I.11.1 Pompeii. Caupona. Linked to I.11.2. Excavated 1912/13.

(Originally when excavated, this was numbered as Reg. II, Insula 1, no.1).

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I.11.1 Pompeii. September 2019.

Insula identification plaque, Reg. I. Ins. X1, previously known as Reg. II, Ins. 1. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

I.11.1 Pompeii. July 2021.

Looking south on Via dell’Abbondanza towards entrance doorway, with unnamed vicolo between I.11 and I.9, on right.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

I.11.2, on left, and I.11.1, on right, Pompeii. July 2021. Wall with remaining stucco between entrances.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

I.11.2, on left, and I.11.1, on right, Pompeii. October 2017. Wall with remaining stucco between entrances.

Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

I.11.1 Pompeii. Old undated photograph. Front wall with remaining graffiti on east side of entrance doorway, centre right.

Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

According to Della Corte, on the wall between the doorways 1 and 2, high on the zoccolo, appeared the following programma, recommending C. Cuspio Pansa (written in black).

C(aium) C(uspium) P(ansam) / aed(ilem) o(ro) v(os) f(aciatis) [CIL IV, 7404]

See Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, 1913, (p.255).

See Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss/Slaby (www.manfredclauss.de).

Above the zoccolo, to the left of the entrance doorway, above the rustic plaster the following electoral programmata painted in black came back to light –

Helvium Sabin//um / aed(ilem) d(ignum) r(ei) p(ublicae) v(iis) a(edibus) s(acris) p(ublicis) p(rocurandis) o(ro) v(os) f(aciatis) [CIL IV, 7399]

L() Popidium Secund//um / aed(ilem) o(ro) v(os) f(aciatis) [CIL IV, 7400]

The two transcribed programma above covered an older third, preserved only in its right half:

 in red

[C(aium) Gavium Rufum] et Trebium Valentem / [3]tigfiicuin cuncti rog(ant) [CIL IV, 7401]

Under this last, the remains of another programma was noticed -

in red

 [Vibium] Severum [CIL IV, 7402]

As well as another, under the older part-preserved programma, which showed this small graffitied inscription –

Aeliam [CIL IV, 8430]

See Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, 1913, p.255.

See Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss/Slaby (www.manfredclauss.de).

And at the extreme edge of the same wall, one could see a name traced by a less expert hand -

 in red

T{e}rebium [CIL IV, 7402]

See Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, 1913, (p.253)

See Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss/Slaby (www.manfredclauss.de).

23rd September 1913, according to Della Corte, on the black zoccolo (plinth) between the doorways 1 and 2, but lower down, the following graffito was seen -

 in red

Saturnali(s) / locus [CIL IV, 8433]

Gaphyri / locus [CIL IV, 8432]

and here too, high up on the extreme left, the usual graffito –

 in red

Naturae [CIL IV, 8431]

See Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, 1913, p.360.

See Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss/Slaby (www.manfredclauss.de).

I.11.1 Pompeii. December 2018. Looking south towards entrance doorway on Via dell’Abbondanza. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

I.11.1 Pompeii. October 2017. Looking towards entrance doorway on south side of Via dell’Abbondanza.

Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

I.11.1 Pompeii. October 2017.

Looking south-east towards entrance doorway, on left, and street altar in small roadway, on right.

Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

I.11.1 Pompeii. October 2014. Looking south-east from entrance doorway along Via dell’Abbondanza.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

I.11.1 Pompeii. December 2018.

Looking south-east towards entrance doorway, on left, and street altar in small roadway, on right. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

I.11.1 Pompeii. 1968. Entrance on Via dell’Abbondanza. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.

On the right, in the side vicolo, the painted street shrine and altar can be seen.

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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According to Della Corte,

“Reg. II, ins.1, on high between doorways 1 and 2, a window was found (0.80m wide x 1.20m high), protected by a grating which remains in its place in reasonable state of preservation; beyond the described window and continuing towards the east, and it seems placed above doorways 2 and 3, a large roof was found a little knocked down from its original position, about 6m. long (but the eastern extremity has not yet been discovered), and protruding by just over 2m.

At the rear of the wall of the façade of doorway 1, definitely in their place were the remains of the basins/tubs mentioned last month, putting all the fragments of one of them back into its place with its bottom. "

See Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, 1913, p. 220.

“Reg. II, ins. 1. Tra I vani 1 e 2 in alto, si e scoperta una finestra (larga 0.80m. alta 1.20m) protetta da inferriata che resta tuttora al suo posto in discreto stato di conservazione; oltre la descritta finestra, procedende sempre verso oriente, e quindi imposta sul vani 2 e 3 come pare, si era rinvenuta, di poco abbattuta dalla sua originaria posizione, una grande tettoia, lunga per ora (non se ne era ancora scoperta l’extremita orientale) 6m, e sporgente per poco piu di m.2.

A tergo del muro di facciata del vano 1 si sono definitivamente assicurati al posto loro gli avanzi delle vasche accennate il mese scorso, rimettendo a posto interamente i frammenti di una di esse col relativo fondo.”

Ved. Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, 1913, p. 220.

I.11.1 Pompeii. December 2018. Entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

I.11.1 Pompeii. December 2005. Entrance.

I.11.1 Pompeii. 1968. Entrance on Via dell’Abbondanza. 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.11.1 Pompeii. December 2018.

Niche above entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

I.11.1 Pompeii. December 2005. Niche above entrance.

I.11.1 Pompeii. September 2017. Looking south to entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

I.11.1 Pompeii. October 2017. Looking south to front façade of bar-counter.

Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

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