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Regio
IX
Thermopolium of the Asellinę
This is the most complete inn (thermopolium)
ever discovered in Pompeii. Its furniture partly made of terra-cotta
and partly of bronze was found here. Even the bronze kettle
was still hermetically sealed and apparently it contained water when it
was first unearthed. There is a lararium
(domestic shrine) made of stucco which portrays the god of trade Mercury
and the god of wine Bacchus.
The jars encased in the counter were used to keep beverages and food
hot. The daily take were found in one of them: 638
sesterces, just over the price of a mule that cost 520
sesterces.
An
inner staircase lead to the upper floor. The sign painted on the
outside shows three jugs and a funnel. Above it there is an electoral
inscription in red stating that the Asellinę
Maria (Jewish), Egle
(Greek) and Smiryna (Asiatic)
were supporting the election of Lollius
Fuscus. Asellina
was probably the name of the owner of the inn.
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House
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Thermopolium
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