Pompeii. Painted street shrine on wall at VII.11.13.

VII.11.13 Pompeii. December 2006. Looking north along Vicolo del Lupanare.

VII.11.13 Pompeii. December 2005. Painted street shrine on outside wall.  

In the past, in white letters above the painting were the words

Otiosis locus hic non est. Discede morator.    [CIL IV 813].

“This is not the place to idle, Shove off, loiterer”. (Translation by P. Foss).

See Dobbins, J & Foss, P., 2008. The World of Pompeii. New York: Routledge. (p.482 and Note 81).

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

Otiosis locus

hic non est discede

morator      [CIL IV 813].

VII.11.13 Pompeii. 1966. Painted street shrine on outside wall. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.

Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.

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VII.11.13 Pompeii. May 2015. Looking south along street shrine. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VII.11.13 Pompeii. December 2005. Painted street shrine on outside wall. 

VII.11.13 Pompeii. May 2015. Painted street shrine on outside wall. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VII.11.13 Pompeii. December 2005. Painted street shrine on outside wall at north end.  

According to Fiorelli, on the extreme right of the painting, written in white, but now completely vanished, was a record of wine drunk in the caupona, and above that was written -   

L(V)MPAS

      ROMANESES

See Pappalardo, U., 2001. La Descrizione di Pompei per Giuseppe Fiorelli (1875). Napoli: Massa Editore. (p.110)

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

L[u]mpas

Romane(n)ses       [CIL IV 815]

VII.11.13 Pompeii. December 2005. Painted street altar on outside wall, centre north.  

VII.11.13 Pompeii. May 2015. Detail of serpents and painted plants. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VII.11.13 Pompeii. May 2015. Detail of the painted serpent. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VII.11.13 Pompeii. 1966. Detail of street shrine with painted altar on outside wall. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.

Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.

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VII.11.13 Pompeii. December 2005. Painted street shrine on outside wall, centre south. 

VII.11.13 Pompeii. December 2005. Painted street shrine on outside wall at south end.  

VII.11.13 Pompeii. May 2015. Detail of painted street altar on outside wall. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VII.11.13 Pompeii. December 2005. Detail of painted street altar on outside wall.  

VII.11.13 Pompeii. December 2005. Detail of painted street altar on outside wall.