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Data
A) Total area: 65.2 Nodes: 24.7 Connectors: 0 Static spaces: 40.5
B) Total # spaces: 3 # Nodes: 1 # Connectors: 0 # Static spaces: 2
C) Area, DR◊(b): 21.9 Length, DR◊(b): 6.93 Width, DR◊(b): 3.16
D) Entry prox., DR◊(b): 9.0 E) Entry access., DR◊(b): 4
I) Decorative amenities, DR◊(b): Portions of white plaster remain on the N and E walls; Mau
reports 3rd style decoration on a black ground.
Synthesis
If dining ever took place in back room (b) of this workshop-house, no evidence remains,
nor any evidence for cooking. It is perhaps best to characterize back rooms (a, b) simply as
multipurpose living, work and storage areas.
5. I.4.8, 10, Tabernae, (work)shops (Figs. 2.3, 5.2, 5.11)
Synopsis
These two shops flanking the entrance to (I.4.9) were already described as "ruined" by
Fiorelli. I.4.8 has two masonry podia just inside the shop on either side of the door, and a
staircase in back to a loft. I.4.10 once connected to (I.4.9) but later blocked off, has no internal
features. No evidence for cooking or eating can be assigned to either shop, as the record of finds
in the PAH is mixed with the excavation of other buildings.
References
CTP IIIA, 8-9; Gassner 1986, 128; Dwyer, PG 1980 (5), 5; Fiorelli 1875, 66; Fiorelli 1873, 68;
Niccolini II, "Descr. Gen.", 79, PAH II, 617-620 (27 Set. - 3 Ott. 1855).
Data (I.4.8)
A) Total area: 19.0 Nodes: 16.9 Connectors: 2.1 Static spaces: 0.0
B) Total # spaces: 2 # Nodes: 1 # Connectors: 1 # Static spaces: 0
Data (I.4.10)
A) Total area: 23.1 Nodes: 23.1 Connectors: 0.0 Static spaces: 0.0
B) Total # spaces: 1 # Nodes: 1 # Connectors: 0 # Static spaces: 0
6. I.4.9, Casa, casa piccola (Figs. 1.21, 2.3, 5.2, 5.11, 5.35-36)
Synopsis
This is a small house with side rooms only on the N of atrium (b). A large tablinum (h)
rests in back with wide doorways onto both the atrium and a narrow open court (n). A
passageway (i) leads past the tablinum and provides access to a stairway to upper floor rooms on
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