I.2.22 Pompeii. Shop with dwelling house. Excavated 1870.
I.2.22 Pompeii. September 2010.
Doorway to room 4, triclinium, in north wall of shop. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.
This is the room that Warscher described as a “cubiculum”.
I.2.22 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to room 4, triclinium.
According to Fiorelli, the word HAVE, was written in white
stone on the triclinium floor. No
longer visible.
See Pappalardo, U., 2001. La Descrizione di Pompei per Giuseppe Fiorelli (1875). Napoli: Massa Editore. (p.37)
I.2.22 Pompeii. 1935 photo taken by Tatiana Warscher.
Doorway to room 4, in north wall of atrium or shop-room.
See Warscher T., 1935. Codex Topographicus Pompeianus: Regio I.2. (no.38), Rome: DAIR, whose copyright it remains.
Warscher
described this photograph as “la porta d’un cubicolo”.
She continued on
to say “La casa è molto malridotta – nulla si vede del pavimento lastricato con
l’iscrizione HAVE”.
I.2.22 Pompeii. September 2010. Room 4, west wall. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.
I.2.22 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 4, north wall.
I.2.22 Pompeii. September 2010. Room 4, east wall and south-east corner. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.
I.2.22 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 4, east wall, with window onto Vicolo del Citarista.
I.2.22 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 4, south wall.
I.2.22 Pompeii. September 2010. Room 4, doorway in south wall, looking into shop. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.
I.2.22 Pompeii. September 2010. Doorway from room 1, looking west into garden area, room 5. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.
I.2.22 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway from room 1, to room 5, open garden area.
According to
Warscher, quoting Fiorelli in Descrizione (p.46), she described –
“Una seconda
area, scoperta nel mezzo, e protetta in due lati con tettoia sostenuta da
pilastro, tiene intorno a se una grande apotheca ed un piccolo dormitorio, con
avanzi di mura appartenete a più vetuste costruzioni”.
See Pappalardo,
U., 2001. La Descrizione di Pompei per
Giuseppe Fiorelli (1875). Napoli: Massa Editore. (p.37)
See Warscher T., 1935. Codex Topographicus Pompeianus: Regio I.2. Rome: DAIR, whose copyright it remains.
(translation: "A second area, uncovered in the middle, and protected on both sides with roof supported by pillars, internally containing a large storeroom and a small dormitory, with leftover walls belonging to much older buildings”.)
I.2.22 Pompeii. September 2010.
Doorway to room 6, looking north from garden. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.
I.2.22 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to room 6, in north-east corner of open garden area.
According to Warscher, the north wall seemed to have been very old.
“Il muro nord
sembra essere molto antico, giacche si vedono i gruppi delle pietre di lava,
come per esempio nella stanza “f” (our room 6).
Le pareti che
separano le stanze “f” e “g” (rooms 6 and 7) dalla grande stanza “e” (room 5)
sono di tufo.
Nell’epoca tarda queste pareti sono state ingrandite con mattoni”. (see picture 40 below).
See Warscher T., 1935. Codex Topographicus Pompeianus: Regio I.2. Rome: DAIR, whose copyright it remains.
(translation: “The northern wall appeared to be very ancient, as you could see groups of lava stones, like for example in room “f” (our room 6).
The walls separating the rooms “f” and “g” (our rooms 6 and 7) from the large room “e” (our room 5) are of tufa.
In the late era, these walls were enlarged with bricks (see picture 40 below).”)
I.2.22 Pompeii. 1935 photo taken by Tatiana Warscher.
Looking towards north side of open garden area, towards pilaster separating room 7 (on left) and room 6, (on right).
See Warscher T., 1935. Codex Topographicus Pompeianus: Regio I.2. (no.40), Rome: DAIR, whose copyright it remains.
I.2.22 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 6, north wall.
I.2.22 Pompeii. September 2010. Room 6, doorway looking south into garden area. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.
I.2.22 Pompeii. September 2018.
Looking north-west across room 5, the garden area, towards small room 7 in north-west corner. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.
I.2.22 Pompeii. September 2010. Doorway to small room 7, looking north. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.
I.2.22 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 7, small room in north-west corner.
I.2.22 Pompeii. 1935 photograph taken by Tatiana Warscher.
Looking towards north-west corner of open area, with window overlooking I.2.24, in the west wall.
According to
Warscher, “Una grande finestra nel muro ovest illuminava la stanza “L” della
casa I.2.24”.
