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I.3.30 Pompeii. September 2010.
Looking south from peristyle into large room 10,
which according to Jashemski would have got its light through the large doorway
onto the peristyle. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

I.3.30

I.3.30 Pompeii. September 2010. East wall of large room 10. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

I.3.30 Pompeii. September 2010. West wall of large room 10. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

I.3.30 Pompeii. September 2010. Looking north from large room 10 on south side of
peristyle.
Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

I.3.30
Looking south across
peristyle garden, towards room 10, and entrance corridor, on right.
On one of the columns
in the peristyle was found the graffiti -
Tu, pupa, sic valeas,
sic habeas
Venere Pompeianam
propytia ............
(CIL IV 4007)
May you always be in
good health, my girl, and may Pompeian Venus always be well disposed to you.
See Varone, A., 2002.
Erotica Pompeiana: Love Inscriptions on
the Walls of Pompeii, Rome: L’erma di Bretschneider. (p.24)
See Cooley, A. and M.G.L., 2004. Pompeii : A Sourcebook. London : Routledge. (p.90)
According to
Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss/Slaby (See
www.manfredclauss.de), CIL IV 4007 read –
Tu pupa sic valeas
sic habeas
Venere Pompeianum
prop<i=>tia(m)
Munn
VV

I.3.30 Pompeii. March
2009. Entrance corridor, looking south to entrance doorway.

I.2

I.3.30 Pompeii. September 2010.
Looking east along unnamed vicolo towards
doorway of I.3.30.
Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.
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