I.1.3 Pompeii. Large stable of Hospitium, including spacious latrine, and steps to dormitory above stable at rear.

Linked to I.1.4 and I.1.5. Excavated 1872.

I.1.3 Pompeii. September 2010. Entrance, looking east across Via Stabiana. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

According to Warscher, quoting Mau in Bull. Inst 1875, p.27,

“Per lasciar entrare i carri il marciapiede è interrotto avanti alla porta, e il selciato della strada continuato fino all’ingresso che è largo come quelli delle botteghe ed era chiuso mediante una porta a due partiti. La porta però non si fermava come al solito: nel bel mezzo della soglia di lava vi sono gli avanzi d’un uncino di ferro, e più a sinistra la buca per un chiavistello solo, mentre l’altro partito ne stava senza.  Invece al di fuori della porta si trovano nella soglia quattro buche quadrangolari, due vicine ai cardini, le altre m.0,20 discoste da quelle”.

See Warscher T., 1936. Codex Topographicus Pompeianus: Regio I.1, I.5. (no.12), Rome: DAIR, whose copyright it remains.

(translation: “For the carts to enter, the pavement was interrupted in front of the doorway, and the paved roadway continued up to the entrance that was as wide as the doorway of the shops and was closed by means of a door with two entries. The door, however, didn't close as usual: in the middle of the lava threshold there were remains of an iron hook, and more to the left the hole for a latch only, whereas the other entry was without one. Instead outside the door in the threshold were four rectangular holes, two near to the hinges, the others 0, 20m distant from those.")

I.1.3 Pompeii. September 2005. Looking east from entrance.

I.1.3 Pompeii. 1966. Looking east to entrance doorway. 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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I.1.3-5 Pompeii. 1936, taken by Tatiana Warscher.

Looking towards entrance doorways on Via Stabiana. I.1.3 with ramp is on the right.

See Warscher T., 1936. Codex Topographicus Pompeianus: Regio I.1, I.5. (no.12), Rome: DAIR, whose copyright it remains.

I.1.3 Pompeii. September 2010. Detail of sloping ramp from Via Stabiana, looking east. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

I.1.3 Pompeii. September 2010. Looking east across entrance towards yard and stables at rear. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

I.1.3 Pompeii. September 2010. Large yard, with stables near the east wall. Looking east. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

I.1.3 Pompeii. 1966. Looking east across yard towards stables at rear. 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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I.1.3 Pompeii. September 2010. Looking west from entrance room, towards Via Stabiana. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

I.1.3 Pompeii. September 2010. Looking north to doorway leading to I.1.4, in north wall of entrance room. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

I.1.3-4 Pompeii. 1936, taken by Tatiana Warscher.

Looking north from entrance room of I.1.3 towards doorway into rear room of I.1.4

See Warscher T., 1936. Codex Topographicus Pompeianus: Regio I.1, I.5, (introduzione C). Rome: DAIR, whose copyright it remains.

I.1.3 Pompeii. September 2010. Looking north to doorway to room in north-west corner of yard. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

I.1.3 Pompeii. September 2010. Looking north into north-east corner of yard and stables. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

I.1.3 Pompeii. September 2010. Looking west from yard towards entrance room and Via Stabiana. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

I.1.3 Pompeii. September 2010. West wall of yard area, behind rear room of I.1.4. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

I.1.3 Pompeii. September 2010. Looking north through doorway of small room in north-west corner of yard area.

Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

I.1.3 Pompeii. September 2010. Looking north in small room on north-west corner of yard area. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

I.1.3 Pompeii. September 2010. Doorway from small room, looking south across yard area. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

I.1.3 Pompeii. September 2010. Rear area of yard and stables, looking south to doorway to second stables area behind I.1.2.

Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

I.1.3 Pompeii. September 2010. Doorway to stables at rear of yard area, looking west. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

I.1.3 Pompeii. September 2010. Looking north along site of stables. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

I.1.3 Pompeii. September 2010. Detail of column drum and roof tile deposit on south wall of yard area. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

I.1.3 Pompeii. September 2010. Doorway in south wall of yard area, leading to another yard and stable area. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

According to Fiorelli, this second yard and stable area would have been covered.

