An important archaeological find came to light in via Traversa Andolfi at Torre Annunziata.
The excavations did not reach the 79 A.D. levels, but none the less uncovered walls and structures that give an idea, although only partial, of the layout of this part of Pompeii’s northern suburb.

The most interesting discovery was a building, presumably a productive unit that included two arched structures (fig. 1), parallel to each other and about 4 m apart. They were built of rows of small amphora with conical bodies, fitted one into the other to form a vaulted covering. This type of structure, constituted by materials whose main function is to lighten the ceiling or vault, rarely survives and is usually badly-preserved if found.
It may be suggested that these structures were part of a kiln, of which a similar example exists at Pompeii, where the vault of the firing chamber is formed by jars fitted one into the other. Obviously, this hypothesis can only be confirmed once the entire building is excavated.
Close to the vaulted structures there were two opus quasi reticulatum walls, one with slit apertures in it (fig. 2), bordering a road about 6.00 m wide with a surface of beaten earth and tufa chippings.

In another trench, the investigation continued of the area close to a funerary monument (fig. 3) which uncovered what seems to be an enclosure wall for the monument itself.
The funerary monument was faced with white plaster and had a marble inscription on its north side (fig. 4) naming Cornelius Nicephorus, magister of the suburban Pompeian pagus. The structure stands by a road with a beaten surface. The monument can be dated to between the second half of the 1st century B.C. and the early 1st century A.D.