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VI.11.13 Pompeii. House.

Linked to VI.11.6. Excavated 1841.

 

According to Fiorelli –

“Quella che viene appresso sembrami la casa, con l’annessa officina, di un negotiator di vestimenti grossolane usate da genti di mare.

La porta costeggiata da due cubicoli introduce nell’atrio, privo di stanze ne’ fianchi, e con una scaletta per montare di sopra. Esso ha nelle pareti varie date ed epigrafi, riferibili a compre o vendite di abiti………

In fondo all’atrio, ov’è pure un focolare, stanno due grandi celle, e tra esse una fauce che mena ad un’area scoverta; la quale ha da un lato altra cella o cubicolo, e poi un lungo compreso in forma rettangolare, dove erano situati forse i telai per la tessitura delle vesti. Da ultimo presso la porta della officina numero 6 un dormitorio, la cucina, la latrina, e la scala che portava al meniano.”

See Pappalardo, U., 2001. La Descrizione di Pompei per Giuseppe Fiorelli (1875). Napoli: Massa Editore. (p.70).

(That which comes after seems to me the house, with the adjoining workshop, of a negotiator of coarse clothes used by seafarers.

The doorway flanked by two cubiculum leads into the atrium, without rooms at the side, and with a stairs/ladder to climb above. Found in its walls were various dates and epigraphs, referable to buying or selling clothes .........

At the rear of the atrium, where there is also a hearth, there are two large rooms, and between them a corridor that leads to an uncovered area; which has on one side another room or cubiculum, and then a long rectangular complex, where perhaps the looms for the weaving of the garments were located. Finally, near the doorway of the workshop numbered 6, a dormitory, the kitchen, the latrine, and the staircase leading above.)

 

VI.11.13 and VI.11.6 Pompeii. Plan.
See Carratelli, G. P., 1990-2003. Pompei: Pitture e Mosaici: Vol. V. Roma: Istituto della enciclopedia italiana, p. 76.

VI.11.13 and VI.11.6 Pompeii. Plan.

See Carratelli, G. P., 1990-2003. Pompei: Pitture e Mosaici: Vol. V. Roma: Istituto della enciclopedia italiana, p. 76.

 

VI.11.6 Pompeii. Google Earth. 2023. 
Looking west from VI.11.13 entrance doorway, lower centre, towards VI.11.6, upper centre.

VI.11.6 Pompeii. Google Earth. 2023.

Looking west from VI.11.13 entrance doorway, lower centre, towards VI.11.6, upper centre.

 

VI.11.13 Pompeii. September 2005. Entrance doorway, looking west.

VI.11.13 Pompeii. September 2005. Entrance doorway, looking west.

 

VI.11.13 Pompeii. W1502. Façade on north side of entrance doorway.
Photo by Tatiana Warscher. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.

VI.11.13 Pompeii. W1502. Façade on north side of entrance doorway.

Photo by Tatiana Warscher. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.

 

VI.11.13, Pompeii. W. 1503. Wall on north side of entrance doorway, with window and blocked doorway.
Photo by Tatiana Warscher. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.

VI.11.13, Pompeii. W. 1503. Wall on north side of entrance doorway, with window and blocked doorway.

Photo by Tatiana Warscher. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.

 

VI.11.13 Pompeii. September 2005. Looking west towards atrium, from entrance corridor.
According to Jashemski, a passageway in this house (excavated in 1842) led from the atrium to an open area on the right in which there was a cistern head.  
Such an area would normally be a garden but, since Fiorelli on the basis of numerous graffiti identified this site as the home and workshop of a producer of sailors clothing, the garden may have been used for other purposes.
See Jashemski, W. F., 1993. The Gardens of Pompeii, Volume II: Appendices. New York: Caratzas. (p.144)
For list of graffiti, see below.

VI.11.13 Pompeii. September 2005. Looking west towards atrium, from entrance corridor.

According to Jashemski, a passageway in this house (excavated in 1842) led from the atrium to an open area on the right in which there was a cistern head. 

Such an area would normally be a garden but, since Fiorelli on the basis of numerous graffiti identified this site as the home and workshop of a producer of sailors clothing, the garden may have been used for other purposes.

See Jashemski, W. F., 1993. The Gardens of Pompeii, Volume II: Appendices. New York: Caratzas. (p.144)

For list of graffiti, see below.

 

VI.11.13 Pompeii. September 2005. Hearth in north-west corner of atrium.

VI.11.13 Pompeii. September 2005. Hearth in north-west corner of atrium.

 

VI.11.13 Pompeii. September 2005. North-east corner of atrium.

VI.11.13 Pompeii. September 2005. North-east corner of atrium.

 

VI.11.13 Pompeii. December 2018. 
Looking east across atrium towards entrance doorway, centre right. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

VI.11.13 Pompeii. December 2018.

Looking east across atrium towards entrance doorway, centre right. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

 

VI.11.13 Pompeii. December 2018. 
Niche in upper east wall of room on north side of entrance corridor. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

VI.11.13 Pompeii. December 2018.

