(Originally, this Insula was numbered as Reg. II, Insula 15, and then in the 1950’s at the moment of excavation altered to Reg I, Insula 17).
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I.15.3 Pompeii. September 2015. Looking east along south side of Via di Castricio, with entrance at I.15.3, centre right.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
I.15.3 Pompeii, with I.15.2, on left. December 2018.
Entrance doorways at west end of I.15, at junction with
Vicolo della Nave Europa. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.
I.15.3 Pompeii. October 2022. Looking south towards entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
According to Varone, the inscription CIL IV 10194a was found on the left side of the entrance doorway.
See Varone, A., 2002. Erotica Pompeiana: Love Inscriptions on the Walls of Pompeii, Rome: L’erma di Bretschneider, (p.151).
I.15.3 Pompeii. September 2015. Looking south through entrance
doorway.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
I.15.3 Pompeii. May 2010. Entrance doorway and fauces room 5.
The house was named after the graffito wall painting found on the north wall of the peristyle.
The painting showed a ship with the inscription “Europa”.
I.15.3 Pompeii.
September 2024. Information card. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
I.15.3 Pompeii. 1972. Entrance on Via di Castricio, looking east. 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.15.3 Pompeii. 1968. House of Ship Europa, exterior façade on west (right) of entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Anne Laidlaw.
American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Laidlaw collection _P_68_3_36.
I.15.3 Pompeii.
1972.
Entrance on Via di Castricio, 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.15.3 Pompeii. September 2024.
Looking
south from entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
I.15.3 Pompeii. July 2021. Looking south from entrance doorway.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
I.15.3 Pompeii. October 2017. Room 5, looking south across
decorated flooring.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
I.15.3 Pompeii. May 2015. Decorated floor in entrance room 5. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
I.15.3 Pompeii. May 2015. Room 5, marble doorway threshold/sill in entrance vestibule. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
I.15.3 Pompeii. September 2015. Room 5, west side of
entrance vestibule, looking south.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
I.15.3 Pompeii. May 2010. Room 5, west wall of entrance corridor.
I.15.3 Pompeii. May 2015. Room 5, entrance vestibule, west side, looking north. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
I.15.3 Pompeii. 1972. Room 5. House of Ship Europa, Fauces, right W wall. Photo courtesy of Anne Laidlaw.
American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Laidlaw collection _P_72_17_30.
I.15.3
Pompeii. October 2017. Room 5, looking along west wall towards south-west
corner.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
I.15.3 Pompeii. May 2015. Room 5. Entrance vestibule, detail of south end of west side. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
I.15.3 Pompeii. 1972.
Room 5. Entrance vestibule, detail of south end of west side. 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.15.3 Pompeii. 1968.
Room 5. House of Ship Europa, Nave, Fauces, right W side at S end. Photo courtesy of Anne Laidlaw.
American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Laidlaw collection _P_68_3_34.
I.15.3 Pompeii. May 2015. Room 5. Entrance vestibule, detail of south-west corner. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
I.15.3 Pompeii. 1972.
Room 5. House of Ship Europa, Fauces, back S wall and SW corner. Photo courtesy of Anne Laidlaw.
American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Laidlaw collection _P_72_17_32.
I.15.3 Pompeii. May 2015. Room 5. Entrance vestibule, detail of north end of west side. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
I.15.3 Pompeii. 1968.
Room 5. House of Ship Europa, Nave, Fauces, right W side at N end. Photo courtesy of Anne Laidlaw.
American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Laidlaw collection _P_68_3_35.
I.15.3 Pompeii. 1972.
Room 5. House of Ship Europa, Fauces, entrance N wall, NW corner. Photo courtesy of Anne Laidlaw.
American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Laidlaw collection _P_72_17_33.
I.15.3 Pompeii. September 2015. Room 5, entrance vestibule,
looking south along east wall.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
I.15.3 Pompeii. October 2017. Room 5, looking south along east
wall.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
I.15.3 Pompeii. May 2015. Room 5. Entrance vestibule, east side. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
I.15.3 Pompeii. May 2010. Room 5. East wall of entrance corridor. Looking south.
I.15.3 Pompeii. December 2004. Room 5. East wall of entrance corridor. Looking north.
I.15.3 Pompeii. 1975. Room 5. House of Ship Europa, east side of fauces, left wall. Photo courtesy of Anne Laidlaw.
American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Laidlaw collection _P_75_2_33.
I.15.3 Pompeii. 1975. Room 5. House of Ship Europa, north end of east (left) wall of entrance fauces.
Photo courtesy of Anne Laidlaw.
American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Laidlaw collection _P_75_2_34.
I.15.3 Pompeii. 1972. Room 5. House of Ship Europa, fauces, left E wall. Photo courtesy of Anne Laidlaw.
American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Laidlaw collection _P_72_15_12.
I.15.3 Pompeii. 1968. Room 5. House of Ship Europa, Fauces, left E side at north end. Photo courtesy of Anne Laidlaw.
American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Laidlaw collection _P_68_3_32.
I.15.3 Pompeii. 1968.
Room 5. House of Ship Europa, Fauces, left E side at south end. Photo courtesy of Anne Laidlaw.
American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Laidlaw collection _P_68_3_33.
I.15.3 Pompeii. May 2010. Room 8, ala on west side.
I.15.3 Pompeii. September 2015. Room 8, reconstructed press
and flooring.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
I.15.3 Pompeii. July 2021. Room 8, detail of flooring.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
I.15.3 Pompeii. May 2015. Room 8, reconstructed press. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
I.15.3 Pompeii. 1974.
West side of peristyle, with room 8, ala on west side of entrance, without a roof.
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.15.3 Pompeii. September 2024.
Looking south-east across peristyle 13, from near entrance. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
I.15.3 Pompeii. October 2022. Looking south-east across peristyle 13, from near entrance. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
I.15.3 Pompeii. September 2015. Looking south-east across peristyle 13, from near entrance.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
I.15.3 Pompeii. December 2004. Looking south-east across peristyle 13, from near entrance.
I.15.3 Pompeii, 1978. Looking south-west across peristyle 13 from north portico. 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.15.3 Pompeii. 1972. House of Ship Europa, Peristyle 13, W wall. Photo courtesy of Anne Laidlaw.
American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Laidlaw collection _P_72_15_11.
I.15.3 Pompeii. 1968. House of Ship Europa, right W side of peristyle 13. Photo courtesy of Anne Laidlaw.
American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Laidlaw collection _P_68_4_6.
I.15.3 Pompeii. 1959. Looking south-east across peristyle 13, from near entrance. 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.15.3 Pompeii. 1972. Looking towards south-east corner of peristyle 13. 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.15.3 Pompeii. 1959.
Looking east across peristyle 13. The cistern puteal is on the left of the photo. 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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