (4.37 m wide)
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Doorway | Excavation Date(s) [1] |
Function [2] |
Name [2] |
IX, 7, 13 | 1881 | Eating and drinking establishment | None |
IX, 7, 12 | 1867, 1881 | House | House of Polyphem and of Galathea |
IX, 7, 11 | 1912 | Shop and workshop - bronzeware? | Shop and workshop of Jucundus? |
IX, 7, 10 | 1912 | Shop | None |
IX, 7, 9 | 1912 | House Upper story - chess players' hall or club |
House of Popidius Montanus House of the Chess Players House of the Lantruculi [board game] Players |
IX, 7, 8 | 1912 | House | None |
IX, 7, 7 | 1912 | Shop - clothing and shoes for women | Shop of Cuculla? |
IX, 7, 6 | 1912 | House | House of the Clothier M. Vecilius Verecundus House of the Chariot of Venus |
IX, 7, 5 | 1912 | Shop and workshop - felt production, weaving and factory for gold embroidered linen tunics | Shop of Marcus Caecilius Verecundus Felter's Workshop of M. Vecilius Verecundus, clothier |
IX, 7, 4 | 1912 | Shop | Shop of Sergius Felix |
IX, 7, 3 | 1912 | House | House of Sittii Pompeiani House of P. Sittius Coniunctus |
IX, 7, 2 | 1912 | Workshop - wool dyeworks | Tenant of P. Sittius Coniunctus? |
IX, 7, 1 | 1911 | Workshop - felt production Shop |
House of Venus and the Four Gods Shop of the Four Divinities |
[1] Excavation dates have been transcribed from Gebäudeverzeichnis und Stadtplan der antiken Stadt POMPEJI by Liselotte Eschebach and Jürgen Müller-Trollius (Köln: Böhlau Verlag, 1993).
[2] The functions and names of the individual buildings are taken from a Catalogue of the Names of the Structures Along Via dell’Abbondanza, which was compiled by the authors. This information was obtained from seven authorities on Pompeii that are described in the Names Catalogue section of this website. The original source material for this insula can be found in the table entitled Names - North Side. Similar entries have been condensed or combined and Italian, Latin and German terms have been translated into English.