I.20.4 Pompeii. Dwelling house with fruit garden.

Excavated 1958 and 1986.

(Originally, this Insula was numbered as Reg. II, Insula 13, and then in the 1950’s at the moment of excavation altered to Reg I, Insula 15).

I.20.4 Pompeii. October 2024. Looking west to entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.

I.20.4 Pompeii. May 2010. Entrance on Via di Nocera. Looking south.

I.20.4 Pompeii. 1975. Shop House, entrance, pilaster capitals. Photo courtesy of Anne Laidlaw.

American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Laidlaw collection _P_75_7_23.

I.20.4 Pompeii. May 2010. Upper entrance doorway with capitals.

I.20.4 Pompeii. 1975. Shop House, entrance, pilaster capitals. Photo courtesy of Anne Laidlaw.

American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Laidlaw collection _P_75_6_27.

I.20.4 Pompeii. May 2010. South side of entrance doorway.

I.20.4 Pompeii. 1975. Shop House, façade entrance, left S pilaster capital. Photo courtesy of Anne Laidlaw.

American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Laidlaw collection _P_75_7_22.

I.20.4 Pompeii. May 2010. North side of entrance doorway.

I.20.4 Pompeii. 1975. Shop House, façade entrance, right N pilaster capital. Photo courtesy of Anne Laidlaw.

American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Laidlaw collection _P_75_7_20.

I.20.4 Pompeii. December 2004. Entrance.

I.20.4 Pompeii. September 2004. Looking west from entrance across atrium/courtyard.

I.20.4 Pompeii. December 2004. Looking west.

I.20.4 Pompeii. December 2004, Looking west towards garden.

I.20.4 Pompeii. 1972. Shop House, courtyard/atrium, SE overall view. Photo courtesy of Anne Laidlaw.

American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Laidlaw collection _P_72_18_34.

I.20.4 Pompeii. 1972. Shop House, courtyard/atrium, S wall. Photo courtesy of Anne Laidlaw.

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I.20.4 Pompeii. 1972. Shop House, courtyard/atrium, S wall. Photo courtesy of Anne Laidlaw.

American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Laidlaw collection _P_72_18_33.

I.20.4 Pompeii. 1974.

Shop House, room at NW corner of courtyard/atrium, looking towards entrance in E wall.

Photo courtesy of Anne Laidlaw.

American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Laidlaw collection _P_74_3_9.

According to PPM, this room (in the north-west corner of the atrium/courtyard) which had been a cubiculum was then converted into the kitchen and latrine.

In the north-west corner of this room was the latrine.

The floor was of cocciopesto and embedded with pieces of white tesserae under the area of the bed, with a decorative scheme including meanders and a double diamond pattern outlined with white tesserae in the antechamber.

The wall was decorated with relief stucco in the I style, with the zoccolo decorated with prospective cubes surmounted by a top of imitation alabaster and by bosses.

The bench of the kitchen and supports for the latrine, leaning against the north wall, were already collapsed in 1977, together with the north wall.

I.20.4 Pompeii. 1972. Shop House, room in NW corner, E wall with doorway to courtyard/atrium. Photo courtesy of Anne Laidlaw.

American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Laidlaw collection _P_72_18_30.

I.20.4 Pompeii. 1974.

Shop House, room at NW corner, E wall with doorway on right. Photo courtesy of Anne Laidlaw.

American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Laidlaw collection _P_74_3_13.

I.20.4 Pompeii. 1974.

Shop House, room at NW corner, E wall, detail. Photo courtesy of Anne Laidlaw.

American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Laidlaw collection _P_74_3_12.

I.20.4 Pompeii. 1974. Shop House, room at NW corner, E wall, detail of zoccolo. Photo courtesy of Anne Laidlaw.

According to PPM, only a small extract of the zoccolo formed by prospective cubes remains near to the doorway.

American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Laidlaw collection _P_74_3_10.

I.20.4 Pompeii. 1974. Shop House, room at NW corner, E wall, detail. Photo courtesy of Anne Laidlaw.

American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Laidlaw collection _P_74_1_25.

I.20.4 Pompeii. July 2008. Latrine. Photo courtesy of Barry Hobson.

I.20.4 Pompeii. July 2008. Latrine, after cleaning. Photo courtesy of Barry Hobson.

I.20.4 Pompeii. July 2008. Latrine, after cleaning. Photo courtesy of Barry Hobson.

I.20.4 Pompeii. July 2008. Latrine, after cleaning. Photo courtesy of Barry Hobson.

I.20.4 Pompeii. March 2024. Terracotta statue of the muse Polyhymnia.

Found near the north wall of the garden. Traces of red are still preserved on the white folds of the chiton and its mantle.

See Jashemski, W. F., 1993. The Gardens of Pompeii, Volume II: Appendices. New York: Caratzas, p. 67.

At the time of excavation this was recorded as found on 31st January 1959, in I.15.4, which has since been renumbered as I.20.4.

PAP inventory number 12366. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.

On display in exhibition in Palaestra entitled – “L’altra Pompei, vite comuni all’ombra del Vesuvio”.

I.20.4 Pompeii. Found on 31st January 1959.  

Found near the north side of the garden of the Inn of the Gladiators – Reg. I – Ins. XV - No 4.

Terracotta statue of the muse Polyhymnia.

SAP inventory number 12366.

This is recorded as being found in I.15.4, which was later re-numbered to I.20.4.

I.20.4 Pompeii.  Found on 31st January 1959. Terracotta statue of the muse Polyhymnia.

SAP inventory number 12366.

I.20.4 Pompeii.  Found on 31st January 1959. Rear view of terracotta statue of the muse Polyhymnia.

SAP inventory number 12366.