VII.2.18 Pompeii. Domus C. Vibi or House of C. Vibius.

Linked to VII.2.19 and VII.2.42. Excavated 1844 and 1867.

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VII.2.18 Pompeii. March 2009.

Doorway to room 9, cubiculum, or porter’s room.

 

VII.2.18 Pompeii. March 2009.

Room 9, north wall of cubiculum or porter’s room with window to Vicolo del Panettiere.

The upper north wall would have been the upper floor and belonged to a separate apartment.

The recess that can be seen would have been the latrine.

 

VII.2.18 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 9, west wall of cubiculum or porter’s room.  

This includes a blocked door that used to lead to a small room under the staircase of VII.2.19.

 

VII.2.18 Pompeii.  March 2009. Room 9, upper floor apartment, latrine in north wall of upper floor.

According to Hobson, a total of 15 upper storey latrines have been identified in the city, including this one.

He says that these latrines would seem to have been placed near to the top of the staircase, and would have been placed in narrow plastered niches with terracotta downpipes inserted into the walls to carry the waste product down into the cesspit. 

This latrine shows the slots in the sides of the niche where the wooden seat fitted, and the tapering, easily sluiced plaster below the seat.

See Hobson, B., 2009. Latrinae et foricae: Toilets in the Roman World. London; Duckworth. (p.75-6).

 

VII.2.18 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 1, looking north to entrance across atrium.

 

VII.2.18 Pompeii. March 2009.  

Room 1, atrium. Doorways on north wall and upper floor apartment above.

 

VII.2.18 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 10, tablinum. Looking south.

A bronze seal was found in the tablinum, with the name C. Vibi(us) C…… [S.102]

See Della Corte, M., 1965.  Case ed Abitanti di Pompei. Napoli: Fausto Fiorentino. (p. 153)

 

 

 

VII.2.18 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 10, east wall of tablinum.

 

VII.2.18 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 10, west wall of tablinum. 

 

VII.2.18 Pompeii. March 2009.

Room 10, west wall of tablinum. South end, with small doorway to room 21, triclinium.

 

VII.2.18 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking south from north portico across the peristyle garden.

 

VII.2.18 Pompeii. March 2009.

Room 10, east wall of tablinum, south end, with remains of entry into room 11, oecus.

 

VII.2.18 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 11, Looking north across oecus.

 

VII.2.18 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking south-west from north portico across peristyle garden.

 

VII.2.18 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking west along north portico of peristyle garden.

 

VII.2.18 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking south along east portico of peristyle garden.

According to Fiorelli, painted in red on the end of the wall on the left of the peristyle, was

C. VIVI

ITALI     (Zangmeister  n. 2953)

See Pappalardo, U., 2001. La Descrizione di Pompei per Giuseppe Fiorelli (1875). Napoli: Massa Editore. (p.82)

According to Della Corte, found in the peristyle was

C. Vivi  Itali  P(h)rynis  (servus)     [CIL IV 2953]

See Della Corte, M., 1965.  Case ed Abitanti di Pompei. Napoli: Fausto Fiorentino. (p. 153-4)

 

VII.2.18 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking south-west from east portico of peristyle garden.

 

 

 

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