Herculaneum IV.15. Bar and shop with entrance in Decumanus Inferiore, linked to IV.16, and dwelling at IV.12-13.
Excavated 1931-32.
Wallace-Hadrill wrote that this was a shop with a marble veneered counter, grain and vegetables in containers; food and drink served to clients in rear room.
See Wallace-Hadrill, A., 1994. Houses and Society in Pompeii and Herculaneum. New Jersey: Princeton U.P. (p.201)
IV.15, Herculaneum, on left, September 2015.
Looking west along Decumanus Inferiore from junction with Cardo V. IV.15 is on the left, and V.34 is on the right.
IV.15, Herculaneum,
June 2008.
Looking south to
entrance across Decumanus Inferiore, with Cardo V, on left. Photo courtesy of
Nicolas Monteix.
IV.15, Herculaneum, September 2017.
Looking south to entrance doorway at
junction of Decumanus Inferiore, with Cardo V, on left. Photo courtesy of Klaus
Heese.
IV.15 Herculaneum, October 2014. Looking south-west across counter-room. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
IV.15 Herculaneum, June 2008. Looking south-west towards
entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
IV.15 Herculaneum, May 2006. General view, looking
south-west across entrance doorway. Photo
courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
IV.15 Herculaneum, 7th
August 1976. Looking south-west across entrance doorway
on Decumanus Inferiore.
Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer, from Dr George
Fay’s slides collection.
IV.15 Herculaneum. Undated postcard entitled “Thermopolium”.
Looking south-west across entrance doorway.
Photo courtesy of Peter Woods.
IV.15 Herculaneum, June 2005. Looking south towards
threshold to shop/bar-room. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
Decumanus Inferiore, Herculaneum. September 2015.
South side of roadway, with IV.15 on corner, and exterior façade of IV.13, on right. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Decumanus Inferiore, Herculaneum. September 2015.
South side of roadway, exterior façade of IV.13/15. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Decumanus Inferiore, south side, Herculaneum. May 2005.
Exterior façade between IV.15, on left, and IV.14, on right.
Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
Cardo V Inferiore, Herculaneum, September 2015. Looking south between Ins. Or. II.3 on left, and fountain and Ins. IV 16 on right.
Cardo V Inferiore, Herculaneum, October 2014.
Looking south-west towards fountain on corner near Ins. IV 15/16 on right. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Fountain on corner of Ins. IV, at junction of Decumanus Inferiore and Cardo V Inferiore, Herculaneum. 1957. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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Cardo V Inferiore, Herculaneum, September 2015.
Looking south towards fountain decorated with head of Neptune, on corner near Ins. IV 16 on right.
Cardo V Inferiore, Herculaneum, May 2010. Fountain decorated with head of Neptune with dolphins.
IV.15 Herculaneum, October 2012.
Looking south-east across counter-room, towards other entrance at IV.16. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
IV.16,
entrance doorway to same bar-room is on the right, with doorway onto Cardo V. Photo courtesy of Robert Hanson.