(Originally when excavated, this was numbered as Reg. II, Insula 8, no 1).
II.5.1 Pompeii,
in centre. December 2018.
Looking east from junction with Vicolo dell’Anfiteatro, towards entrance doorways of II.5.4, on left, towards II.5.1.
Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.
II.5.1 Pompeii,
centre left. December 2018.
Looking east from junction with Vicolo del Anfiteatro, towards entrance doorway on north-west corner of insula II.5. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.
II.5.1 Pompeii. December 2006.
Shop on Via dell’Abbondanza, in north-west corner of the insula II.5. Looking south-east from end of Vicolo dell’Anfiteatro.
II.5.1 Pompeii. May 2024. Looking south towards entrance doorway with remains of counter. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
II.5.1 Pompeii. May 2014. Entrance doorway to front of shop with remains of counter. Photo courtesy of Paula Lock.
According to CTP, on the left side of the doorway the northern tip of the serving table or counter should be visible.
This was added to their plan, from the description and drawing by Jashemski.
See Van der Poel, H. B., 1986. Corpus Topographicum Pompeianum, Part IIIA. Austin: University of Texas. (p. 48-49)
II.5.1 Pompeii, centre. 1972. Entrance doorways 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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II.5.1 Pompeii. May 2014.
Left side of entrance doorway with stepped shelves on the remains of the serving table or counter.
Photo courtesy of Paula Lock.
II.5.1 Pompeii. September 2005. Entrance doorway.
II.5.1 Pompeii. 1972. Entrance doorway after excavation and consolidation, looking south. 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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II.5 Pompeii. 1972.
Entrance doorway, during excavation, exploration and consolidation. 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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II.5 Pompeii. 1972. Entrance doorway, during excavation, exploration and consolidation. 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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II.5 Pompeii. 1972.
Entrance doorway, during excavation, exploration and consolidation. 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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II.5.1 Pompeii. 1972. Wilhelmina supervising the work, watched by a young future worker. 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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II.5.1 Pompeii. 1972. Door-sill and front of masonry counter. 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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II.5.1 Pompeii. 1972.
Perfectly preserved groove in the sill for the door-shutters with part of the metal that fastened the shutters from the inside, which was still intact.
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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II.5.1 Pompeii. 1972. Entrance doorway, looking south. 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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II.5.1 Pompeii. December 2018. West side wall of insula, from Vicolo dell’Anfiteatro, looking north-east. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.
II.5.1 Pompeii. May 2010. Structure on west side, near Vicolo dell’Anfiteatro.
II.5.1 Pompeii. September 2005. Structure, taken from Vicolo dell’Anfiteatro between II.5 and II.4
II.5.1 Pompeii. 1966.
Structure in north-west corner of insula, taken from Vicolo dell’Anfiteatro between II.5 and II.4. 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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II.4. Pompeii. May 2010. Vicolo dell’Anfiteatro, looking north between II.4 and II.5
II.5.1 Pompeii. May 2010. Looking north, over wall of Vicolo dell’Anfiteatro, towards triclinium.
II.5.2 and II.5.1 Pompeii. December 2006.
Looking west along footpath from II.5.2, towards site of 4 columns in footpath that probably supported a balcony overhanging Via dell’ Abbondanza.
II.5.1 Pompeii. 1972.
Looking west to 4 columns in footpath that probably supported a balcony overhanging 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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II.5.1 Pompeii. March 2009. Corner of insula on via dell’Abbondanza.
According to CTP, there was another entrance doorway (II.5.A) now bricked up, in the area behind the manhole cover.
See Van der Poel, H. B., 1986. Corpus Topographicum Pompeianum, Part IIIA. Austin: University of Texas. (p. 48-49)
According to Garcia y Garcia, this area would have been damaged by the bombing of September 1943.
See Garcia y
Garcia, L., 2006. Danni di guerra a Pompei. Rome: L’Erma di Bretschneider. (p. 46)
II.5.1 Pompeii. March 2009. Remains of one of four columns that probably supported a balcony
II.5.1 Pompeii. December 2006. Remains of one of four columns that probably supported a balcony.
II.5.1 Pompeii. December 2006. Detail of remains of one of four columns that probably supported a balcony.
II.5.1 and II.5.2 Pompeii. December 2006. Via dell’ Abbondanza and remains of one of four columns that probably supported a balcony
II.5.1, Pompeii. December 2006.
Via dell’ Abbondanza, west end of II.5, site of brick remains of one of 4 columns that probably supported a balcony.
II.5.1 Pompeii. December 2006. Looking south from Via dell’Abbondanza, at west end of II.5.
The area to the right of the brick wall, where the modern signpost is now, was the site of pilaster of the gate that closed the Vicolo between II.5 and II.4 on the Via dell’ Abbondanza.
This was not restored after the bomb damage of 1943.
II.4.7 Pompeii. December 2006.
The other side of the Vicolo between II.5 and II.4 showing the projecting pilaster that was restored after the bombing of 1943.