I.2.26 Pompeii. Steps to upper floor. Excavated 1872.
I.2.26 Pompeii. October 2024.
Looking north towards entrances to I.2.26 on left, I.2.25 in centre, and I.2.24 on right. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
I.2.26 Pompeii. September 2010.
Looking north to entrance, on left, to steps to separate
upper dwelling, across Vicolo del Conciapelle. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.
According to
Fiorelli, “Gradinata per un piano sovrapposto, che più non esiste”.
(translation: Stairs to an upper floor, that existed no more).
See Pappalardo, U., 2001. La Descrizione di Pompei per Giuseppe Fiorelli (1875). Napoli: Massa Editore. (p.37).
Looking north through doorway into site of stairs to upper floor dwelling and workshop.
Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
I.2.26 Pompeii. September 2010.
Looking north into site of stairs to upper floor dwelling and workshop. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.
I.2.26 and I.2.25 Pompeii. December 2006. Entrance to steps to upper floor (on left).
I.2.26 Pompeii. September 2005. Entrance doorway.
In Codex Topographicus Pompeianus: Regio I.2, (the copy at DAIR), Warscher included Viola’s description of the insula, from
Gli scavi di
Pompei dal 1873 al 1878, p.10 (Pompei e la regione sotterrata dal Vesuvio
nell’anno 1879, Seconda parte).
This is included at the end in all parts of I.2 on the website.
“Nel dicembre
del 1873 incomminciò lo scavo di questa isola – quale dovette essere abitata da
moltissime persone. Infatti non si vede grande lusso
di abitazioni, nè grandi locali, ove i ricchi pompeiani passavano la vita
nell’ozio e nel piacere; si può invece osservare grand’economia di spazio, case
piccole miste a botteghe e ad officine, onde non è difficile argomentare che
quivi abitarono persone del ceto medio, le quali benchè agiate non godevano
certamente della più splendide posizione.
È questa
un’isola dove avennero frequentissime trasformazioni, per cui riesce
difficillissimo intravvedere qual’era la sua forma primiera; non mancano però
degli avanzi di costruzioni primitive, insieme ad altri di epoca posteriore,
come si osserva in molti luoghi di Pompei.
La sua area è
di mq.2948, ed è limitata da occidente dal cardo, a settentrione dalla via
secunda, ad oriente dal vico parallelo al cardo e a mezzogiorno dalla via
tertia che la separa dalle isole 1 e 5; il margine che la fiancheggia da tre
lati escluso l’orientale e sulla via tertia di fronte al vano No.28 si vede un
piccolo ponte, formato da massi posti a contrasto, il quale serve per unire i
due margine (vedi la fotografia no.42c)”.
(Note: this photo can also be seen at I.5.1, I.2.28 and in the “streets” section under Vicolo del Conciapelle).
See Warscher T., 1935. Codex Topographicus Pompeianus: Regio I.2. Rome: DAIR.
(translation: "In December of 1873 the excavation of this insula began – which would have been inhabited by many people. In fact you don't see great luxury homes, nor large rooms, where rich Pompeian passed life in idleness and pleasure; if you instead look at the great economy of space, small homes and shops mixed with workshops, it's not difficult to argue that here lived people in the middle class, which however well-to-do they certainly did not enjoy the most splendid position.
This was an insula, where there were frequent transformations, for which it is difficult to glimpse what was the original form; it does not lack however, the remains of primitive constructions, alongside others of a later date, as can be seen in many places in Pompeii.
Its area was 2948 sq. m., and was bounded on the west by the “cardo”, on the north by via secunda, and east by a parallel vicolo to the “cardo” and in the south by the via tertia, that separated it from Insula’s 1 and 5: the border that flanked it by three sides excluding the east and on via tertia opposite No. 28, you will see a small bridge, formed by a boulder placed to serve to unite the two edges, (see photo No. 42 c)."