III.6.2 Pompeii. Domus of M. Satrius. Excavated 1935.

III.6.2 Pompeii. September 2005. Entrance doorway.

III.6.2 Pompeii. December 2005. Entrance, looking north.

III.6.2 Pompeii. December 2005. Remains of painted plaster.

On this wall CIL IV 7995, 7757 and 7758 were found.

According to Garcia y Garcia, the bomb that fell to the north of this entrance on the unexcavated land did not cause a lot of damage there.

However the beautiful inscriptions to the right of the entrance here were completely lost.

See Garcia y Garcia, L., 2006. Danni di guerra a Pompei. Rome: L’Erma di Bretschneider. (p.60-61)

See Varone, A. and Stefani, G., 2009. Titulorum Pictorum Pompeianorum, Rome: L’erma di Bretschneider, (p.282-3)

According to Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss/Slaby (See www.manfredclauss.de), the graffiti read as –

D(ecimi)  Lucreti  Satri

Valentis  flaminis  [[Neronis]]  Caesaris  Augusti  f(ilii)  perpetui  glad(iatorum)  par(ia)  XX  et

D(ecimi)  Lucreti  Valentis  fili(i)  [glad(iatorum)]  par(ia)  X

ex  a(nte)  d(iem)  V  K(alendam)  April(es)  venation  et  vela  er[unt]        [CIL IV7995]
The graffiti was in black and red, from around AD 50-68, the name of Nero [[Neronis]] was plastered over, perhaps after he committed suicide in AD 68.

This translates as -

20 pairs of gladiators of Decimus Lucretius Satrius Valens, perpetual priest of ((Nero)) Caesar, son of Augustus, and 10 pairs of (gladiators) of Decimus Lucretius Valens, his son, on 28 March. There will be a hunt and awnings.

See Cooley, A. and M.G.L., 2004. Pompeii : A Sourcebook. London : Routledge. (p.52)

D(ecimum)  Luc(retium)  V(alentem)  v(irum)  b(onum)

/

d(uum)v(irum)  d(ignum)  r(ei)  p(ublicae) 

vicini  faciunt       [CIL IV 7757]

Paquium  et  Caprasium  d(uumviros)  i(ure)  d(icundo)  o(ro)  v(os)  f(aciatis)      [CIL IV 7758]

III.6.2 Pompeii. December 2005. Niche.