I.6.15 Pompeii. Casa dei Ceii or Casa della Caccia

or House of L. Ceius Secundus and Fabia Prima

or The House of Fabia and Tyrannus, Musici

or Casa dei grande paesaggi egizi or Casa della Regina Elena.

Excavated 1913.

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I.6.15 Pompeii. Entrance on Vicolo del Menandro.

 

I.6.15 Pompeii. Entrance on Vicolo del Menandro.

Photographed 1970-79 by Günther Einhorn, picture courtesy of his son Ralf Einhorn.

 

I.6.15 Pompeii. Entrance on Vicolo del Menandro.

According to Varone and Stefani, there were many graffiti written on both sides of the doorway.

On the west side (left of the doorway) CIL IV 7187, 7191, 7188 and 7189.

Only part of CIL IV 7188 and 7189 remain on the left.

On the east side (right of the doorway) CIL IV 7190, 7192, 7193 and 7194.

Only part of CIL IV 7190 and 7192 remain on the right.

See Varone, A. and Stefani, G., 2009. Titulorum Pictorum Pompeianorum, Rome: L’erma di Bretschneider, (p.63-68)

 

According to Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss/Slaby (See www.manfredclauss.de), these read as:

 

L(ucium)  Sextilium

IIvir(um)  i(ure)  d(icundo)

[...]  multis  fecit  benigne      [CIL IV 7187]

 

Cn(aeum)  Helvium  Sabinum  aed(ilem)  Infantio  rog(at)  cum  suis     [CIL IV 7191]

Translated as

Infantio with his household asks for Cn. Helvius Sabinus as aedile.

See Cooley, A. and M.G.L., 2004. Pompeii : A Sourcebook. London : Routledge. (p.122, F47 CIL IV 7191)

 

Pansam  aed(ilem)  o(ro)  v(os)  f(aciatis)      [CIL IV 7188]

 

C(aium)  Iulium

IIvir(um)  Fabia

rog(at)  o(ro)  v(os)  f(aciatis)  dignus  est      [CIL IV 7189]

 

C(aium)  Cornelium

aed(ilem)  Tyrsus  [ro]gat     [CIL IV 7190]

 

L(ucium)  Sextilium

o(ro)  v(os)  f(aciatis)      [CIL IV 7192]

 

Veran[ium]

quinq(uennalem)     [CIL IV 7193]

 

Q(uintum)  Postumium  Proc[ulum] aed(ilem)  […]cei  rog(at)     [CIL IV 7194]

 

I.6.15 Pompeii. Entrance.

 

I.6.15 Pompeii. Graffiti Inscriptions on front of house, to left of entrance.

 

I.6.15 Pompeii. Graffito found on front of house, to right of entrance.

C(aium)  Cornelium

aed(ilem)  Tyrsus  [ro]gat     [CIL IV 7190]

 

I.6.15 Pompeii. Graffito found on front of house, to right of entrance.

C(aium)  Cornelium

aed(ilem)  Tyrsus  [ro]gat     [CIL IV 7190]

 

I.6.15 Pompeii. Plaster cast of entrance door.

 

I.6.15 Pompeii. December 2007. Entrance corridor or fauces with patterned floor.

 

I.6.15 Pompeii. March 2009. Entrance fauces, Upper West wall.

 

I.6.15 Pompeii. December 2007. Entrance corridor. Painted plaster panel on west wall.

 

I.6.15 Pompeii. December 2007. Entrance corridor. West wall. Painted plaster panel of bird.

 

I.6.15 Pompeii. December 2007. Entrance corridor. West wall. Painted plaster panel of bird.

 

I.6.15 Pompeii. March 2009.  Entrance fauces.

Painted plaster panel above doorway of bird and fruit, on south wall.

 

I.6.15 Pompeii. December 2007. Entrance corridor. East wall. Painted plaster.

 

I.6.15 Pompeii. December 2007. Entrance corridor. East wall. Painted plaster panel of bird.

 

 

 

 

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