Pompeii. Porta di Sarno or Sarnus Gate. Excavated 1815, 1972, 1976.

 

III.7 Pompeii. September 2005.

Porta di Sarno or Sarnus Gate, at east end of Via dell’Abbondanza.      II.5 on right.

 

III.7 Pompeii. September 2005.    Porta di Sarno or Sarnus Gate.       II.5.4/II.5.5 on right.

According to Eschebach, the ancient name of this gate may have been Porta Urbulana.

See Eschebach, L., 1993. Gebäudeverzeichnis und Stadtplan der antiken Stadt Pompeji. Köln: Böhlau. (p.11)

 

Porta di Sarno or Sarnus Gate. September 2005. Looking out of the city along the north side.

 

Porta di Sarno or Sarnus Gate. September 2005. Looking out of the city along the south side.

 

Porta di Sarno. September 2005. East outside end of south wall.

 

Silver found at Porta di Sarno on 3rd November 1959 together with a victim of the eruption, 61 gold coins and 51 silver coins.

Silver mirror with two pronged handle. The back has a scene in relief.

This includes two cupids fishing, a boat with a dolphin emblem and at the side is an anchor and a small statue of Priapus

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum.  Inventory number 12607.

Four circular silver cups. Three are complete, inventory numbers 161581, 161582 and 161583.

The fourth is damaged, inventory number 161584.

See De Carolis E., in Guzzo, P. (A cura di), 2006. Argenti a Pompei. Milano, Electa. (p. 156).

 

Porta di Sarno. September 2005. Looking west along Via dell’Abbondanza.

 

Sarnus Gate. September 2005. Looking west onto Via dell’Abbondanza.

 

Porta di Sarno. December 2004. Gate in foreground with modern railway bridge at back.

 

Outside Sarnus Gate. September 2005. Looking north-west at old wall and modern railway bridge.

 

Porta di Sarno. May 2006. Looking across gate and along walls to south-east.

 

Excavation outside Porta di Sarno. June 2010. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.