I.5.1 Pompeii. Casa dei capitelli etruschi.
Excavated 1873 to 1874. Bombed in 1943.
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I.5.1 Pompeii. September 2010.
Corner of Vicolo del Conciapelle, on left, and unnamed vicolo, on right. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.
I.5.1 Pompeii. September 2010.
Vicolo del Conciapelle, looking east towards unexcavated region. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.
I.5.1 Pompeii, on right, with I.5.2, on left.
October 2017. Looking towards entrances on south side of roadway.
Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
I.5.1 Pompeii. December 2006. Remains of portico or structure outside the entrance. Looking east along north side of I.5.
This area was badly damaged by a bomb falling onto the north-west corner of this insula, during the night between 14th and 15th September 1943.
The pedestrian bridge formed by a large piece of Sarno stone, between insula I.5 and I.2 was demolished.
It also demolished the west pilaster and part of the east wall of the vestibule of entrance number I.5.1.
See Garcia y
Garcia, L., 2006. Danni di guerra a Pompei. Rome: L’Erma di Bretschneider. (p. 37)
I.5.1 Pompeii. 1936, taken by Tatiana Warscher.
Looking east along front façade on north side of insula on Vicolo del Conciapelle.
Warscher quoting
from Sogliano’s Giornale degli Scavi N.S.
III, 1874, p.8 described –
“I.5.1. Cominciandone
la descrizione dal lato settentrionale, incontriamo, a partire dall’angolo
nord-ovest, una bottega con piccola abitazione del padrone.
Essa è preceduta
da una specie di vestibolo, formato da un tettoja, che è sostenuta da un lungo
architrave di m. 5,40, poggiato sopra due pilastri finienti con capelli molto
semplici.
La lungezza di
questo architrave, che è uno dei più lunghi trovati finora, e l’opus incertum mi
fanno credere tale aggiunta molto posteriore all’originaria costruzione della
bottega, che sul muro d’ingresso specialmente presenta grosse lastre del tufo
di Sarno.
Varcata la soglie
di pietra vesuviana, munita dei soliti incavi, troviamo sul lato sinistro due
cubicoli finestrati, dei quali l’uno è perfettamente rozzo e l’altro avente
sulla soglia un cardine di ferro, mostra lievi tracce di una semplicissima
decoratione.
Nella bottega sul
muro a destra vi è praticato un canale per lo scopo delle acque, e in fondo si
trova un dietrobottega.
Credo che il
vestibolo suindicato si sia usato per la vendita delle merci.
Addossata al lato
opposto del pilastro sinistro sta un’ara rivestita di stucco con due rialzi
arrontodati (arrotondati) al di sopra”.
(Translation: “Beginning the description from the north
side, we meet in the north-west corner, a shop with small house of the master.
It is preceded by a vestibule, formed with a roof, which
was backed by a long lintel (architrave) of 5.40m, resting above two pilasters
finished with simple capitals. The length of this lintel, which was one of the
longest so far found, and the opus incertum makes me believe that this goes
back to the original construction of the shop, which shows big slabs of Sarno
tufa on the entrance wall.
Crossing the threshold of vesuvian stone, furnished with
the usual notches, we find two windowed cubiculums on the left side, of which
one is completely rough and the other had an iron hinge on the threshold
(doorstep), showing faint traces of a simple decoration.
On the wall on the right of the shop, there was a channel
for the purpose of water, and at the back we find a rear room.
I think the vestibule above was used for the sale of
goods.
Backing onto the opposite side of the left pilaster was
an altar covered in stucco, with two rounded prominences above".)
From Mau, in Bull. Inst, 1875, p.25, she quoted –
“Sono
perfettamente d’accordo coll’autore della descrizione del G. Sc.
nell’attribuire ad’un’epoca relativamente recente quel singolare vestibolo che
sta avanti all’ingresso della detta bottega”.
(Translation: I agree with the author of the description
in G. Sc. in the attribute of a relatively recent time to that singular
vestibule which stands in front of the entrance to the said shop).
See Warscher T., 1936. Codex Topographicus Pompeianus: Regio I.1, I.5. (no.16), Rome: DAIR, whose copyright it remains.
I.5.1 Pompeii but shown as I.1.5 on photo. Pre-1937-39. Looking east along front façade.
Photo courtesy of American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Warsher collection no. 1203.
I.5.1 Pompeii. October 2017. Looking south
towards entrance doorway.
Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
I.5.1 Pompeii. September 2010. Entrance with restored portico looking south towards rear. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.
I.5.1 Pompeii. December 2006. Entrance doorway with monumental structure outside.
I.5.1 Pompeii. 1936, taken by Tatiana Warscher.
Looking towards entrance doorway with monumental structure outside on Vicolo del Conciapelle.
See Warscher T., 1936. Codex Topographicus Pompeianus: Regio I.1, I.5. (no.17), Rome: DAIR, whose copyright it remains.
I.5.1 Pompeii. December 2006. Unnamed vicolo looking south, between 1.5 and I.1.
I.5.1 Pompeii. 1936, taken by Tatiana Warscher.
Looking towards entrance doorway and west side of monumental structure, and east side of unnamed vicolo between I.5 and I.1.
See Warscher T., 1936. Codex Topographicus Pompeianus: Regio I.1, I.5. (no.18), Rome: DAIR, whose copyright it remains.
I.5.1, Pompeii. October 2017.
Looking west to right (west) ante of restored portico,
towards junction with Via Stabiana, on right.
Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
I.5.1 Pompeii. September 2010.
Right (west) ante of restored portico, looking west along Vicolo del Conciapelle towards Via Stabiana (entrance left of image)
Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.
I.5.1 Pompeii. September 2010. ID plate on west side of entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.
I.5.1, Pompeii. October 2017. Looking
east towards left (east) ante of restored portico.
Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
I.5.1 Pompeii. September 2010.
Left (east) ante of restored portico, looking east along Vicolo del Conciapelle towards unexcavated region
Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.
I.5.1 Pompeii. 1936, taken by Tatiana Warscher.
Looking east towards left end of portico, on Vicolo del Conciapelle.
See Warscher T., 1936. Codex Topographicus Pompeianus: Regio I.1, I.5. (no.20), Rome: DAIR, whose copyright it remains.
I.5.1 Pompeii but shown as I.1.5 on photo. Pre-1937-39. Looking east towards left end of portico.
Photo courtesy of American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Warsher collection no. 1202.
I.5.1 Pompeii. September 2010. Detail of left (east) side of portico. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.
I.5.1 Pompeii. September 2010. Detail of left (east) side of portico. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.
Photo courtesy of American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Warsher collection no. 1189.
Photo courtesy of American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Warsher collection no. 1201.
I.5.1 Pompeii. September 2005.
Detail of portico or structure on east side, in roadway between I.5.1 and I.5.2. Looking south.
I.5.1,
Pompeii, on right, with I.5.2, on left. October 2017. Looking south-west
towards entrances.
Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
I.5.1,
on right, with I.5.2, on left. October 2017.
Looking
west towards street altar, on east side of structure.
Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
I.5.1 Pompeii. September 2005.
Monumental structure in roadway between I.5.1 and I.5.2, looking west towards street altar and bench, on east side of structure.