I.3.9 Pompeii. Shop. Excavated 1868. Linked to I.3.10.

I.3.9 on right, Pompeii. December 2018.

Two linked doorways on east side of Via Stabiana. I.3.10, is on the left. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

I.3.9 on right, Pompeii. September 2015. Two linked doorways on east side of Via Stabiana. I.3.10, on left.

I.3.10 dwelling, on left, Pompeii, May 2005. I.3.9 shop, on right.

I.3.10 dwelling, on left. I.3.9 shop, on right. This area was dug through by the Sarno Canal around 1600, and ruined then, according to Fiorelli.

I.3.9 Pompeii, on right. September 2010. Looking east across Via Stabiana towards the entrance doorway.

The main shop room at the rear of the doorway on the right, would have connected with the rooms in I.3.10. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

I.3.9 Pompeii. September 2010. ID number plate, looking south along Via Stabiana. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

I.3.9 Pompeii. May 2005. Entrance, looking east from Via Stabiana into large shop room.

I.3.9 Pompeii. September 2010. South wall of entrance room and south-west corner, with entrance doorway from I.3.9 on right.

This area would have been linked to area of I.3.10. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

I.3.9 Pompeii. September 2010. South wall of entrance room and south-east corner. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

This area would have been linked to area of I.3.10. On the left, the doorway to the first rear room can be seen.

I.3.9 Pompeii. September 2010.

Looking east towards doorway to the first rear room on the south side, and across room to the other rear rooms in I.3.10.

Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

I.3.9 Pompeii. September 2010.

Looking south along entrance showing threshold of shop. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

In Codex Topographicus Pompeianus: Regio I.3, (the copy at DAIR), Warscher included a description of the insula.

This description is included at the end in all parts of I.3 on the website.

“L’isola 3 della Regio I apparteneva ai quartieri piuttosto poveri, ad’esenzione della casa no. 3 tutto le case sono di dimensioni non grandi.

La casa no. 3 presenta un interesse dal punto di vista della costruzione: il peristilio si trova ad un livello più alto di quello dell’atrio:

questa particolarità si riscontra solamente in questa casa.

Noi abbiamo un esempio inverso nella casa dell’Ancora nera ove l’atrio si trova ad un livello più alto di quello del peristilio.

Si sente bene nell’isola in questione la vicinanza dell’anfiteatro da una parte e delle caserme dei gladiatori dall’altra.

Non c’è dubbio che le case nos 23, 25 siano state abitato da gladiatori.

(Translation: “Insula 3 of Region I belonged to a rather poor neighbourhood, with the exception of house No. 3 all the houses were not large in size.

The house at no. 3 had a special interest from the point of view of construction: the peristyle sits at a level higher than that of the atrium: this particularity was found only in this house. We have a contrary example in the House of the Black Anchor where the atrium was located at a higher level than that of the peristyle.

The nearness of the amphitheatre on one side and the gladiators' barracks on the other suited well the inhabitants of the insula in question.

There was no doubt that the houses numbered 23, 25 had been inhabited by gladiators.”).