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IX.6 Pompeii. September 2005. Roadway looking west. IX.5.16

IX.6 Pompeii. May 2006. Roadway looking west, with south
exterior wall of IX.5.16, on right.
![IX.5.16 Pompeii. May 2005. Entrance doorway. An inscription was found on the outside wall -
Optata
verna a(ssibus) II [CIL IV 5105]
This translates as “Optata sells herself for 2 asses” [CIL IV 5105]
See Varone, A., 2002. Erotica Pompeiana: Love Inscriptions on the Walls of Pompeii, Rome: L’erma di Bretschneider. (p.144, note 243)](9%2005%2016%20p1_files/image005.jpg)
IX.5.16 Pompeii. May 2005. Entrance doorway.
An inscription was found on the outside wall,
it read -
Optata
verna a(ssibus) II [CIL IV 5105]
This translates as “Optata sells herself for 2 asses” [CIL IV 5105]
See Varone, A., 2002.
Erotica Pompeiana: Love Inscriptions on
the Walls of Pompeii, Rome: L’erma di Bretschneider. (p.144, note 243)

IX.5.16 Pompeii. May 2005. Entrance.

IX.5.16 Pompeii. May 2006. Looking south across atrium and
impluvium.
In the top left corner is the remains of a hearth for
warming food and drinks, with a doorway to servants room.

IX.5.16 Pompeii. May 2006. Looking north across impluvium.

IX.5.16 Pompeii. May 2006. Part of north side of
impluvium.

IX.5.16 Pompeii. May 2006. Circular tufa stone in centre
of impluvium.

IX.5.16 Pompeii. May 2006.
East side of atrium, ala with doorway to triclinium (left
of photo) and servants room (right of photo).

IX.5.16 Pompeii. Found on east wall of ala, on east side
of atrium.
Fragment of wall painting of seated Medea.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number
111440.
See Bragantini,
I and Sampaolo, V. 2009. La Pittura
Pompeiana. Napoli, Electa. (p.225, no.84)

IX.5.16 Pompeii. 1881. Copy of a painting of still life,
with bread, steak and wine, found in the ala.
See Presuhn E., 1882.
Pompeji: Die Neuesten Ausgrabungen
von 1874 bis 1881. Leipzig: Weigel. (VIII, Plate VII).

IX.5.16 Pompeii. May 2005. Looking north-east across
atrium, with ala and triclinium on the right.
The doorway on the left, in the north wall of the atrium
leads into IX.5.14.

IX.5.16 Pompeii. May 2005. North wall of atrium, leading
into atrium of IX.5.14.

IX.5.16 Pompeii. May 2005. West side of atrium, on the
left, doorway to kitchen and latrine.
On the right, doorway to cubiculum.
According to Boyce, on the south wall of the kitchen was a
large rectangular panel of white stucco.
On it were painted two yellow serpents with red crest and
beards.
These were on either side of a tile embedded and
projecting from the wall.
A fire was painted on the wall above the tile.
The background was painted with plants, and across the top
were two painted garlands.
On each of the garlands was a painted bird.
See Boyce G. K., 1937.
Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome: MAAR 14. (p.86, no.425)