It would also have had a water basin for the animals, two separate rooms, a staircase to the mezzanine and a spacious latrine.

See Pappalardo, U., 2001. La Descrizione di Pompei per Giuseppe Fiorelli (1875). Napoli: Massa Editore. (p.33)

I.1.3 Pompeii. September 2010.

Looking east towards doorway to kitchen, in south-east corner of first yard area. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

I.1.3 Pompeii. September 2010.

Looking north across yard area from doorway to kitchen, with remains of the oven. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

I.1.3 Pompeii. September 2010. Looking west from kitchen area, across yard to entrance. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

I.1.3 Pompeii. September 2010. East wall of kitchen area, with holes for supports for mezzanine floor. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

I.1.3 Pompeii. September 2010. Looking north from second stables area, through doorway to yard. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

I.1.3 Pompeii. September 2010. Detail of marble leg. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

I.1.3 Pompeii. September 2010. South end of stables area. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

I.1.3 Pompeii. September 2010. Doorway in south-west corner to room near south wall.

Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

I.1.3 Pompeii. September 2010. East wall of room, with base of steps to upper floor in south-east corner?  Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

I.1.3 Pompeii. September 2010. West wall of room, with doorway in north-west corner. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

In Codex Topographicus Pompeianus: Regio I.1/I.5, (the copy at DAIR), Warscher included Viola’s description of the insula, from

Gli scavi di Pompei dal 1873 al 1878, introduzione (Pompei e la regione sotterrata dal Vesuvio nell’anno 1879, Napoli, 1879).

This is included at the end in all parts of I.1 on the website.

“Parlando dell’Insula I, Regio I – dicevo che in origine essa dovette essere unita all’isola V, la quale ha ricevuto questo numero sol perchè scavata posteriormente alle altre quattro della stessa regione.  La causa per cui questo spazio fu per mezzo di un vico diviso in due parti noi la ignoriamo, laddove non si può porre in dubbio che tutta questa seconda parte dovette appartenere a un solo proprietario, perchè quasi tutta occupata da un solo edifizio; che le altre due ristrettissima località furono ricavate posteriormente.

La sua area è di m.q. 1595-72: ed è limitata a settentrione dalla via tertia, che la separa dalla isola 2, ad oriente ed occidente da due vicoli privi di selciato, e a mezzogiorno dell’agger che fiancheggia le mura; senza dubbio essa faceva parte de' quartieri ignobili della città, almeno per quanto può congettarsi dal mestiere che vi si esercitasse e della rozzezza della costruzione.  Anche quivi avvennero frequenti trasformazioni, come affermano gli avanzi di costruzioni appartenenti a diverse epoche.

Come si vede dalla prefazione del prof. Viola – fu un malintese con la numerazione delle insulae della Regio I: non si aspettava che vi fosse un vicolo che separa l’insula I dell’insula vicina, e a questa altra fu dato il numero 5 – poichè i numeri 2, 3 e 4 sono stati dati alle insulae scavate prima.  Ma io sono dell’opinione che sia meglio non cambiare i numeri una volta dati, poichè sarebbe troppo difficile di orientarsi nei rendiconti contemporanei agli scavi.

Il vicolo che separa l’insula I della insula 5 – dà l’impressione di un passaggio stretto, nessuna porta, nessuna finestra non danno in questo vicolo.

La mia fotografia è molto tipica per l’insula intiera: muri di tufo o di pietra di Sarno completati nell’epoca tardiva di mattoni; non è possibile di seguire i cambiamenti che avevano luogo nell’insula in questione.  Noi abbiamo, come si vede tre case con thermopolia, cauponae per la gente povera.

Non è rimasta niente della pittura murale”.

See Warscher T., 1935. Codex Topographicus Pompeianus: Regio I.1/I.5. Rome: DAIR.