I.11.2 Pompeii. Shop. Excavated 1912-1913.

(Originally when excavated, this was numbered as Reg. II, Insula 1, no.2).

I.11.2, on left, and I.11.1, centre, Pompeii. December 2018.

Looking south-east from Via dell’Abbondanza. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

Via dell’Abbondanza, south side. May 2010. Looking east from near unnamed vicolo towards I.11.

I.11.1 is the doorway on the right of the photo.

Above the doorways of I.11.2, left of centre, and I.11.3, left of I.11.2, windows can be seen in the upper floor.

According to Della Corte,

“Reg. II, ins.1, on high between doorways 1 and 2, a window was found (0.80m wide x 1.20m high), protected by a grating which remains in its place in reasonable state of preservation; beyond the described window and continuing towards the east, and it seems placed above doorways 2 and 3, a large roof was found a little knocked down from its original position, about 6m. long (but the eastern extremity has not yet been discovered), and protruding by just over 2m.

At the rear of the wall of the façade of doorway 1, definitely in their place were the remains of the basins/tubs mentioned last month, putting all the fragments of one of them back into its place with its bottom. "

See Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, 1913, p.220.

“Reg. II, ins. 1. Tra i vani 1 e 2 in alto, si e scoperta una finestra (larga 0.80m. alta 1.20m) protetta da inferriata che resta tuttora al suo posto in discreto stato di conservazione; oltre la descritta finestra, procedende sempre verso oriente, e quindi imposta sul vani 2 e 3 come pare, si era rinvenuta, di poco abbattuta dalla sua originaria posizione, una grande tettoia, lunga per ora (non se ne era ancora scoperta l’extremita orientale) 6m, e sporgente per poco piu di m.2.

A tergo del muro di facciata del vano 1 si sono definitivamente assicurati al posto loro gli avanzi delle vasche accennate il mese scorso, rimettendo a posto interamente i frammenti di una di esse col relativo fondo.”

Vedi Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, 1913, p.220.

I.11.2, on left, with I.11.1, on right. December 2018.

The window with grating, as mentioned by Della Corte above, can be seen between the doorways.  Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

I.11.2 Pompeii. December 2018. Looking south to entrance doorway.

One of the windows in the upper floor can be seen above the doorway. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand

I.11.2 Pompeii. October 2023. Looking south-east towards entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

I.11.2 Pompeii. December 2018. Looking south-east to entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

I.11.2 Pompeii. May 2005. Entrance doorway, looking south.

I.11.2 Pompeii, on right. c.1920. Entrance doorways, with I.11.3, on left. Upper storey windows are visible.

I.11.2 Pompeii, on right. c.1920.

Entrance doorways, with entrance doorway to I.11.3, on left. The painted electoral programma are on the pillar between the doorways.

I.11.2 and I.11.3 Pompeii. C.1920. Detail of painted electoral programmata on the pillar between the doorways.

According to Della Corte, on page 357 of Notizie degli Scavi, 1913, I.11.2, originally was known as II.1.2.

“On the external wall between doorways 2 and 3, above the appropriate whitewash, the following programmata were found” -

High up -

I.11.2 Pompeii. Graffito in red.

C(aium) Caluentium / Sittium Magnum IIvir(um) i(ure) d(icundo) o(ro) v(os) f(aciatis)      [CIL IV 7407]

I.11.2 Pompeii. Two horizontally aligned graffito in red.

Secundum // aed(ilem) // v(irum) b(onum)      [CIL IV 7408]

C(aium) Iulium / Polybium aed(ilem) v(iis) a(aedibus) s(acris) p(rocurandis)      [CIL IV 7409]

And a little underneath, again -    

I.11.2 Pompeii. Graffito in red. C(aium) I(ulium) Polybium / [      [CIL IV 7410]

Under the programma for “Secundum”, another older programma, painted in black, appeared –

I.11.2 Pompeii. Graffito in black. C(aium) Lollium / aed(ilem)      [CIL IV 7411]

See Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, 1913, (p.358)

See Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss/Slaby (www.manfredclauss.de).

I.11.2 Pompeii. December 2007. Entrance doorway, looking east.

I.11.2 Pompeii. December 2018. Looking towards east wall. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

I.11.2 Pompeii. December 2007. East wall.

I.11.2 Pompeii. December 2007. East wall. 

I.11.2 Pompeii. December 2018. Detail of square niche on east wall. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

I.11.2 Pompeii. December 2007. Niche on east wall. 

I.11.2 Pompeii. October 2023.

Looking towards north-east corner, left of entrance doorway, towards east wall with water basin. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

I.11.2 Pompeii. December 2007. East wall with water basin in north-east corner.

22nd September 1913

According to Della Corte, in the north-east corner of this shop, two iron keys united together were found, similar to those reproduced in Notizie 1912, p.247. Also found with these, a round-bellied jug with one handle, and an oval small rustic terracotta cooking pot: and finally, an amphora on whose neck could be read, in small black letters, the epigraph -

I.11.2 Pompeii. Graffito on neck of amphora found in north-east corner.

See Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, 1913, p. 360.

I.11.2 Pompeii. October 2023.

Looking south from entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

I.11.2 Pompeii. December 2007. Looking south.

I.11.2 Pompeii. October 2023. Looking south. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

I.11.2 Pompeii. October 2023.

Looking towards south wall and south-west corner. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

I.11.2 Pompeii. December 2007. South wall, south-west corner and west wall.  

I.11.2 Pompeii. December 2007. South-west corner and west wall.

I.11.2 Pompeii. December 2007. West wall. 

I.11.2 Pompeii. October 2023. Detail of remains of painted plaster on west wall. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

I.11.2 Pompeii. December 2007. Remains of painted plaster on west wall. 

I.11.2 Pompeii. October 2023. Looking towards rear rooms on south side. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

I.11.2 Pompeii. December 2007. Rear rooms on south side. 

I.11.2 Pompeii. July 2006. Looking west towards a latrine in a room at the rear of the property. Photo courtesy of Barry Hobson.