VII.1.23 Pompeii. Public Latrine ? Excavated 1853. (Strada Stabiana 59).

 

VII.1.23 Pompeii. May 2005.

According to Eschebach, this may be a public latrine, or may have been a posticum of VII.1.47 that was no longer in use.

There may have been a stairs to upper floor on the right, against the north wall.

See Eschebach, L., 1993. Gebäudeverzeichnis und Stadtplan der antiken Stadt Pompeji. Köln: Böhlau. (p.246)

According to Fiorelli, it was a recess without a door occupied only by day by some travelling salesmen?

See Pappalardo, U., 2001. La Descrizione di Pompei per Giuseppe Fiorelli (1875). Napoli: Massa Editore. (p.75)

 

In March 1848, red painted graffiti were found on the pilaster between VII.1.23 and VII.1.24, on the right

 

Si]ricum    [CIL IV 924]

 

]Marcellum

[…]  d(ignum)  r(ei)  p(ublicae)  o(ro)  v(os)  f(aciatis)    [CIL IV 925]

 

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

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