VI.17.1 Pompeii. Hospitium of Albinus or Statio of the mulliones et caepari.

Linked to VI.17.2. First excavated 1769.

VI.17.1, Pompeii. April 2019. Entrance doorway on left (west) side of Herculaneum Gate. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

Herculaneum Gate near VI.17.1, Pompeii. December 2007. Looking north.

Herculaneum Gate near VI.17.1. Pompeii.

VI.17.1 Pompeii. May 2011. Looking west towards exterior wall, and Herculaneum Gate, on right.

VI.17.1 Pompeii. September 2021. Looking west on Via Consolare towards entrance with ramp. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VI.17.1 Pompeii. May 2011. Looking west towards ramp leading to entrance.

According to Fiorelli, the first entrance commencing from the Herculaneum Gate was an inn with annexed bar.

Recognisable by the lowered ramp for the access of the wagons and animals, by the wide doorway introducing into an area, that had on the right the kitchen, the shelter for the vehicles, the stable, the latrine, and a large room from which one went down to the cellar and passed in a space enclosed between the city gate and the city wall, used for the rubbish, where various animal bones were found. On the left and in front of it were dormitories, and maybe even dining areas.

See Pappalardo, U., 2001. La Descrizione di Pompei per Giuseppe Fiorelli (1875). Napoli: Massa Editore. (p.158)

See PAH, 1, 1, 236 (30th December 1769) with addendum 154, and PAH 1, 1, 238 (5th May 1770), with addendum 155.

VI.17.1 Pompeii. May 2010. Looking west across Via Consolare towards ramp at entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Ivo van der Graaff.

VI.17.01 Pompeii. September 2021. Looking west from entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VI.17.01 Pompeii. April 2019. Looking west through entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

VI.17.1 Pompeii. September 2015. Looking west to entrance doorway from Via Consolare.

VI.17.1 Pompeii. May 2005. Looking west to entrance doorway from Via Consolare.

Found in April 1770, on the outside wall, was an inscription, it read-

C(aium) Iulium Polybium

IIvir(um) muliones rog(ant)    [CIL IV 113]

See Pagano, M. and Prisciandaro, R., 2006. Studio sulle provenienze degli oggetti rinvenuti negli scavi borbonici del regno di Napoli. Naples: Nicola Longobardi, (p.67)  PAH I, 1, 238, add.155)

VI.17.1 Pompeii. September 2015. Looking south towards area near entrance doorway.

VI.17.1 Pompeii. May 2011. Looking south towards area near entrance doorway.

VI.17.1 Pompeii. September 2021. Looking west along south side. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VI.17.1 Pompeii. September 2015. Looking west along south side.

VI.17.1 Pompeii. May 2011. Looking south into first room on south side, with doorway linking to VI.17.2, on left.

VI.17.1 Pompeii. May 2011. Looking east towards counter in VI.17.2.

VI.17.1 Pompeii. May 2011.Second room on south side.

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VI.17.1 Pompeii. May 2011.

Looking south along corridor at rear in south-west corner, leading towards VI.17.3/4.

VI.17.1 Pompeii. April 2019. Looking south-west from entrance, towards doorways to rooms on south side. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

VI.17.1 Pompeii. May 2005. Looking south-west from entrance, towards rooms on south side.

VI.17.1 Pompeii. September 2015. Looking towards south-west corner from entrance doorway.

VI.17.1 Pompeii. May 2010.

Detail of walling of room in south-west corner, with corridor to VI.17.3/4, centre left. Photo courtesy of Ivo van der Graaff.

VI.17.1 Pompeii. May 2010. Looking east with detail of walling from room in south-west corner. Photo courtesy of Ivo van der Graaff.

VI.17.1 Pompeii. May 2005. Looking west from entrance doorway, towards rooms on west side.

VI.17.1 Pompeii. May 2011. Looking west in large room in rear south-west corner.

VI.17.1 Pompeii. May 2011. Looking north-west towards central room on west side.

VI.17.1 Pompeii. May 2011. Looking west into central room on west side.

VI.17.1 Pompeii. May 2011. Looking west towards doorway to room in north-west corner.

VI.17.1 Pompeii. May 2010.

