I.2.13 Pompeii. Thermopolium. Linked to I.2.12.

Excavated 1869. Bombed in 1943.

I.2.13 Pompeii. July 2011. Looking towards entrance doorway from Via Stabiana. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

Warscher described this, quoting Fiorelli, as

“I.2.12/13 – due taberne aventi comunicazione tra loro.  Il podio è rivestito di marmi. 

Qui l’insula è delimitata dalla via secunda, sulla quale si aprono gl’ingressi di altre abitazioni”.

See Warscher T., 1935. Codex Topographicus Pompeianus: Regio I.2. Rome: DAIR.

(Translation: "I. 2.12/13 - two workshops having communication between them.  The podium was covered with marble.  

Here the insula is bounded by via secunda, on which opens the entrances of other dwellings.")

I.2.13 Pompeii. December 2018. Looking towards entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

I.2.13 Pompeii. September 2010. Looking east towards entrance doorway from Via Stabiana. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

I.2.13 Pompeii. May 2005. Entrance doorway, looking east.

On the right of the entrance doorway would have been the site of the south wall of the bar.

This wall was destroyed in the 1943 bombing together with a niche or recess in the south wall.

According to Boyce, on the wall was a lararium painting but only the lower parts of two figures (one a Lar) remained.

Two serpents confronted at an altar with offerings.

See Boyce G. K., 1937. Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome: MAAR 14. (p.22, no.7)

According to Sogliano, the sacred picture was destroyed (by 1879).

See Sogliano, A., 1879. Le pitture murali campane scoverte negli anni 1867-79. Napoli: (p.19, no.65)

I.2.13 Pompeii. December 2007. Entrance on Via Stabiana.

I.2.13 Pompeii. December 2018. Looking east towards front of bar. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

I.2.13 Pompeii. September 2010. Looking east across bar, from entrance. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

I.2.13 Pompeii. September 2010. Looking west towards entrance and Via Stabiana. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

I.2.13 Pompeii. September 2010. North wall of the bar at rear of counter. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

I.2.13 Pompeii. December 2007. North wall and reconstructed serving counter.

Due to the 1943 bombing, the serving counter was destroyed as well as the south wall with a niche.

According to Garcia y Garcia, a total of four rooms were destroyed in this and I.2.12.

Now the serving counter has been restored there are no dolia in it, whereas originally it was shown with three.

See Garcia y Garcia, L., 2006. Danni di guerra a Pompei. Rome: L’Erma di Bretschneider. (p.37)

I.2.13 Pompeii. December 2007. Looking east towards remains of cistern belonging to I.2.15.

I.2.13 Pompeii. December 2007. North wall and area behind serving counter. 

At the far end is the entrance to I.2.14 which was an independent staircase to a dwelling above I.2.13.

I.2.13 Pompeii. September 2010. North-east corner of bar-room, at front.

Looking east towards site of small storeroom or cupboard, bombed in 1943, centre of photo.

Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

I.2.13 Pompeii. September 2010. Looking north. On the left is the site of the small room.

On the right is the doorway of I.2.14, which would have had a staircase leading up to an independent property above.

Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

I.2.13 Pompeii. September 2010.

Looking west from rear, towards entrance on Via Stabiana. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

I.2.13 Pompeii. September 2005. Taken from rear.

Looking west towards site of ruined small rear room or cupboard, and bar-room onto Via Stabiana and the Little Theatre.

On the left, behind the brick pilaster separating two doorways, would have been the site of the south wall of I.2.13.

I.2.14 is visible on the extreme right of the picture.

I.2.13 Pompeii. September 2010.

Looking east from rear of property into cellar opening of I.2.15. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

I.2.13 Pompeii. September 2005. The area at the front, right, of the picture corresponds to the rear room of both I.2.12 and I.2.13.

I.2.15/ I.2.14/ I.2.13/ I.2.12/ I.2.11/ I.2.10/ I.2.9 Pompeii. September 2004. Taken from Little Theatre

I.2.13 Pompeii. September 2010. Street ID number plate on corner pilaster. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

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.

E’ 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: photo (no.42c) can 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)."