Herculaneum III.13. Steps to an upper floor apartment, overlooking the roadway.
Excavated between 1928-29.
According to Wallace-Hadrill, these steps led from the street to the upper flat, kitchen/passage, 4 rooms, lit from balcony.
According to Maiuri, found in the only light and airy room which was the one opening onto the open gallery, was a triclinium couch, the little front of a wooden shrine and a head also roughly carved in wood, both belonging to the domestic lararium.
According to Pesando and Guidobaldi, this apartment consisted of a small vestibule at the top of the stairs, a small recess, a cupboard/storeroom, a corridor with hearth, two rooms, and a cubiculum (bedroom) with a double bed and a small bed for a child. Also found in this small room was the little gable front of a shrine, and a female head, both of wood. The open gallery/balcony overlooking the roadway, supported by brick columns, was a natural extension of the small room on its north end. thereby extending the limited internal space of the apartment.
See Pesando, F. and Guidobaldi, M.P. (2006). Pompei, Oplontis, Ercolano, Stabiae. Editori Laterza, (p.327)
lll.13 Herculaneum, October 2012.
Looking west towards entrance doorway to upper floor apartment, on right. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
III.13, Herculaneum. May 2010.
Doorway to the steps to upper floor, set under the balcony supported by brick columns.
III.13, Herculaneum. May 2010. Entrance doorway.
III 13, Herculaneum. May 2015. Looking west towards steps to upper floor.
III.13, Herculaneum, April 2005.
Looking north-west across upper floor kitchen/corridor, towards doorway to small vestibule at top of stairs. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
III.13, Herculaneum, April 2005.
Looking towards south wall and hearth in upper floor corridor, with doorways to rooms on either side.
On the left is the doorway to room 4, and on the right is a doorway to room 3. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
Room 3 in upper floor (front) apartment
III.13, Herculaneum. April 2005. Room 3, looking towards east wall and south-east corner. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
III.13, Herculaneum, April 2005. Room 3, looking towards south wall with window. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
III.13, Herculaneum. April 2005.
Looking towards south-west corner and west wall of room 3 on upper floor. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
Room 4 in upper floor (front) apartment
III.13, Herculaneum. April 2005. Room 4, east wall, south-east corner and south wall with window. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
III.13, Herculaneum. April 2005. Room 4, looking towards south wall. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
III.13, Herculaneum. April 2005. Room 4, looking towards south wall and south-west corner. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
III,13, Herculaneum. April 2005. Room 4, detail of south-west corner. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
III.13, Herculaneum. April 2005.
Room 4, looking towards north-west corner, with doorway on right, in north wall. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
III.13, Herculaneum. April 2005. Room 4, detail of north-west corner. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
III 13, Herculaneum, August 2013. Upper floor balcony and window in small room at its north end. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
III. 13, Herculaneum, August 2013.
Small window to room 6, at north end of balcony on upper floor (not photographed). Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
III 13, Herculaneum, October 2012. Upper floor balcony supported by brick columns. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
The doorway from the balcony, on the left, led into room 5, described by Maiuri as being the only light and airy room.
Room 5 in upper floor (front) apartment
III. 13, Herculaneum. June 2005. Cubiculum 5, looking towards south wall.
In the glass showcase would have been the front of a carbonised wooden shrine. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
III. 13, Herculaneum. June 2005.
Cubiculum 5, looking towards south-west corner of cubiculum, with the carbonised wooden bed. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
III. 13, Herculaneum. June 2005. Cubiculum 5, looking towards south-west corner of cubiculum. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
III.13, Herculaneum. April 2005.
Cubiculum 5, looking towards west wall and carbonised wooden bed. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
III.13, Herculaneum. April 2005.
Cubiculum 5, looking towards north-west corner and north wall. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
III.13, Herculaneum, June 2005. Looking towards north wall of cubiculum 5. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
III.13, Herculaneum. June 2005. Room 5, carbonised wooden bed. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
III.13, Herculaneum. Room 5, wooden bed found in the upper apartment.
Photo with kind permission of Prof. Andrew Wallace-Hadrill.
See Wallace-Hadrill, A. (2011). Herculaneum, Past and Future. London, Frances Lincoln Ltd., (p.264)
III.13, Herculaneum. September 2016.
Prof. Andrew Wallace-Hadrill provenanced the larger wooden portrait of a female head, as coming from a room in this house
Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
According to Maiuri, the head, roughly carved in wood, belonging to the domestic lararium.
See Maiuri, Amedeo, (1977). Herculaneum. 7th English ed, of Guidebooks to the Museums Galleries and Monuments of Italy, No.53 (p.32).
III 13, Herculaneum, August 2013. Upper floor balcony supported by brick columns. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.