VI.11.19 Pompeii. Hospitium?

Linked to VI.11.18 and VI.11.20. Excavated 1842. (Area bombed in 1943).

Wall between VI.11.18 and VI.11.19 in Vicolo del Labirinto. September 2005.

VI.11.19 Pompeii. September 2005. Overgrown entrance doorway.

According to Wallace-Hadrill, this was the main entrance to the atrium, at number 18 was the back entrance to the yard, and at number 20 was a workshop with stairs to the upper floor. 

Originally there were style III and style IV decorations found in three rooms.

See Wallace-Hadrill, A. (1994): House and Society in Pompeii and Herculaneum. Princeton University Press, (p. 210)

VI.11.19 Pompeii. December 2007. Looking east out through entrance doorway into Vicolo del Labirinto, from atrium.

VI.11.19 Pompeii. December 2007. Doorway to cubiculum on north side of entrance at VI.11.19, looking east from atrium. 

This was on the south side of shop or workshop at VI.11.20.

VI.11.19 Pompeii. December 2007. Doorway to cubiculum on south side of the entrance corridor. 

VI.11.19 Pompeii. W 1558. Looking east from atrium towards south wall of fauces, or entrance corridor.

Photo by Tatiana Warscher. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.

VI.11.19 Pompeii. December 2007. Household altar near east wall of atrium. 

According to Boyce, against the east wall of the atrium, to the left of the entrance, stands an altar of tufa*.

This altar was apparently coated with a layer of stucco in the late days of the city.

On the wall above it were painted the two serpents confronted at a painted altar furnished with a pine cone.

See Boyce G. K., 1937. Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome: MAAR 14. (p.51, no.188)

* note on page 51 reads – according to Pernice, “the altar dates from the earlier Tufa Period and still stands against the tufa wall where it was originally placed”.

* see Pernice, Hellenistische Tische, 66 and pl. 40,1.

See Giacobello, F., 2008. Larari Pompeiani: Iconografia e culto dei Lari in ambito domestico. Milano: LED Edizioni. (p. 242)

VI.11.19 Pompeii. W.1559. Altar near east side of atrium.

Photo by Tatiana Warscher. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.

VI.11.19 Pompeii. December 2007. Doorway to east room on the south side, kitchen leading to yard. 

VI.11.19 Pompeii. December 2007. Looking east across kitchen and yard on south side of atrium. 

VI.11.19 Pompeii. July 2008. Looking towards downpipe in west wall. Photo courtesy of Barry Hobson.

VI.11.19 Pompeii. W.1557.

Looking towards south-east corner of atrium, and south wall, with doorway to middle room, a cubiculum.

In the middle room the painted wall decorations from the east wall can be seen.

Photo by Tatiana Warscher. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.

VI.11.19 Pompeii but shown as VI.11.18 on photo. 1937-39.

Looking towards south wall of atrium with splayed window into cubiculum from atrium, with doorway into the cubiculum on right.

Photo courtesy of American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive.

Warsher collection no. 1931.

VI.11.19 Pompeii. December 2007. Doorway to cubiculum, the middle room on south side. 

VI.11.19 Pompeii. December 2007. East wall of the cubiculum, the middle room on south side of the atrium. 

This room was described as having a black zoccolo (the lower part of wall).

The white middle background to the wall had painted square panels of yellow and red, the upper wall was white with red panels.

VI.11.19 Pompeii. December 2007. Doorway in south wall of middle room, leading into another small room. 

VI.11.19 Pompeii. December 2007. Middle room on south side. 

VI.11.19 Pompeii. December 2007. Doorway to triclinium, the west room on south side. 

VI.11.19 Pompeii. December 2007. South wall of triclinium on south side of atrium. 

The zoccolo was black, and in the central panel were painted plants with geometric patterns on either side of it.

The middle area of the wall was painted red with a painted central aedicule which was separated from the side panels by narrow painted compartments.

The colour of the upper area of the wall was not distinguishable.

VI.11.19 Pompeii. December 2007. Atrium looking east to entrance doorway. 

VI.11.19 Pompeii. December 2007. Cistern mouth, in atrium. 

VI.11.19 Pompeii. W.1555. Cistern mouth in atrium.

Looking north-east towards the north-west corner of VI.15, and walls of VI.15.20.

Photo by Tatiana Warscher. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.

VI.11.19 Pompeii. December 2007. Site of triclinium and oecus, on north side of atrium.  

VI.11.19 Pompeii. December 2007. Triclinium in north-west corner. 

Looking towards west wall, on left, and north wall, on right, with remains of painted plaster.

VI.11.19 Pompeii. December 2007. Rooms against north wall, and site of stairs in room on right. 

VI.11.19 Pompeii. W.1556. Looking north-east across atrium towards room with stairs to upper floor and doorway from VI.11.20.

Tower X can be seen in the background.

Photo by Tatiana Warscher. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.

VI.11.19 Pompeii. Late 19th Century. Photo showing upper levels of the north end of VI.15. being excavated.

In the centre on the right, the north end of VI.11 can be seen. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

VI.11.19/20 Pompeii, on left. July 2008.

Looking south-west from Tower X, across north end of VI.11 and VI.9 towards Sorrentine Peninsula.

Photo courtesy of Barry Hobson.