I.3.6 Pompeii. Workshop. Excavated 1870.

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I.3.6 Pompeii. September 2010.

Looking east from entrance room through doorway into the rear vaulted room.

Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

 

I.3.6 Pompeii. September 2010.

Looking west across entrance room towards west wall and doorway onto Via Stabiana.

Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

 

I.3.6 Pompeii. September 2010.

Looking towards east wall of vaulted rear room. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

 

I.3.6 Pompeii. September 2010.

Looking towards north-west corner of entrance room (on left) and north wall of both front and rear rooms.

Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

 

I.3.6 Pompeii. September 2010. Looking west from rear vaulted room towards via Stabiana.

Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

According to CTP, the area towards the front of the photo would have been another room.

In the centre of the photo, above the remains of the wall would have been a large window giving light to the rear room.

On the north and east sides of the room would have been a wall, these are no longer visible.

See Van der Poel, H. B., 1986. Corpus Topographicum Pompeianum, Part IIIA. Austin: University of Texas. (p.6)

 

I.3.6 Pompeii. September 2010. Looking towards south wall, and rear doorway into adjoining I.3.5.

Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

 

I.3.6 Pompeii. September 2010.

Detail of niche on east wall of rear room. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

 

I.3.6 Pompeii. September 2010.

Detail of feature at rear of property, right hand part abuts east wall. Looking north.

Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

 

I.3.6 Pompeii. September 2010.

Detail of feature at rear of property, left hand part abuts north wall. Looking east.

Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

 

In Codex Topographicus Pompeianus: Regio I.3, (the copy at DAIR), Warscher included a description of the insula.

This description is included at the end in all parts of I.3 on the website.

 

“L’isola 3 della Regio I apparteneva ai quartieri piuttosto poveri, ad’esenzione della casa no. 3 tutto le case sono di dimensioni non grandi.

La casa no. 3 presenta un interesse dal punto di vista della costruzione: il peristilio si trova ad un livello più alto di quello dell’atrio:

questa particolarità si riscontra solamente in questa casa.

Noi abbiamo un esempio inverso nella casa dell’Ancora nera ove l’atrio si trova ad un livello più alto di quello del peristilio.

Si sente bene nell’isola in questione la vicinanza dell’anfiteatro da una parte e delle caserme dei gladiatori dall’altra.

Non c’è dubbio che le case nos 23, 25 siano state abitato da gladiatori.

(translation: “Insula 3 of Region I belonged to a rather poor neighborhood, with the exception of house No. 3 all the houses were not large in size.

The house at no. 3 had a special interest from the point of view of construction: the peristyle sits at a level higher than that of the atrium: this particularity was found only in this house. We have a contrary example in the House of the Black Anchor where the atrium was located at a higher level than that of the peristyle.

The nearness of the amphitheatre on one side and the gladiators' barracks on the other suited well the inhabitants of the insula in question.

There was no doubt that the houses numbered 23, 25 had been inhabited by gladiators.”).

 

 

 

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