Pompeii Street View. Via dell’Abbondanza, west of Via Stabiana.

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Via dell’Abbondanza, north side. May 2010. Looking east to VII.9.68/67, junction to Vicolo di Eumachia, and insula VII.13.

Via dell’Abbondanza, Pompeii. February 1988.

Looking east, with VII.9.68/67 doorways on left, behind fountain surrounded by crowd of tourists.

Photo by Joachime Méric courtesy of Jean-Jacques Méric.

Via dell’Abbondanza, Pompeii. 1978. Looking east to fountain near VII.9.68/67. Photo courtesy of Roberta Falanelli.

Via dell’Abbondanza, north side, Pompeii. Pre-1937-39. Looking towards entrance doorways at VII.9.68 and 67.

Photo courtesy of American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Warsher collection no. 1159.

Via dell’Abbondanza, Pompeii. 1905.

Looking east to fountain near VII.9.68/67. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

Via dell’Abbondanza. c.1880-1890.

Looking east between VII.9 and VIII.3. Photo by G. Sommer no.  1262. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

Via dell’Abbondanza, Pompeii. From an album dated 1882. Looking east between VII.9 and VIII.3. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

Via dell’Abbondanza, Pompeii. From a coloured album by M. Amodio, dated c.1880. Looking east. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

Via dell’Abbondanza, Pompeii. From an album dated c.1875-1885. Looking east. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

Via dell’Abbondanza. October 2020.

Looking east from between VII.9 and VIII.5. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

Via dell’Abbondanza. May 2010. Looking east between VII.9 and VIII.5, from near VII.9.68, on left.

Via dell’Abbondanza, south side. Pompeii. 1966. Looking east along VIII.5. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.

Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.

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Via dell’Abbondanza. May 2010. Looking west between VIII.3 and VII.9, from near VII.13.1.

Via dell’Abbondanza. September 2004.

North side. Junction with Vicolo di Eumachia between VII.9 and VII.13. Looking north from junction.

Via dell’Abbondanza. North side. Junction with Vicolo di Eumachia between VII.9 and VII.13. Looking north from junction.

Old undated photograph by Amodio, courtesy of the Society of Antiquaries, Fox Collection.

Via dell’Abbondanza, Pompeii. December 2018.

Looking east between VII.13, on left behind fountain, and VIII.5, on right. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

Via dell’Abbondanza, Pompeii. October 2022.

Looking east between VII.13, on left behind fountain, and VIII.5, on right. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

Via dell’Abbondanza, Pompeii. December 2018.

Looking east along VII.13, on north side of Via dell’Abbondanza, from junction with Vicolo di Eumachia, on left.

Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

Via dell’Abbondanza, north side. May 2010. Looking east along VII.13, from junction with Vicolo di Eumachia.

Via dell’Abbondanza between VII.13 and VIII.5. March 2009. Looking east from junction with Vicolo di Eumachia, on the left.

Via dell’Abbondanza, Pompeii. 1966.

Looking west towards fountain and junction with Vicolo di Eumachia, from VII.13.6. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.

Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.

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VII.13.3 Pompeii. October 2001.

Phallic sign carved in roadway of Via dell’Abbondanza, outside VII.13.3.

Photo courtesy of Peter Woods.

Via dell’Abbondanza. September 1990 photo of phallus in road outside VII.13.3. Photo courtesy Arne Andersson.

Via dell’Abbondanza, Pompeii. 1975. Carved phallus in the lava road blocks. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.  

Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.

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Via dell’Abbondanza, Pompeii. 1957.

Looking east along north side of VII.13, with carved phallus symbol in the lava blocks in the roadway.

Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.

Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.

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Via dell’Abbondanza, south side. May 2010. Looking east along VIII.5 from near junction with Vicolo dei Dodici (12) Dei.

Via dell’Abbondanza, south side, Pompeii. October 2022.

Looking south from junction into Vicolo dei Dodici Dei.  Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

Via dell’Abbondanza, south side. March 2019. Looking east along pavement outside VIII.5.1.

Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

Via dell’Abbondanza, south side. March 2019. Detail of pavement outside entrance doorway at VIII.5.3.

Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

Via dell’Abbondanza, south side. March 2019. Looking east from VIII.5.3 with detail of pavement outside entrance doorways.

Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

Via dell’Abbondanza, south side. March 2019.

Looking west from VIII.5.7 with detail of pavement outside entrance doorways.

Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

Mystery painted wall

(Also entered on website in VIII.5.28 pt.5 and Vicolo dei dodici Dei)

Painted wall of a mystery house – too pretty and unusual not to be included somewhere.

(If anyone can help place this wall into a house, please get in touch).

Painting by Zahn, pre- 1842, of a wall in a house situated somewhere along VIII.5 or could even be in VII.13 on the opposite side of the roadway.  

According to Zahn, this wall was to be found in a house in the Strada de’ Mercadanti between the Vicolo dei Dodici (12) Dei and VIII.5.28.

(His wording –

No.44. Paroi d’une maison de la Strada de’ Mercadanti a Pompei, de couleur originale.

Cette paroi se trouve entre le Vico de’ dodici Dei et la Casa dell’Imperatore Francesco secondo.)

See Zahn, W., 1842-44. Die schönsten Ornamente und merkwürdigsten Gemälde aus Pompeji, Herkulanum und Stabiae: II. Berlin: Reimer, taf. 44.

