VIII.6.2 Pompeii. Horticultural plot? Excavated 1881.
Notizie degli
Scavi, (January) 1882,
p.281, reads –
“Dell’isola
situata a mezzo giorno della 5, e che per la regione esposta di sopra sara da
ora innanzi 6.........”
(“Of the insula situated to the south of 5, which will
now be called 6……,”)
VIII.6.2 Pompeii. December
2018.
Looking
towards west side, from entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.
VIII.6.2 Pompeii. April 2022.
Looking
towards west side, from entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of
Giuseppe Ciaramella.
VIII.6.2 Pompeii. September 2005. East side.
VIII.6.2 Pompeii. December 2004. East side.
VIII.6.2 Pompeii. September 2005. East side.
VIII.6.2 Pompeii. September 2005. Looking north from entrance doorway.
According to Jashemski, this large area had a portico on the west and the south.
This portico was supported by pillars of brick and three old tufa columns.
The columns, which were on the south, appeared to be the remains of an earlier building.
The site was thought to have been still under construction in AD79, the roof of the portico not yet built.
However, the intended use of the site was not known.
See Jashemski, W. F., 1993. The Gardens of Pompeii, Volume II: Appendices. New York: Caratzas. (p.219).
VIII.6.2 Pompeii. December 2018.
Looking from north (rear) end towards entrance
doorway in centre on south side. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.
VIII.6.2 Pompeii. December 2018. Looking west
along north side towards north-west corner. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.
VIII.6.2 Pompeii. December 2018. Looking north
in north-west corner. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.
VIII.6.2 Pompeii. December 2018. Looking south along
west side. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.
VIII.6.2 Pompeii. December 2018. Looking
towards south-west corner. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.
VIII.6.2 Pompeii. September 2005. Looking north along portico on west side.
VIII.6.2 Pompeii. December 2004. Portico on west side.
VIII.6.2 Pompeii. Looking towards north-west corner, with Vesuvius at rear.
Photographed 1970-79 by Günther Einhorn, picture courtesy of his son Ralf Einhorn.
VIII.6.2 Pompeii, numbered on plan above as (6).
See Bullettino dell’Instituto di Corrispondenza
Archeologica (DAIR), 1883, p.170.
Bullettino dell’Instituto di Corrispondenza Archeologica (DAIR), 1884, p.137, with regard to excavation taken place between November 1881 and April 1882, published by Sogliano in NdS, May 1882.
N. [6]. (Not.
1882 p. 281 sg.)
Grande area
circondata su due lati, O e S, da portici.
Qui però tutto
era in costruzione, ne si può dire, a quale uso
dovesse servire l'area stessa ed i portici. Pare che non fosse ancora fatto il
tetto dei portici; almeno non se ne vede traccia alcuna all' estremità N del
lato O, ove il muro è conservato in altezza bastante; né havvi
ne' portici traccia di
pavimento. Anche le pareti son prive di decorazione; quel che se ne vede sono
avanzi di località esistite qui in antecedenza e demolite per creare
quest'area. Così all'estremità N del lato E è conservata una gran parte della
decorazione, fatta nell'ultimo stile, di una camera situata in un livello piu basso dell'area attuale, e similmente dirimpetto sul
lato O. Verso la metà del lato E, ove è un angolo, si vedono avanzi d' una
decorazione nel terzo stile, e poco distante dall'estremità S del lato quelli
d'una volta che copriva una camera.
Il portico doveva
essere sorretto da pilastri di tufo giallo tagliato a guisa di mattoni; però
sul lato S son rimaste tre antiche colonne di tufo, provenienti evidentemente
da un edifizio anteriore. Sul lato S, accanto al portico, è stata murata una
porta; da essa o si doveva ascendere per mezzo dì gradini, o dava accesso a
locali situati in un livello più basso dell'area attuale; era larga m. 1,75.
See Bullettino dell’Instituto di Corrispondenza
Archeologica (DAIR), 1884, p.137.
N. [6]. (Not. 1882 p. 281 and following)
Large area
surrounded on two sides, W and S, by arcades.
Here, however, everything was under
construction, it can be said, what use was to serve the area itself and the porticos.
It seems that the roof of the porticos was not yet done; at least no trace of
it is seen at the N end of the W side, where the wall is conserved in
sufficient height; there are no traces of the floor. The walls are also devoid
of decoration; what we see are the remains of places that existed here before
and were demolished to create this area. Thus, at the N end of the E side, a
large part of the decoration, done in the last style, of a room situated on a
lower level than the present area, and similarly opposite on the W side, is
preserved. Towards the middle of the E side, where there is a corner, there are
remains of a decoration in the third style, and not far from the S end of the
side those of a time that covered a room.
The portico was to be supported by yellow tuff pillars
cut like bricks; however on the S side there are still three ancient tuff
columns, evidently coming from an earlier building. On the S side, next to the
portico, a door has been bricked up; from it either one had to ascend by means
of steps, or it gave access to rooms situated on a lower level than the current
area; it was 1.75m wide.
See Bullettino
dell’Instituto di Corrispondenza Archeologica (DAIR), 1884, p.137.
Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, May 1882, p. 399.
Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, May 1882, p. 400.