I.2.15 Pompeii. Small house. Excavated 1869 and 1873. Bombed in 1943.
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I.2.15 Pompeii. September 2010. ID number plate on east side of entrance doorway.
Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.
I.2.15 Pompeii. September 2010. Looking south to entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.
According to Warscher, quoting Fiorelli, she wrote –
“I.2.15, una casa
che apparteneva a persona di umile condizione e che ricorda la casa primitiva
di Pompei: consiste dell’atrio “a”, due cubicoli e di una fauce che menava alla
cucina, alla stalla, ad’una apotheca, alla latrina, ed a una gradinata di
fabbrica per le stanze superiori”.
See Warscher T., 1935. Codex Topographicus Pompeianus: Regio I.2. Rome: DAIR.
(translation: "I. 2.15, a house that belonged to a person of humble condition and reminiscent of primitive houses of Pompeii: consisting of an atrium “a”, two cubiculae, and a corridor that led to the kitchen, to the stable, and to a storeroom, to the latrine, and to a masonry staircase to the upper rooms.”)
I.2.15 Pompeii. March 2009. Entrance. Looking south.
I.2.15 Pompeii. September 2005. Entrance doorway.
I.2.15 Pompeii. September 2010. Looking towards south wall of the atrium (south-west side). Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.
I.2.15, Pompeii. September 2005. Entrance, looking south across atrium.
I.2.15 Pompeii. September 2010. East wall of the atrium. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.
I.2.15 Pompeii. September 2010. West wall of the atrium. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.
I.2.15 Pompeii. September 2010. Looking towards north wall of the atrium (north-west side) with entrance doorway in the centre.
The corridor on the west side of the entrance can be seen on the left. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.
I.2.15 Pompeii. March 2009. Corridor on west side of entrance.
I.2.15 Pompeii. March 2009. Cistern mouth in atrium.
I.2.15 Pompeii. March 2009. Corridor on north-west side of atrium.
This used to lead to the rear of the house above the cistern, but the area was badly hit by the bombing of 1943, and was destroyed.
I.2.15 Pompeii. September 2010. Looking west along corridor on north-west side of atrium.
Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.
I.2.15 Pompeii. September 2010. Looking east along corridor towards atrium. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.
I.2.15 Pompeii. 1972. House, room, SN of corridor, S wall, trace of 1st style.
Photo courtesy of Anne Laidlaw.
American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Laidlaw collection _P_72_10_4.
According to PPM, a more recent photo of 1977 showing even more missing stucco, was located in room “e”, a small room on the south side of the end of the corridor.
This room was described as having a yellow zoccolo, top and middle section of the wall.
I.2.15 Pompeii. 1972. House, room, SN of corridor, detail SE corner.
Photo courtesy of Anne Laidlaw.
American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Laidlaw collection _P_72_10_5.
Copy of photo from I.2.13 Pompeii. September 2010. Looking east towards entrance doorway from Via Stabiana. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.
The upper part of the photo shows the area at the end of the corridor and remains of small room located on its south side, possibly behind the scaffolding.
I.2.15 Pompeii. September 2010. Looking south-west from end of corridor on top of collapse. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.
According to Garcia y Garcia, all the west part of the dwelling was completely destroyed in 1943.
The bomb demolished the floor area, leaving the cistern below uncovered and visible.
See Garcia y
Garcia, L., 2006. Danni di guerra a Pompei. Rome: L’Erma di Bretschneider. (p.37)
I.2.15 Pompeii. December 2005. Vaulted cistern partly visible from I.2.14.
The brick wall at the top of the slope above the cistern marking the end of the corridor from the atrium, together with the remains of the stairs, are the only remains of the area at the west end of the house, that was – steps to upper floor, cupboard, small stable, kitchen and latrine.