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V.4.6 Pompeii. May 2005. Entrance.

V.4.6 Pompeii. May 2006. Entrance on Via di Nola. Looking north.

V.4.6 Pompeii. May 2006. Looking north from entrance.

V.4.6 Pompeii. May 2006. Looking north from entrance towards rear room.

V.4.6 Pompeii. May 2006. Looking north-east from entrance.

V.4.6

V.4.6 Pompeii. December 2007.
Looking from rear of shop to entrance on Via di Nola.
In
this room paintings of Mercury, Venus Pompeiana and Bacchus were found.
See Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, 1899,
p. 343-5.

V.4.6 Pompeii.
Painting of Mercury. The background was red.
Mercury was nude,
carrying his green cloak with winged helmet and shoes.
In his right hand he
held his purse and his staff in his left hand.
See Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, 1899, p. 343, fig 4.

V.4.6 Pompeii.
Painting of Venus Pompeiana with cupid.
The background was
red.
See Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, 1899,
p. 344, fig 5.

V.4.6 Pompeii.
Painting of Maenad with Bacchus.
The background was
red.
On the right was
Bacchus, but his head was missing from the painting.
He poured the liquid
from a jug into the mouth of his panther.
On the left we see a
standing Maenad, crowned with ivy and dressed in green robe.
In her right hand she
held a tambourine and a wand in her left.
See Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, 1899, p. 345, fig 6.

V.4.6 Pompeii. December 2007.
Looking from rear of shop towards entrance on Via di
Nola.
According to Sogliano,
found in this rear room where one entered from doorway at V.4.8, were two
skeletons, with other finds.
See Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, 1899,
(p.103)