V.6.3 Pompeii. House.

On the plan in Massimo Osanna’s book, this is referred to as “Casa 6”.

See Osanna M., 2019. Pompei. Il tempo ritrovato. Le nuove scoperte. Milano: Rizzoli, p. 216, fig. 4.

Only the western street front has been excavated, c.1902, 1905-8.

As this area has not been fully excavated yet, it is extremely difficult to see and show exactly where the entrances were.

We have followed the plan as Eschebach drew it in 1969, as best we can.

Until this area is fully excavated, this may or may not be the correct number of entrances.

Via del Vesuvio, Pompeii. June 2019. Newly excavated frontages to V.6, on east side of Via del Vesuvio. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

(c.2018-2019). In order to improve the drainage and security for visitors to the site, the soil, ash and exuberant vegetation was removed from the slope of the unexcavated land on the east side of Via del Vesuvio (Insula V.6).

This has cleared the area to enable the street boundary wall and rooms at its immediate rear to be viewed from Via del Vesuvio.

Via del Vesuvio, Pompeii. October 2020. Looking north along east side of roadway, insula 6 of Reg. V.

V.6.3 would appear to be the house doorway, seen centre right, at the side of the large block on the pavement.

The area seen in the upper right may be an upper floor of this house. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

V.6.3 Pompeii. October 2022.

Looking towards east side of Via del Vesuvio with entrance doorway, centre left. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

V.6.3 Pompeii. October 2022.

Looking towards an entrance doorway on east side of Via del Vesuvio. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

V.6.3 Pompeii, on right. October 2022.

Looking towards entrance doorways on east side of Via del Vesuvio, with V.6.4, on left. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

V.6.3 Pompeii. October 2022.

Looking north-east to walls which may have been from an upper floor of this house. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

V.6.3 Pompeii. May 2006. Unexcavated doorway to an entrance corridor into a house.

V.6.3 Pompeii. December 2005. Unexcavated doorway to house.

V.6.3 Pompeii. May 2006. Front façade on south side of entrance doorway which can be seen on the left.

The threshold/sill of V.6.2 can be seen on the right

V.6.3 Pompeii, (on right). May 2006. Looking east to unexcavated doorways, with V.6.4, on left.

V.6.4 Pompeii, (on left). December 2005. Unexcavated doorways of east side of Via del Vesuvio, with V.6.3 Pompeii, on right.