Looking west towards doorway and detail of wall of room in north-west corner. Photo courtesy of Ivo van der Graaff.

VI.17.1 Pompeii. May 2011. Looking east from room in north-west corner towards entrance doorway.

VI.17.1 Pompeii. May 2010. Detail of east wall in room in north-west corner. Photo courtesy of Ivo van der Graaff.

VI.17.1 Pompeii. May 2011. Looking north-west from north-east corner.

At the end of the block wall (under the greenery) would be another doorway, leading into a room with steps.

Down these steps in the underground area, called a “cellar”, wine containers were discovered, according to Sir William Hamilton.

He wrote –

“View of the ruins of the houses on the right-hand side of the street as you enter the gate.

A.   The first house was thought to be an Inn. The bones of horses were found in the stables; and in the cellar, large earthen vessels for wine.”

See Hamilton, W., 1777. Account of the Discoveries at Pompeii. London: Bowyer and Nichols (p.12, Pl. VIII).

VI.17.1 Pompeii. May 2011. Looking north from north-east corner.

VI.17.1 Pompeii. April 2019. Looking north in north-east corner. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

VI.17.1 Pompeii. May 2011. North-east corner, with doorway to small room, latrine or corridor, near east wall.

VI.17.1 Pompeii. May 2010.

Looking north-east towards doorway to small room, latrine or corridor near east wall, in centre, and hearth in kitchen against north wall.

Photo courtesy of Ivo van der Graaff.

VI.17.1 Pompeii. May 2011. Looking east into small room, latrine or corridor on north side of hearth.

VI.17.1 Pompeii. Pre-1804. Drawing by Piranesi, looking towards latrine.

See Piranesi, F, 1804. Antiquités de la Grande Grèce : Tome I. Paris : Piranesi and Le Blanc. Vol. I, pl. XXXIII.

VI.17.1 Pompeii. May 2011. Looking east across front wall of small room, towards the Herculaneum Gate.

VI.17.1 Pompeii. May 2011. Looking north-east into small room, latrine or corridor on north side of hearth.

VI.17.1 Pompeii. May 2010.

Looking north-east into small room, latrine or corridor on north side of hearth. Photo courtesy of Ivo van der Graaff.

VI.17.1 Pompeii. September 2021. Hearth in kitchen on north side of entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VI.17.1 Pompeii. September 2021. Detail of hearth on north side of entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VI.17.1 Pompeii. September 2015. Hearth on north side of entrance doorway.

VI.17.1 Pompeii. May 2011. Looking north towards hearth on north side of entrance doorway.

VI.17.1 Pompeii. Pre-1804. Drawing by Piranesi, looking north towards hearth on north side of entrance doorway.

See Piranesi, F, 1804. Antiquités de la Grande Grèce : Tome I. Paris : Piranesi and Le Blanc. Vol. I, pl. XXXII.

VI.17.1 Pompeii. May 2011. Hearth on north side of entrance doorway.

VI.17.1 Pompeii. May 2005. Looking north-west from entrance, towards rooms on north side, and remains of hearth in kitchen.

VI.17.1 Pompeii, doorway in centre, VI.17.2 entrance to Thermopolium, on right. Pre-1804.

Drawing by Piranesi, described as “Plan and sides of the 1st Tavern, showing the parapets, the hearths, the chimney and latrine.”

Fig. 1, looking west from Via Consolare, Fig. II, looking east from interior towards Via Consolare.

(Note this engraving has been reversed, the latrine, on the left, should be on the right near the Herculaneum Gate, the entrance to VI.17.2.

 should be on the left.)

See Piranesi, F, 1804. Antiquités de la Grande Grèce : Tome I. Paris : Piranesi and Le Blanc. Vol. I, pl. XXIX.

VI.17.1 Pompeii, on left, and VI.17.2, on right. Pre-1804.

Drawing by Piranesi, looking east towards doorway to Via Consolare, on the left is the latrine, and hearth.

On the right is the bar room of VI.17.2, which has now been separated by a “modern” wall, on the south side of entrance to VI.17.1.

See Piranesi, F, 1804. Antiquités de la Grande Grèce : Tome I. Paris : Piranesi and Le Blanc. Vol. I, pl. XXXI.