IX.7.9 Pompeii. House of Popidius Montanus.

Partly excavated in 1912.

IX.7.9 Pompeii. September 2004. Entrance doorway with plaster-cast of door.

IX.7.9 Pompeii. Plaster-cast of west entrance door.

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

IX.7.9 Pompeii. December 2005. Entrance doorway on Via dell’ Abbondanza.

IX.7.9 Pompeii. December 2005. Plaster cast of east door.

IX.7.10 Pompeii and IX.7.9, on right. May 2006. Entrance doorways.

According to Della Corte, this house was having its external walls renovated in 79AD.

Three plaster-casts of doors remain in situ, two thrown open to the vestibule of IX.7.9 and the closed doors of the shop at IX.7.10.

This was the house of Montanus, who confessed himself cliens of , and gave his support to the candidature of the noble L.Popidio Ampliato, in a recommendation.

On the pilaster to the left of the doorway, Della Corte could read the electoral programme, CIL IV 7851 –

L. Popidium L. f. Ampliatum/ aed. Montanus cliens / rogat cum Latruncularis  [CIL IV 7851 with note 3] 

See Della Corte, M., 1965.  Case ed Abitanti di Pompei. Napoli: Fausto Fiorentino.(p.278)

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

L(ucium) Popidium  L(uci)  f(ilium)  Ampliatum

aed(ilem)  Montanus  cliens

rogat  cum  Latrunculari(i)s        [CIL IV 7851]

Pompeii. September 2004. Plaster cast of doors on shop at IX.7.10 and house at IX.7.9.

IX.7.10,   IX.7.9 Pompeii. May 2005.  IX.7.8

IX.7.9 Pompeii. May 2005.   IX.7.8 doorway, and                                IX.7.7