I.5.2 Pompeii. Officina coriariorum of M. Vesonius Primus. Tannery.

Excavated 1874.

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I.5.2, on left, with I.5.1, on right, Pompeii. October 2017. Looking south-west towards entrances on Vicolo del Conciapelle.

Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

I.5.2 Pompeii. September 2010.

Entrance looking south towards walls (from across Vicolo del Conciapelle). Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

I.5.2 Pompeii. September 2010. Entrance looking south towards walls (from across street). Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

I.5.2 Pompeii, on left, with I.5.1, on right. October 2017.

Looking west towards street altar, on east side of structure of I.5.1.

Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

I.5.2 Pompeii. September 2010. From entrance looking down Vicolo del Conciapelle showing portico wall of I.5.1.

Looking west towards Via Stabiana.  Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

I.5.2 Pompeii. December 2023. Descriptive notice-board. Photo courtesy of Miriam Colomer.

I.5.2/3 Pompeii. December 2023. Model on display in tannery, the entrance doorway is on the right. Photo courtesy of Miriam Colomer.

I.5.2 Pompeii. September 2010. ID Plate. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

I.5.2 and 1.5.1 Pompeii. September 2005. Before restoration, looking west from near entrance at 1.5.2.

Looking towards east side of monumental structure or portico wall, on Vicolo del Conciapelle with Via Stabiana in distance.

I.5.2 Pompeii. 1936, taken by Tatiana Warscher.

Looking east along north façade on Vicolo del Conciapelle, from near entrance at I.5.2.

Warscher described the roadway as Via Tertia.

See Warscher T., 1936. Codex Topographicus Pompeianus: Regio I.1, I.5. (no.21), Rome: DAIR, whose copyright it remains.

I.5.2 Pompeii. 1936, taken by Tatiana Warscher. Looking south towards front façade with two windows.

See Warscher T., 1936. Codex Topographicus Pompeianus: Regio I.1, I.5. (no.22a), Rome: DAIR, whose copyright it remains.

I.5.2 Pompeii. August 2023. Looking south through entrance doorway into shop-room. Photo courtesy of Maribel Velasco.

I.5.2 Pompeii. September 2005. Entrance.

According to Cooley, a graffito inscription written in carbon, was found on the wall of the shop-room leading to the tannery reading:

Tannery of Xulmus    [CIL IV 4014]

See Cooley, A. and M.G.L., 2004. Pompeii: A Sourcebook. London: Routledge. (p. 178)

According to Della Corte, written in the entrance was the graffito -

Xulmi  Cor(i)ariano     [CIL IV 4014]

Found in big letters to the left of the entrance –

M(arcus)  Vesoni  (Primi)  vos….     [CIL IV 4012]

See Della Corte, M., 1965. Case ed Abitanti di Pompei. Napoli: Fausto Fiorentino. (p.275)

I.5.2 Pompeii. December 2006. Entrance, looking south into shop-room.

I.5.2 Pompeii. September 2010. Looking north across shop-room towards entrance doorway looking onto Vicolo del Conciapelle.

The doorway on the right (east side) leads to a small area beneath the stairway.  Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

I.5.2 Pompeii. September 2010. Doorway to room on west side of shop-room. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

I.5.2 Pompeii. September 2005. Doorway to room on west side of shop-room.

I.5.2 Pompeii. September 2010.

Doorway looking east towards shop-room, from room on west side of it. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

I.5.2 Pompeii. September 2010.

Antechamber showing doorway to peristyle area with triclinium, looking south. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

I.5.2 Pompeii. September 2010.

Looking west across antechamber towards steps to upper floor, and doorway to cubiculum. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

I.5.2 Pompeii. September 2010. Looking east across antechamber towards room on east side. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

I.5.2 Pompeii. September 2010.

Looking north across antechamber, across shop-room to entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

I.5.2 Pompeii. September 2010. Looking north towards steps to upper floor, with remaining two stone steps.

Note doorway on east wall of shop-room leads under this stairway.  Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

I.5.2 Pompeii. September 2005. Stone base of steps to upper floor.

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