Niche in upper east wall of room on north side of entrance corridor. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

 

VI.11.13 Pompeii. December 2018. 
Looking towards east wall of room on south side of entrance corridor. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

VI.11.13 Pompeii. December 2018.

Looking towards east wall of room on south side of entrance corridor. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

 

VI.11.13 Pompeii. September 2005. Looking north into triclinium, on north side of corridor.

VI.11.13 Pompeii. September 2005. Looking north into triclinium, on north side of corridor.

 

VI.11.13 Pompeii. September 2005. Cubiculum on south side of open area, with niche in west wall.

VI.11.13 Pompeii. September 2005. Cubiculum on south side of open area, with niche in west wall.

 

VI.11.13 Pompeii. December 2018. Looking towards west wall of cubiculum with niche. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

VI.11.13 Pompeii. December 2018. Looking towards west wall of cubiculum with niche. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

 

VI.11.13 Pompeii. December 2018. Niche in west wall of cubiculum. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

VI.11.13 Pompeii. December 2018.

Niche in west wall of cubiculum. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

 

VI.11.13 Pompeii. December 2018. Detail of niche in west wall of cubiculum. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

VI.11.13 Pompeii. December 2018. Detail of niche in west wall of cubiculum. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

 

VI.11.13 Pompeii. September 2005. Looking west across open area, on the right in which there is a cistern head.  
The corridor ahead would have led to VI.11.6.

VI.11.13 Pompeii. September 2005. Looking west across open area, on the right in which there is a cistern head. 

The corridor ahead would have led to VI.11.6.

 

VI.11.13 Pompeii. September 2005. Cistern head in north-east corner of open area.

VI.11.13 Pompeii. September 2005. Cistern head in north-east corner of open area.

 

According to Fiorelli, on the atrium walls were written various dates and graffiti, referring to the buying and selling of clothes.

Written by someone ascending the stairs were –

K XII MAIAS TVN PAL

NONIS MAIS FAS
VIII IDVS  MAS
TVNICAS  II

and another

III IDVS APRILIIS
TVNICA   + I

On the south wall a list of names was also found.

See Pappalardo, U., 2001. La Descrizione di Pompei per Giuseppe Fiorelli (1875). Napoli: Massa Editore. (p.70)

 

According to Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss/Slaby (See www.manfredclauss.de) these were

 

K(alendas) XII Maias tun(icam) pal(lium)

Nonis Mai(i)s fas(ciam)

VIII Idus Ma(ia)s

tunicas II                       [CIL IV 1393]

 

III Idus Apriles

tunica(m) |(denarii) I

IIIA[                                 [CIL IV 1392]

 

According to Della Corte, there was no trace of the name of the owner of this small house, but Fiorelli believed this was an establishment of an Officina Vestiaria which would have produced special clothing for seamen.

A list of names, clearly legible were those of -

(Nautae) Alexander, Mena, Dinibales (?), Synoris, Spurius, Macer, Domitius, Speratus, Primogenes, Tebaldus e Iucundus  [CIL IV 1396-98]

some of the names were repeated.

See Della Corte, M., 1965. Case ed Abitanti di Pompei. Napoli: Fausto Fiorentino. (p. 60)

 

According to Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss/Slaby (See www.manfredclauss.de) these names were -

 

Aliexs dixit

numen

Mena dixit

(h)onore(m)      [CIL IV 1396]

 

Dinibales

Synoris

Spurius

Macer

Domitius

Alexander

/

Cius

Casarito

Sperat()

Primoc[1]ves

/

Per omnia

fata

[3]o Ibineus

et te Tebalde

Ame Necuis

Eco Solus            [CIL IV 1397]

 

Iucundus

Sinurini sal(ve)    [CIL IV 1398]

 

Extracts from Bullettino Archeologico Napoletano, Anno Primo, 1843.

(Note: “Quarta casa” (Fourth house) is part of Avellino’s description, and not a numbered location.)

 

See Bullettino Archeologico Napoletano, Anno Primo, 1843, Napoli: Tipografia Tramater, No. IX, 1 Maggio 1843, p.66. (also entered at VI.11.13).

See Bullettino Archeologico Napoletano, Anno Primo, 1843, Napoli: Tipografia Tramater, No. IX, 1 Maggio 1843, p.66. (also entered at VI.11.6).

 

 See Bullettino Archeologico Napoletano, Anno Primo, 1843, Napoli: Tipografia Tramater, No. IX, 1 Maggio 1843, p.67.

See Bullettino Archeologico Napoletano, Anno Primo, 1843, Napoli: Tipografia Tramater, No. IX, 1 Maggio 1843, p.67.

 

See Bullettino Archeologico Napoletano, Anno Primo, 1843, Napoli: Tipografia Tramater, No. X, 1 Giugno 1843, p. 73.

See Bullettino Archeologico Napoletano, Anno Primo, 1843, Napoli: Tipografia Tramater, No. X, 1 Giugno 1843, p. 73.

See Bullettino Archeologico Napoletano, Anno Primo, 1843, Napoli: Tipografia Tramater, No. X, 1 Giugno 1843, p. 73.

 

 

 

 

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