Regio I, Insula 6
Length of block – 58.49 m
West side street – Vicolo del Citarista (3.78 m wide)
East side street – Vicolo di Paquius Proculus (2.53 m wide)
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Doorway | Excavation Date(s) [1] |
Function [2] |
Name [2] |
I, 6, 12 | 1912, 1926-27 | Shop - Iron or bronze dealer Workshop - blacksmith |
Shop of Iunianus, Veteran House of the Falconer |
I, 6, 11 | 1912, 1926-27 | Atrium House | House of P. Casca Longus House of Calavii, St. and Crescens and of Calavia Optata House of the Theatrical Paintings House of Canachu's Apollo |
I, 6, 10 | 1912, 1926-27 | Workshop - cabinetmaker (and sale of wooden products) | None |
I, 6, 9 | 1912, 1926-27 | House | Apartment of Calavia Optata |
I, 6, 8 | 1912, 1926-27 | Shop - food (?) | Shop of Specula? |
I, 6, 7 | 1912 | Fullery | Fullery of Stephanus |
I, 6, 6 | 1912 | Stairway to upper storey apartment | Room of Ingenuus House of Ingenuus |
I, 6, 5 | 1912 | Shop - food Apartment |
Apartment of Ingenuus |
I, 6, 4 | 1913, 1929 | Atrium House | House of the Shrine of Achilles House of the Shrine of Troy House of the Salon of the Elephants House of T. Lucretius The Homeric House House of the Criptoporticus |
I, 6, 3 | 1911 | Workshop - coppersmith, bronzesmith or blacksmith | Workshop and repair shop of the coppersmith, blacksmith? Verus Workshop of Vero the surveyor |
I, 6, 2 | 1911-1929 | Atrium House | House of T. Lucretius Carus Domus of the Poet-philosopher T. Lucretius Carus House of the Criptoporticus House of Marcellus House of C. Valerius Rufus The Homeric House |
I, 6, 1 | 1913 | Shop and workshop - equipment and tools | Shop and workshop of Tyrsus, blacksmith, equipment and tool fabrication |
[1] Excavation dates have been transcribed from Gebäudeverzeichnis und Stadtplan der antiken Stadt POMPEJI by Liselotte Eschebach and Jürgen Müller-Trollius (Köln: Böhlau Verlag, 1993).
[2] The functions and names of the individual buildings are taken from a Catalogue of the Names of the Structures Along Via dell’Abbondanza, which was compiled by the authors. This information was obtained from seven authorities on Pompeii that are described in the Names Catalogue section of this website. The original source material for this insula can be found in the table entitled Names - South Side. Similar entries have been condensed or combined and Italian, Latin and German terms have been translated into English.