Herculaneum Ins. Or. II.11. Dye house. Tinctoria.
According to Maiuri, this was a dye-house with a furnace.
See Maiuri, Amedeo, (1977). Herculaneum. 7th English ed, of Guide books to the Museums Galleries and Monuments of Italy, No.53 (p.57).
According to Wallace-Hadrill, the interconnected shop at number 11, is shown by its vats to be another tinctoria.
See Wallace-Hadrill, A. (2011). Herculaneum, Past and Future. London, Frances Lincoln Ltd., (p.278)
Ins. Orientalis II.11, on right, Herculaneum. October 2014.
Looking east towards doorways on Cardo V Superiore, with Ins.Or.II.12, on left. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Ins. Or. II.11,
Herculaneum. June 2006. Looking east to entrance doorway on Cardo V. Photo
courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
Ins. Or. II.11,
Herculaneum. January 2002. Looking east to façade. Photo courtesy of Nicolas
Monteix.
Ins. Orientalis II.11, Herculaneum. September 2015. Looking north towards entrance doorway.
Ins. Orientalis II.11, Herculaneum. September 2015. Threshold of entrance doorway.
Ins. Orientalis II.11, Herculaneum. September 2015. Looking east towards doorways in east wall.
Ins. Orientalis II.11, Herculaneum. September 2015.
Looking towards north wall of shop-room. The doorway in the north-east corner links to Ins.Or.II.12.
Ins. Or. II.11,
Herculaneum. January 2002. Looking
towards west end of north wall of shop-room. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
Ins. Or. II.11,
Herculaneum. January 2002. North wall, east end, with doorway linking to
Ins.Or.12. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
Ins. Orientalis II.11, Herculaneum. September 2015. Two doorways in east wall.
The doorway on the right leads into the room linked to Ins.Or.II.10.
Ins. Or. II.11,
Herculaneum. January 2002. Doorway to room in north-east corner, on left. Photo
courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
Ins. Orientalis II.11, Herculaneum. September 2015.
Looking east through doorway on east wall of shop-room, in north-east corner.
Ins. Or. II.11,
Herculaneum. January 2002. Two doorways in east wall. Photo courtesy of Nicolas
Monteix.
Ins. Or. II.11,
Herculaneum. June 2006.
East wall of
shop-room on south side of doorway to middle rear room. Photo courtesy of
Nicolas Monteix.
Ins. Or. II.11,
Herculaneum. June 2006.
Detail from south
side of doorway in east wall of shop-room. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
Ins. Orientalis II.11, Herculaneum. September 2015. South wall of shop-room. The latrine was in the south-west corner of the shop-room.
Ins. Orientalis II.11, Herculaneum. September 2015. Looking east across flooring of shop-room.
Near the north wall, centre left, are the remains of the vats/equipment used in the dye-house.
The discovery of two dolia embedded as furnaces into a masonry podium with a small staircase at one side, led to the belief that this building was a dye-house.
Ins. Orientalis II.11, Herculaneum. September 2015.
Looking east through doorway in east wall in south-east corner, across the room linking to the corridor of Ins.Or.II.10, towards the rear-room.
Ins. Orientalis II.11, Herculaneum. September 2015.
Looking north-east to doorway from doorway in Ins. Or. II.10.
Ins. Or. II.11,
Herculaneum. June 2005.
East wall in
south-east corner of middle rear room. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
Ins. Or. II.11,
Herculaneum. July 2001.
East wall in
south-east corner of middle rear room. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
Ins. Orientalis II.11, from 10, Herculaneum. September 2015.
Looking towards north wall of middle rear room.
Ins. Or. II.11, Herculaneum. September 2015.
Looking north-west to doorway to shop-room, of middle rear room.
Ins. Or. II.11,
Herculaneum. July 2001.
Doorway in west
wall of middle rear room to shop-room. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
Ins. Orientalis II.11, Herculaneum, second from left in
photo. December 2004.
General view of
Ins. Or. II, 10, 11, 13 (with two rooms), and 14, looking west at rear
across rectangular area of Palaestra portico.
Photo courtesy of
Nicolas Monteix.
Ins. Or. II.11,
Herculaneum. June 2005. South wall of rear room. Photo courtesy of Nicolas
Monteix.
Ins. Or. II.11,
Herculaneum. June 2005. West wall of rear room, with doorway into middle rear
room. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
Ins. Orientalis II.11, Herculaneum. December 2004.
Looking west across rear room towards doorway, and into a
room with an upper floor. Photo
courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
Ins. Or. II.11,
Herculaneum. June 2005. North wall of rear room. Photo courtesy of Nicolas
Monteix.
Ins. Or. II.11,
Herculaneum. December 2004.
Detail of north
wall at east end. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.