| The building |
| Description and function |
Along Via della Foce to the west and Via degli Horrea Epagathiana to the east are shops behind a porticus. The rows of shops are connected by a long, narrow corridor. Travertine staircases were accessible from the west porticus and the corridor. Probably fish was sold in the west part. |
| Date |
Built during the reign of Commodus. |
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Nrs. 459-472
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| Description |
There are cornerstones in the piers of the portico on the west side, that we numbered I-VI. The stones are low in the wall and at mid-height.
There are no stones in pier I, of which only the lower part has been preserved. A low stone could have been preserved, but is the masonry ancient?
Pier II has been preserved badly, and the upper part of what remains is modern.
Nr. 459: a low cornerstone in the south-west corner of pier II.
Nrs. 460-461: a low and mid stone in the north-west corner of pier III.
Nr. 462: a low stone in the south-west corner of pier III.
Nrs. 463-464: a low and mid stone in the north-west corner of pier IV.
Nr. 465: a low stone in the south-west corner of pier IV.
Nrs. 466-467: a low and mid stone in the north-west corner of pier V.
Nr. 468: a low stone in the south-west corner of pier V.
Nr. 469: a low stone in the north-west corner of pier VI, next to a very large travertine stone. The upper part of this pier is lost.
Nrs. 470-471: a cornerstone in each of the jambs of the entrance to the staircase behind piers V-VI, at mid-height.
Nr. 472: a "centralized" stone in a corner to the south (see photo).
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| Date |
The stones belong to the first building phase. |
| Measurements |
Meas. according to VdM, low stones in the facade: starting at av. h. 0.39; av. l. 0.22, av. w. 0.39, av. h. 0.22; mid stones in the facade: starting at av. h. 1.21; av. l. 0.21, av. w. 0.35, av. h. 0.14. Nr. 470: starts at 0.96 from threshold; l. 0.23, w. 0.39, h. 0.14. Nr. 471: starts at 0.99 from threshold; l. partly visible only, w. 0.45, h. 0.18. Nr. 472: starts at 0.79 from ground; l. partly visible only, w. 0.12, h. 0.15. |
| Remarks |
There seems to be a pattern LM - L, LM - L, LM - L, from north to south. Note that the low stones are higher than the mid stones.
There are no stones in the portico on the east side of the building.
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Plan of the west part of the building.
From Mar 1996, fig. 15.
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