VII.6.5 Pompeii. Site of staircase to upper storey.
Excavated 1760, 1841, 1910?
According to Garcia y Garcia Region VII, Insula VI was one of the insulae most devastated over the years since its excavation.
He calls it the “Cinderella” of Pompeii. Between the years 1759 and 1762 it was vandalised and stripped by the Bourbons, then re-interred.
Then came the slow and non-systematic uncovering again before the final destruction in September 1943.
The area was ignored and abandoned during the years following the war, which reduced the insula to a heap of bricks and masonry.
See Garcia y Garcia,
L., 2006. Danni di guerra a Pompei. Rome: L’Erma di Bretschneider. (p.102).
According to
Fiorelli –
VII.6.1-6 –
Diversi aditi in gran parte obliterati, che trovansi sulla fronte
settentrionale dell’isola a comminciare da occidente, sembrano aver l’ingresso
a tre botteghe, ad una casa, e a due gradinate indipendenti per cenacoli
sovrapposti.
(VII.6.1-6 – Several entrances in large part
obliterated that were found on the north side of the insula beginning on the
west side, they seemed to be the entrances to three shops, to a house, and to
two independent steps leading to rooms above.)
See Pappalardo, U., 2001. La Descrizione di Pompei per Giuseppe Fiorelli (1875). Napoli: Massa Editore. (p.159).
VII.6.4-6 Pompeii. 1910 plan. By Spano.
See Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, 1910,
fig. 1, p. 437.
According to NdS,
Continuing the regular description of the insula, and following the order as indicated by the numbers of the external doorways, we have the numbers V and VI.
The number VI (but meaning 5) forms a small doorway for the wooden stairs that climb up to a pergula.
The second doorway (number VI) corresponds to a shop (room number 37 on plan), with a floor of mortar with small pieces of incrusted marble.
See Notizie degli Scavi, 1910, linked to 5,
p.453-4.
(According to NdS
- Continuando la descrizione regolare
dell’isola, e seguendo l’ordine come ci viene indicato dalla numerazione dei
vani esterni, abbiamo i numeri V e VI. Il no. VI forma il piccolo vano per la
scaletta di legno che montava ad un pergula. Il secondo corrisponde ad una
bottega 37, dal pavimento di malta con pezzetti di marmo incrostati.
See Notizie degli Scavi, 1910, linked to 5,
p.453-4.)
VII.6.5/4/3 Pompeii. May 2011. Looking south-west towards sites of doorways on Via delle Terme.
On the left is the thicker base-stone of the steps to the upper floor at VII.6.5. In the centre is a wider doorway to the shop at VII.6.4.
The room on the right of the stone dividing wall would have been part of VII.6.3.
On the right the bar at VII.6.2/1 can be seen. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
VII.6.5 Pompeii. December 2005. Remains of sill of steps to upper floor.
VII.6.5 Pompeii. May 2005. Remains of sill of steps to upper floor.