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VI.7.6 Pompeii. Casa di Ercole. Linked to VI.7.4 and VI.7.5.

Excavated 1835. Restored 1976.

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VI.7.6 Pompeii. December 2005. Vicolo di Mercurio, looking west. According to Pagano and Prisciandaro, painted in red and found in April 1829 between VI.7.6 and 7, (right of doorway) was – M(arcum) Cerrinium Vatiam aed(ilem) o(ro) v(os) f(aciatis) scr(ipsit) Issus dignus est [CIL IV 234] See Pagano, M. and Prisciandaro, R., 2006. Studio sulle provenienze degli oggetti rinvenuti negli scavi borbonici del regno di Napoli. Naples : Nicola Longobardi. (p.;140)

VI.7.6 Pompeii. December 2005. Vicolo di Mercurio, looking west.

According to Pagano and Prisciandaro, painted in red and found in April 1829 between VI.7.6 and 7, (right of doorway) was –

 

M(arcum) Cerrinium

Vatiam aed(ilem) o(ro) v(os) f(aciatis) scr(ipsit) Issus

dignus est    [CIL IV 234]

 

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

(p.140)

 

VI.7.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Entrance.

VI.7.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Entrance doorway.

 

VI.7.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking north along entrance corridor to atrium, tablinum and garden.

VI.7.6 Pompeii. March 2009.

Looking north along entrance corridor to atrium, tablinum and garden.

 

VI.7.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Entrance corridor or fauces, looking south to entrance.

VI.7.6 Pompeii. March 2009.

Entrance corridor or fauces, looking south to entrance.

 

VI.7.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Floor of entrance fauces.

VI.7.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Floor of entrance corridor or fauces.

 

VI.7.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 1, atrium, looking north across impluvium.

VI.7.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 1, atrium, looking north across impluvium.

 

VI.7.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 1, cistern mouth near impluvium in atrium.

VI.7.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 1, cistern mouth near impluvium in atrium.

 

VI.7.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 1, impluvium and cistern-mouth in atrium.

VI.7.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 1, impluvium and cistern-mouth in atrium.

 

VI.7.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to Room 2.

VI.7.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to room 2.

 

VI.7.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 2, looking south across cubiculum. According to Varone, CIL IV 1410 was found on one of the walls of this cubiculum. It was next to a painting of a serpent, bringer of good fortune, found in 1835. Venus enim plagiaria est quia exsanguni meum petit in vies tumultu pariet optet sibi ut bene naviget quod et Ario sua r(ogat) [CIL IV 1410] Varone translated this as – Venus is a weaver of webs; from the moment that she sets out to attack my dearest, she will lay temptations along his way: he must hope for a good voyage, which is also the wish of his Ario. See Varone, A., 2002. Erotica Pompeiana: Love Inscriptions on the Walls of Pompeii, Rome: L’erma di Bretschneider. (p.25-26)

VI.7.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 2, looking south across cubiculum.

According to Varone, CIL IV 1410 was found on one of the walls of this cubiculum.

It was next to a painting of a serpent, bringer of good fortune, found in 1835.

 

Venus enim

plagiaria

est  quia exsanguni

meum petit

in vies tumultu

pariet   optet

sibi ut bene

naviget

quod et

Ario sua r(ogat)    [CIL IV 1410]

 

Varone translated this as –

Venus is a weaver of webs; from the moment that she sets out to attack my dearest,

she will lay temptations along his way:

he must hope for a good voyage, which is also the wish of his Ario.

 

See Varone, A., 2002. Erotica Pompeiana: Love Inscriptions on the Walls of Pompeii, Rome: L’erma di Bretschneider. (p.25-26)

 

VI.7.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 2, recess in east wall of cubiculum.

VI.7.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 2, recess in east wall of cubiculum.

 

VI.7.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to Room 3.

VI.7.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to room 3.

 

VI.7.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 3, looking west into rear room of VI.7.4 and VI.7.5

VI.7.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 3, looking west into rear room of VI.7.4 and VI.7.5

 

VI.7.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway of Room 4.

VI.7.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway of room 4.

 

VI.7.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 4. West wall

VI.7.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 4, west wall

 

VI.7.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Entrance of Room 5. Ala on west side of Atrium.

VI.7.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Entrance of room 5, ala on west side of atrium.

 

VI.7.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 5, north wall of ala, with doorway leading into south portico of garden. According to Jashemski, on the black dado of the north wall in the ala to the left of the atrium, was found a garden representation. This painting is no longer visible. See Jashemski, W. F., 1993. The Gardens of Pompeii, Volume II: Appendices. New York: Caratzas. (p.397, no.170)

VI.7.6 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 5, north wall of ala, with doorway leading into south portico of garden.

According to Jashemski, on the black dado of the north wall in the ala to the left of the atrium, was found a garden representation.

This painting is no longer visible.

See Jashemski, W. F., 1993. The Gardens of Pompeii, Volume II: Appendices. New York: Caratzas. (p.397, no.170)

 

 

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