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VIII.4.6 Pompeii. Steps to upper floor. Linked to VIII.4.5.

Excavated 1766, 1855 and 1861. (Strada d’Olconio 6).

VIII.4.6 entrance on Via dell’ Abbondanza in centre of picture. December 2006.

VIII.4.6 Pompeii. May 2006. Doorway to stairs to upper floor.

VIII.4.6 Pompeii. May 2006. Remaining black and red painted graffiti on either side of entrance.

VIII.4.6 Pompeii. December 2006. Graffiti found on pilaster on left of doorway, near VIII.4.7.

Another graffito from this pilaster, painted in red greek lettering, was removed to the Naples Archaeological Museum.

Inventory number 4717. (Ruesch 1206).This showed the shop’s owner to be under the protection of Hercules. [CIL IV 733]

See Pagano, M. and Prisciandaro, R., 2006. Studio sulle provenienze degli oggetti rinvenuti negli scavi borbonici del regno di Napoli. Naples : Nicola Longobardi. (p. 173)

Pappalardo shows the actual Fiorelli writings in greek.

See Pappalardo, U., 2001. La Descrizione di Pompei per Giuseppe Fiorelli (1875). Napoli: Massa Editore. (p.128)

Varone and Stefani include a photograph of the greek graffito.

See Varone, A. and Stefani, G., 2009. Titulorum Pictorum Pompeianorum, Rome: L’erma di Bretschneider, (p. 366)

VIII.4.6 Pompeii. May 2006. Graffiti found on pilaster on left of doorway, near VIII.4.7.

VIII.4.6 Pompeii. December 2006. Graffiti found on pilaster on right of doorway, near VIII.4.5.

In June 1855, the following graffito painted in red and black was found:

Licinium Faustinum

aed(ilem) o(ro) v(os) f(aciatis) [CIL IV 731]

See Pagano, M. and Prisciandaro, R., 2006. Studio sulle provenienze degli oggetti rinvenuti negli scavi borbonici del regno di Napoli. Naples : Nicola Longobardi. (p.172)

Also Fiorelli recorded:

LICINIVM FAVSTINVM

AED . OVF

See Pappalardo, U., 2001. La Descrizione di Pompei per Giuseppe Fiorelli (1875). Napoli: Massa Editore. (p.128)

VIII.4.6 Pompeii. May 2006. Graffiti found on pilaster on right of doorway, near VIII.4.5.

Detail of road surface and drain outside VIII.4.6 on Via dell’ Abbondanza.