Drawings of cupids by Gell, from

VIII.5.28 Pompeii. Between 1819 and 1832 sketch by W. Gell, described by him as –

“In the houses of Fuscus and in a green chamber in Street of the Forum.”

See Gell, W. Pompeii unpublished [Dessins de l'édition de 1832 donnant le résultat des fouilles post 1819 (?)] vol II, pl. 51.

Bibliothèque de l'Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art, collections Jacques Doucet, Identifiant numérique Num MS180 (2).

See book in INHA Use Etalab Licence Ouverte

(Note: Via dell’Abbondanza, Strada de’ Mercadanti and Street of the Forum, are all names for the same roadway.

Although no cupids can be seen on the above “green wall”, surely they must be from the same room.

These cupids must have been seen by Gell before 1832).

Plan in BdI, 1883, p.170, showing Reg. VIII. Insula 5, at the top.

Reg VIII. Insula 6 is shown in the lower plan.

According to BdI –

The front parts of the houses which flank Via dell’Abbondanza (on north side of the insula), had already been excavated for a long time, and are described by Fiorelli in his Descrizione, (p.446 following).

We start from the north-west corner, following the Via dell’Abbondanza.

(Le parti anteriori delle case che fiancheggiano la strada dell’Abbondanza (lato N dell’isola), già erano scavate da molto tempo, e sono descritte dal Fiorelli. Descr. (p.446 sgg). Noi cominciamo dall’angolo NO, seguendo prima la strada dell’Abbondanza.)

(We assume the new rooms excavated are numbered, those without a number would have been excavated from earlier.)

According to Eschebach –

VIII.5.1 – excavated 1819; VIII.5.17/20 – excavated 1819; VIII.5.18/19 – excavated 1813? and 1819; VIII.5.21 – excavated 1813.

VIII.5.22/23 – excavated 1813; VIII.5.28/29 – excavated 1815, 1819, 1826, 1838.

VII.13.1/25 – excavated 1818; VII.13.2 - excavated 1818; VII.13.5 – excavated 1818; VII.13.6 – excavated 1818; VII.13.7 – excavated 1819.

VII.13.8/14 – excavated 1819.

See Eschebach, L., 1993. Gebäudeverzeichnis und Stadtplan der antiken Stadt Pompeji. Köln: Böhlau.

See Bullettino dell’Instituto di Corrispondenza Archeologica (DAIR), 1883, p. 170.

Via dell’Abbondanza, south side. May 2010.

Junction with Vicolo dei Dodici (12) Dei, between VIII.5 and VIII.3. Looking south from junction.

Via dell’Abbondanza, south side. December 2006.

Looking south at Vicolo dei Dodici Dei with VIII.3.11 on the south-west corner of the junction.

Via dell’Abbondanza, south side, Pompeii. December 2018.

Looking south-east along Insula VIII.5, with VIII.5.1, on right. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

Via dell’Abbondanza, south side, Pompeii. December 2018.

Looking east from fountain at VII.9.67, along north side of insula from VIII.5.1, on right. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

Via dell’Abbondanza, Pompeii. 1968.

Looking east along south side from near VIII.5.1. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.

Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.

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Via dell’Abbondanza, Pompeii. December 2018.

Looking east between VII.13.1, on left, and VIII.5.2, on right. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

Via dell’Abbondanza. March 2009. South side. Looking east from outside VIII.5.4.

Via dell’Abbondanza, Pompeii. April 2022. Looking west between VIII.5 and VII.13. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.

Via dell’Abbondanza, south side. July 2011. Looking west between VIII.5 and VII.13. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

Via dell’Abbondanza, Pompeii, 1973. Looking west. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.

Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.

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Via dell’Abbondanza, Pompeii. June 1962. Looking west towards Forum, from near VIII.5.9. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

Via dell’Abbondanza, Pompeii. From an album dated 1922. Looking west. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

Via dell’Abbondanza. May 2010. Looking east between VII.13 and VIII.5, from near VII.13.8.

Via dell’Abbondanza, south side, Pompeii. December 2018.

Looking south-east along Insula VIII.5, with VIII.5.3, on right. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

Via dell’Abbondanza, Pompeii. August 1965. Looking east from near VIII.5.3. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

Via dell’Abbondanza, north side. April 2021.

Looking east to VII.13.10, on left, junction with Vicolo della Maschera, and insula VII.14. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.

Via dell’Abbondanza, north side. May 2010. Looking east to VII.13.9/10, junction with Vicolo della Maschera, and insula VII.14.

Via dell’Abbondanza. May 2010. Looking east between VII.13 and VIII.5, from near VIII.5.10.

Via dell’Abbondanza, south side, Pompeii. December 2018.

Looking towards entrance doorways with VIII.5.11, on left, VIII.5.10, VIII.5.9, and VIII.5.8, on right. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

Via dell’Abbondanza, Pompeii. December 2018.

Looking east between VII.13.9, on left, and VIII.5.11, on right. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand

Via dell’Abbondanza, north side. May 2010. Junction with Vicolo della Maschera, between VII.13 and VII.14.

Via dell’Abbondanza, north side. December 2018.

Looking west along Insula VII.13, from junction with Vicolo della Maschera, on right. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

Via dell’Abbondanza, Pompeii. December 2018.

Looking west between VIII.5, on left, and VII.13, on right, from junction with Vicolo della Maschera, on right. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

Via dell’Abbondanza, north side, Pompeii. October 2022.

Looking north in Vicolo della Maschera. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

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