V.1.7 Pompeii. House of the Bull or House of the Young Bull

or Casa L. Pontius Successus or Casa del Torello di Bronzo.

Excavated 1836 and 1875. Rear entrance at V.1.9. Linked to V.1.3.

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V.1.7 Pompeii. Entrance.

A small bronze sign was found on the 18th of May 1836, in the soil at the entrance.

It read -

 

T(iti)  Pont(i)

Success(i)    [CIL X 8058]

 

See Pagano, M. and Prisciandaro, R., 2006. Studio sulle provenienze degli oggetti rinvenuti negli scavi borbonici del regno di Napoli.  Naples : Nicola Longobardi.  (p. 152)

 

V.1.7 Pompeii. Entrance with capital in place.

Old undated photograph courtesy of the Society of Antiquaries, Fox Collection.

 

V.1.7 Pompeii. Entrance capital in place.

Detail from old undated photograph courtesy of the Society of Antiquaries, Fox Collection.

 

V.1.7 Pompeii. Entrance capital. Now in storage at VII.7.29 Forum granary market.

 

V.1.7 Pompeii. Entrance capital. Now in storage at VII.7.29 Forum granary market.

 

V.1.7 Pompeii. Entrance capital. Now in storage at VII.7.29 Forum granary market.

 

V.1.7 Pompeii. December 2007. Site of painted inscription at side of entrance.

 

V.1.7 Pompeii. Painted inscription at side of entrance.

Old undated photograph courtesy of the Society of Antiquaries, Fox Collection.

 

V.1.7 Pompeii. Small room on right hand side of entrance door.

This was used either as a small private entrance when the main door was not used or as a room for the doorkeeper.

 

V.1.7 Pompeii. May 2005. Room 1, looking north across atrium.

 

V.1.7 Pompeii. Atrium and impluvium, looking north through tablinum to peristyle.

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

 

V.1.7 Pompeii. 1920s-1930s postcard.

Looking north across impluvium in atrium with model of bronze bull, in situ. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

 

V.1.7 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 1, atrium. Pedestal on marble impluvium.

 

V.1.7 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 1, atrium. Pedestal on impluvium.

Plaque with name of Giorgio E Sommer of Piazza Vittoria 6 bis NAPOLI.

 

V.1.7 Pompeii. 1906. Room 1, atrium. Pedestal on impluvium with bronze bull.

See Thedenat, H., 1906. Pompei Histoire Vie Privee. Paris: Renouard. (p. 66, Fig. 33).

 

V.1.7 Pompeii. December 2007. Looking east across atrium to rooms 10, 11 and 12.

 

V.1.7 Pompeii. Looking east across atrium.

Old undated photograph courtesy of the Society of Antiquaries, Fox Collection.

 

V.1.7 Pompeii. December 2007. Looking east across atrium.

 

 

 

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