IX.1.23 Pompeii. Shop. Excavated 1859.

 

IX.1.23 Pompeii. May 2005. Entrance.

Graffiti found on the left pilaster, between IX.1.22 and IX.1.23 can be seen in IX.1.22

 

IX.1.23 Pompeii. September 2005. Entrance, looking north from Via dell’Abbondanza.

In August 1858, graffiti found between IX.1.23 and IX.1.24, on the right pilaster were

 

CN Cn(aeum) Helvium

aed(ilem)  d(ignum)  r(ei)  p(ublicae)  o(ro)  v(os)  f(aciatis)  dignus

est     [CIL IV 1075]

 

L(ucium)  P(opidium) L(uci)  f(ilium)   [CIL IV 1076]

 

On the east wall of the shop, a graffito was found in August 1858 reading

 

Iudiciis  Augusti  Augustae  feliciter

nobis  salvis  felices  sumus

perpetuo    [CIL IV 1074]

 

See Pagano, M. and Prisciandaro, R., 2006. Studio sulle provenienze degli oggetti rinvenuti negli scavi borbonici del regno di Napoli.  Naples : Nicola Longobardi.  (p. 175)

For CIL IV 1074, See Varone, A. and Stefani, G., 2009. Titulorum Pictorum Pompeianorum, Rome: L’erma di Bretschneider, (p.378).

This is now conserved in Naples Archaeological Museum, inventory number 4664.

 

IX.1.23 Pompeii. September 2005. West wall of shop with recess, or blocked door from antiquity.