VI.8.13 Pompeii. Shop. Rear entrance of VI.8.9.

Linked to VI.8.12. Excavated 1823, 1826, 1845. (Strada di Mercurio s.n = no number).

VI.10 Pompeii. September 2005. Via di Mercurio, looking south with VI.8.12 and 13, on right.

According to Garcia y Garcia, a bomb fell here in the first bombing raid at about 5 o’clock on 13th September 1943.

It fell in the road facing the entrances at VI.8.12 and 13, disrupting the road and pavement for about 3metres.

See Garcia y Garcia, L., 2006. Danni di guerra a Pompei. Rome: L’Erma di Bretschneider. (p.76)

VI.8.13 Pompeii. May 2006. Entrance doorway. For graffiti found, see VI.8.12.

VI.8.13 Pompeii. May 2005. Entrance doorway, looking west.

VI.8.13 Pompeii. May 2006. Entrance doorway, looking west to doorway into VI.8.9.

VI.8.13 Pompeii. December 2007. Entrance doorway and north wall.

VI.8.13 Pompeii. December 2018. Looking west towards doorway leading into rear rooms of VI.8.9. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

VI.8.13 Pompeii. December 2007. Looking west towards doorway to VI.8.9.

VI.8.13 Pompeii. December 2007. Base of steps to upper floor, with hearth and latrine beneath.

VI.8.13 Pompeii. December 2007. Remains of hearth, near south wall.

VI.8.13 Pompeii. December 2007. Site of latrine in south-west corner, with remains of plastered niche.