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fauces (a) of (I.4.22), and a window in its back room (b) that connects with the atrium (b) of the
same house, so it is possible that the owner of (I.4.22) also had an interest in these two shops. No
cooking or dining evidence is reported, but some carbonized olives that may have been
discovered here (PAH II, 664).
References
CTP IIIA, 8-9; Gassner 1986, 128; Fiorelli 1875, 68; Fiorelli 1873, 69; PAH II, 661 (19-23 Apr.), 663-
664 (16 Giu. - 6 Ago.?).
Data
A) Total area: 69.7 Nodes: 36.9 Connectors: 0.0 Static spaces: 32.8
B) Total # spaces: 3 # Nodes: 1 # Connectors: 0 # Static spaces: 2
12. I.4.26, Fullonica di Dionysios, (work)shop (Figs. 2.3, 5.2, 5.14, 5.45)
Synopsis
In the SW corner of the main room of this workshop are the remains of a small basin with
opus signinum lining; just to the E along the S wall is a fragmentary wall of a hearth or furnace
(Fig. 5.39). Mau noted fragmentary decoration of the 1st and 2nd style near the same corner of
the room. To the W is a small room (b) with a latrine under the stairs to the upper floor from #25;
to the E is a large room (a) with a window onto the street. The installations in the main room led
Moeller to identify the property as an officina lanifricaria. Electoral recommendations to the E of
the entrance by a freedman Dionysios (who identifies himself as a fuller) for his patron L.
Popidius Secundus (occupant of I.4.5+25) indicate a dependent relationship of this small
establishment upon the Casa del Citarista. Hypothetically, the hearth/furnace could have been
used for cooking as well as working, and the large room (a) might have provided eating-space as
well as storage, work, and living space. However, if the proprietor was a freedman of the Casa
del Citarista, he and his staff may well have lived and eaten in the large house.
References
Moeller 1976, 31, #2; Dwyer, PG 1980 (5), 7; Della Corte 1954, 213-214, #503-504; Mau 1882, 64;
Fiorelli 1875, 68; Fiorelli 1873, 69; PAH II, 665-667 (11 Ago., 25-27 Ago.?), 670 (29 Ott.).
Data
A) Total area: 52.3 Nodes: 23.6 Connectors: 0.0 Static spaces: 28.7
B) Total # spaces: 4 # Nodes: 1 # Connectors: 0 # Static spaces: 3
C) Area, HE: 2.5
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