See Warscher T., 1935. Codex Topographicus Pompeianus: Regio I.2. (no.39), Rome: DAIR, whose copyright it remains.
(translation: A large window in the west wall lit the room “L” of house I.2.24”).
I.2.22 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 7, north wall.
I.2.22 Pompeii. September
2018.
Looking south from room 7, along west wall with niche of garden room 5. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.
I.2.22 Pompeii. September 2010. Room 7, looking south across west end of garden area. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.
I.2.22 Pompeii. September 2018.
Looking south towards west wall of garden room 5, with niche in west wall. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.
I.2.22 Pompeii. September 2018. Niche in west wall of garden
room 5. Photo
courtesy of Aude Durand.
I.2.22 Pompeii. March 2009. Niche.
I.2.22 Pompeii. September 2010.
Room 5, detail of niche in west wall of garden area. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.
I.2.22 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 5, small niche in west wall of garden area.
I.2.22 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 5, small niche in west wall of garden area.
I.2.22 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 5, remains of wall plaster below small niche.
I.2.22 Pompeii. September 2010. Room 5, west wall of garden area, with window overlooking I.2.24. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.
I.2.22 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 5, garden area. Looking south.
According to Jashemski, 15 amphoras with inscriptions were found in this area.
See Jashemski, W. F., 1993. The Gardens of Pompeii, Volume II: Appendices. New York: Caratzas. (p.24)
I.2.22 Pompeii. September 2010. Room 5, garden area. Looking south. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.
I.2.22 Pompeii. September 2010.
Room 5, garden area. Looking east to doorway to shop-room, and across to entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.
I.2.22 Pompeii. September 2010. Looking east from shop-room, out of doorway onto Vicolo del Citarista. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.
In Codex Topographicus Pompeianus: Regio I.2, (the copy at DAIR), Warscher included Viola’s description of the insula, from
Gli scavi di Pompei dal 1873 al 1878, p.10 (Pompei e la regione sotterrata dal
Vesuvio nell’anno 1879, Seconda parte).
This is included at the end in all parts of I.2 on the website.
“Nel dicembre del
1873 incomminciò lo scavo di questa isola – quale dovette essere abitata da
moltissime persone. Infatti non si vede grande lusso di abitazioni, nè grandi
locali, ove i ricchi pompeiani passavano la vita nell’ozio e nel piacere; si
può invece osservare grand’economia di spazio, case piccole miste a botteghe e
ad officine, onde non è difficile argomentare che quivi abitarono persone del
ceto medio, le quali benchè agiate non godevano certamente della più splendide
posizione.
E’ questa
un’isola dove avennero frequentissime trasformazioni, per cui riesce
difficillissimo intravvedere qual’era la sua forma primiera; non mancano però
degli avanzi di costruzioni primitive, insieme ad altri di epoca posteriore,
come si osserva in molti luoghi di Pompei.
La sua area è di
mq.2948, ed è limitata da occidente dal cardo, a settentrione dalla via
secunda, ad oriente dal vico parallelo al cardo e a mezzogiorno dalla via
tertia che la separa dalle isole 1 e 5; il margine che la fiancheggia da tre
lati escluso l’orientale e sulla via tertia di fronte al vano No.28 si vede un
piccolo ponte, formato da massi posti a contrasto, il quale serve per unire i
due margine (vedi la fotografia no.42c)”.
(Note: this photo can also be seen at I.5.1, I.2.28 and in the “streets” section under Vicolo del Conciapelle).
See Warscher T., 1935. Codex Topographicus Pompeianus: Regio I.2. Rome: DAIR.
(translation: "In December of 1873 the excavation of this insula began – which would have been inhabited by many people. In fact you don't see great luxury homes, nor large rooms, where rich Pompeian passed life in idleness and pleasure; if you instead look at the great economy of space, small homes and shops mixed with workshops, it's not difficult to argue that here lived people in the middle class, which however well-to-do they certainly did not enjoy the most splendid position.
This was an insula where there were frequent transformations, for which it is difficult to glimpse what was the original form; it does not lack however, the remains of primitive constructions, alongside others of a later date, as can be seen in many places in Pompeii.
Its area was 2948 sq. m., and was bounded on the west by the “cardo”, on the north by via secunda, and east by a parallel vicolo to the “cardo” and in the south by the via tertia, that separated it from Insula’s 1 and 5: the border that flanked it by three sides excluding the east and on via tertia opposite No. 28, you will see a small bridge, formed by a boulder placed to serve to unite the two edges, (see photo No. 42 c)."