Regio VIII, Insula 4
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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| 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.