viii-4 200 0585 dRegio VIII, Insula 4VIII-4 M 280

Length of block – 75.72 m
West side street – Via dei Teatri (6.11 m wide)
East side street – Via Stabiana (7.37 m wide)


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VIII-4 960 d

VIII-4 BS 960 d

Doorway Excavation Date(s)   [1]
Function   [2]
Name   [2]
       
VIII, 4, 1 1855, 1861 Shop and workshop - paint or unguents
Apartment in upper story - inlay craftsman (?)
None
VIII, 4, 2 1766, 1855, 1861 Shop - ships supplies? Shop of Heracla
VIII, 4, 3 1766, 1855, 1861 Shop - bronze goods Shop of Heracla
VIII, 4, 4 1766, 1855, 1861 Atrium House Casa di C. Holconius Rufus
House of the Postumiorum
House of the QQ. Postumii, Modestus and Proculus and of Blaesia Prima, wife of Modestus, and slaves Heracla, Sagata
House of the Number Four
House of the Drinking Fountain
House of Diana
VIII, 4, 5 1766, 1855, 1861 Shop - arts and crafts None
VIII, 4, 6 1766, 1855, 1861 Stairway to apartment in upper story None
VIII, 4, 7 1856, 1861 Shop Shop of Severus
VIII, 4, 8 1855 Shop - wine/oil Shop of Ianuarius
Shop of Ianuarius and Severus
Shop of Januarius with M. Amullius Cosmus?, salesperson Phoebus?
VIII, 4, 9 1855 Atrium House
House and laundry
House of T Mescini Gelonis
VIII, 4, 10 1851, 1856, 1861 Shop - paints or unguents None
VIII, 4, 11 1855. 1861 Workshop - paints or unguents None
VIII, 4, 12 1861 Inn or tavern
Brothel in rear
None
VIII, 4, 13 1861 Barbershop None
VIII, 4, 14 1855, 1861, 1893 Shop - bakery None
VIII, 4, 15 1855, 1861, 1893 Atrium House House of Cornelia
House of C. Cornelius Rufus
House of CC. Cornelii, Rufus, Ver, Adiutor and Fuscus (military officers of high rank)
VIII, 4, 16 1855, 1861, 1893 Shop None
VIII, 4, 17 1853, 1855 Inn
Eating and drinking establishment
None


[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 - South Side.  Similar entries  have been condensed or combined and Italian, Latin and German terms have been translated into English.

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