V.6.4 Pompeii. House.
According to the plan in Massimo Osanna’s book this is referred to as “Casa 5”.
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.6.4 would appear to be the house doorway,
seen centre left. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
V.6.4 Pompeii. October 2022. Looking east on Via del Vesuvio towards entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
V.6.4, on left, Pompeii. October 2022.
Looking towards entrance doorways on east side of Via del Vesuvio, with V.6.3, on right. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Looking towards wall on north side of entrance doorway, on right. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
V.6.4 Pompeii. October 2022. Looking towards an upper floor room, covered for protection. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
V.6.4
Pompeii, doorway on lower right. October 2020. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Looking
east to a collapsed floor from an upper room?
On the left are the remaining plastered upper floor walls.
Looking
east to the decoration from the top of a wall, jutting from the excavated soil.
Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
V.6.5? Pompeii, on left. December 2005.
Looking east on Via del Vesuvio, the possible house entrance of V.6.4 can be seen to the right of the red brick pillar, on the right.
V.6.4 Pompeii. May 2006. Unexcavated doorway to entrance corridor of house.
V.6.4 Pompeii. May 2006. Front façade of house, on north side of entrance doorway.
V.6.4 Pompeii, (on left). May 2006. Looking east on Via del Vesuvio.
Front façade of house on south side of doorway, with doorway to V.6.3, towards right.