I.19.1 Pompeii. House of Actius?

Linked to I.19.2 Caupona di Stabilio or Inn of Stabilius.

Only the street fronts have been excavated, c.1932-34, see CTP IIIA, p. 34.

Originally, this Insula was numbered as Reg. I, Insula 11, and then altered to Reg I, Insula 19.

According to Eschebach, the complete first room was excavated in 1930.

She has grouped together I.19.1 and I.19.2 as The House of Actius and the Caupona of Stabilio or Stabulio.

See Eschebach, L., 1993. Gebäudeverzeichnis und Stadtplan der antiken Stadt Pompeji. Köln: Böhlau, (p.79)

See Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, 1930, pp. 320ff

I.19.1 Pompeii. September 2005. Entrance doorway, looking south.

According to Hunink, graffito naming Actius was found on the counter of I.11.2 [=I.19.2]

<B=H>onus deus hic (h)abitat in do/mo / Act(i)      [CIL IV, 8417]

He translates this as “A good god lives here in the house of Actius”.

See Hunink, V., 2011. Glücklich ist dieser Ort!: 1000 Graffiti aus Pompeji. Stuttgart: Philipp Reclam, p. 60 no. 101.

I.19.1 Pompeii. 1959. Entrance doorway, looking south. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.

Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.

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I.19.1 Pompeii. 1959.

Wilhelmina Jashemski studying the lapilli, and its modern-day height. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.

Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.

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I.10 Pompeii, on left. September 2005.                       Roadway looking east.                                  I.19.1, on right.

I.19.1 Pompeii, side wall, on left. September 2005.          Roadway looking south.                              I.2, on right.

I.2.22 Pompeii. September 2010.     Looking north along Vicolo del Citarista, note arch by pole on right.         I.19 on right.

Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

I.2.22 Pompeii. September 2010.

Detail of arch on west side of insula I.19. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

I.19 Pompeii. September 2005. Unexcavated area from roadway opposite I.2.22

I.19 Pompeii. September 2005. Unexcavated tunnel or corridor, by roadway opposite I.2.22

I.2.22 Pompeii. September 2010.

Detail of the other end of the arch, tunnel or corridor, terminating at junction of unexcavated roadway.

Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

I.2 Pompeii, on left. September 2005.                        Roadway looking north.                      I.19 unexcavated, on right.

I.2.22 Pompeii. September 2010.

Looking south to restored south end of insula I.19, into the unexcavated, on the east side of Vicolo del Citarista.

Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

I.19 Pompeii. September 2005. Unexcavated area bordering onto I.19, looking east. Possible roadway between unexcavated areas, I.19 and I.25.

Stone or altar in road at I.25 NW tip. Pompeii. September 2005.