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Domus del Pozzo (V,III,3) - nrs. 685-694

The building
Description and function A medianum apartment, later changed into a domus. A door flanked by brick semicolumns leads directly to the medianum (5). Room 1 at the north end was originally a shop, connected with the apartment. The entrance from the street was blocked when the domus was created.
Date Hadrianic.

Nrs. 685-694
Description Each jamb of the door to the medianum has two L-shaped cornerstones, low and high. Each jamb of the door to the shop has three cornerstones, low, mid and high.
Date The stones are in the Hadrianic masonry.
Measurements Meas VdM, 685 and 687: resting on threshold; 686 and 688: visually at the same height as 691 and 694; 685-688: av. l. 0.24, w. 0.25, h. 0.16; 689: resting on threshold; l. 0.26, h. 0.20; 690: starts at 0.73 from threshold; l. 0.20, h. 0.14; 691: starts at 1.43 from threshold; l. 0.18, h. 0.15; 692: resting on threshold; l. 0.24; h. 0.20; 693: starts at 0.75 from threshold; l. 0.31, h. 0.11; 694: starts at 1.46 from threshold; l. 0.20, h. 0.20.

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Plan of the building

Plan of the building. After Hermansen.


Photos



Via della Casa del Pozzo between blocks II and III, seen from the north.




The entrance of medianum 5, seen from the south-west.




The entrance of medianum 5, seen from the inside.




The blocked entrance of shop 1, seen from the south-west.