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V.4.10 Pompeii. House. Excavated 1899.

 

V.4.10 Pompeii. Drawing of plan and description from Notizie degli Scavi, 1901, p.256.
V.4.10 is the entrance to a modest house. 
Just past the doorway threshold, on the right is a cubiculum (letter A), and to the left are the stairs (a) with a small room under them, all made from limestone. The area under the stairs could have been used as a dog-kennel.
The small atrium B was nearly all occupied by a masonry basin (b) near to the south side, that collected the rainwater and fed the cistern (c) which had a masonry puteal.

V.4.10 Pompeii. Drawing of plan and description from Notizie degli Scavi, 1901, p.256.

V.4.10 is the entrance to a modest house.

Just past the doorway threshold, on the right is a cubiculum (letter A), and to the left are the stairs (a) with a small room under them, all made from limestone. The area under the stairs could have been used as a dog-kennel.

The small atrium B was nearly all occupied by a masonry basin (b) near to the south side, that collected the rainwater and fed the cistern (c) which had a masonry puteal.

 

On the black zoccolo of the atrium, a graffito was seen –

 

V.4.10 Pompeii. On the black zoccolo of the atrium, a graffito was seen – MLCHRO

 

And

 

V.4.10 Pompeii. On the black zoccolo of the atrium, a graffito was seen – NEDIMVS HVC

The Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss/Slaby (See www.manfredclauss.de) records
Niceros

Nedimus       [CIL IV 6746]

 

Huc        [CIL IV 6747]

 

 

On the north side of this atrium opened cubiculum C and the room D, not yet completely unearthed, with brick zoccolo and white plaster: and on the west side was the room E with a window onto the atrium.

 

V.4.10 Pompeii. On the east wall of the mezzanine floor above cubiculum C, on the plaster made from mattone-pesto (brick-paste), one could read inscribed in large letters, 55mm high on average:
According to Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss/Slaby (See www.manfredclauss.de) this read
M(arcus) Sittius Potitus      [CIL IV 6750]

On the east wall of the mezzanine floor above cubiculum C, on the plaster made from mattone-pesto (brick-paste), one could read inscribed in large letters, 55mm high on average:

The Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss/Slaby (See www.manfredclauss.de) records

M(arcus) Sittius Potitus      [CIL IV 6750]

 

V.4.10 Pompeii. May 2005. Entrance doorway, looking west.

V.4.10 Pompeii. May 2005. Entrance doorway, looking west.

 

V.4.10 Pompeii.  March 2009. Entrance.

V.4.10 Pompeii. March 2009. Entrance doorway.

According to NdS –

“Entering the roadway that leads to the east of the insula, between doorways 9 and 10, above the rustic plaster, written in red letters, was –

 

V.4.10 Pompeii. According to NdS –
“Entering the roadway that leads to the east of the insula, between doorways 9 and 10, above the rustic plaster, written in red letters, was –
C SATRIV

 

Then more towards the doorway at number 10, near to a high red zoccolo, on the coarse plaster were two fighting gladiators, roughly painted, in monochrome red. On one of these in red and solid letters, could be read -

 

V.4.10 Pompeii. Then more towards the doorway at number 10, near to a high red zoccolo, on the coarse plaster were two fighting gladiators, roughly painted, in monochrome red. On one of these in red and solid letters, could be read - SPICIVS

 

On the left side of doorway 10, on the red zoccolo was graffiti –

 

V.4.10 Pompeii. On the left side of doorway 10, on the red zoccolo was graffiti – SISSIKA VALES

The Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss/Slaby (See www.manfredclauss.de) records this as

Sissika      [CIL IV 6740]

Vales        [CIL IV 6741]

 

And to the right

 

V.4.10 Pompeii. On the left side of doorway 10, on the red zoccolo was graffiti – SIMERETO

Graffito SIMERETO

 

See Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, 1901, (p.259)

 

V.4.10 Pompeii. Graffito SIMERESO as recorded in CIL IV 6743 in 1909.
According to CIL this read SIMERESO not SIMERETO as recorded by Sogliano.
See Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum Vol. IV, Supp 2, Part 2, 1909. Berlin: Reimer, p. 709. 
The Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss/Slaby (See www.manfredclauss.de) records:
Simereso      [CIL IV 6743]

V.4.10 Pompeii. Graffito SIMERESO as recorded in CIL IV 6743 in 1909.

According to CIL this read SIMERESO not SIMERETO as recorded by Sogliano.

See Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum Vol. IV, Supp 2, Part 2, 1909. Berlin: Reimer, p. 709.

The Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss/Slaby (See www.manfredclauss.de) records:

Simereso      [CIL IV 6743]

 

V.4.10 Pompeii.   March 2009. Looking west along entrance corridor.

V.4.10 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking west along entrance corridor.

 

V.4.10 Pompeii. May 2017. Stairs to upper floor on south side of entrance fauces.
Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

V.4.10 Pompeii. May 2017. Stairs to upper floor on south side of entrance fauces. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

 

V.4.9 Pompeii. May 2017.  Looking towards stairs to upper floor on south side of entrance fauces, and underneath latrine with dog kennel? Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

V.4.9 Pompeii. May 2017.

Looking towards stairs to upper floor on south side of entrance fauces, and underneath latrine with dog kennel?

Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

 

V.4.10 Pompeii.    March 2009.  Stairs to upper floor on south side of entrance fauces, and underneath Latrine with dog kennel?

V.4.10 Pompeii. March 2009.

Stairs to upper floor on south side of entrance fauces, and underneath latrine with dog kennel?

 

V.4.10 Pompeii.  March 2009.  South wall of Latrine and dog kennel.

V.4.10 Pompeii. March 2009. South wall of latrine and dog kennel.

 

V.4.10 Pompeii.    March 2009. East end of Latrine and dog kennel.

V.4.10 Pompeii. March 2009. East end of latrine and dog kennel.

 

V.4.10 Pompeii.    March 2009. North west corner of Latrine and dog kennel.

V.4.10 Pompeii. March 2009. North-west corner of latrine and dog kennel.

 

V.4.10 Pompeii.    March 2009. Looking west towards entrance to small room, on south side.

V.4.10 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking west towards entrance to small room, on south side.

 

V.4.10 Pompeii.    March 2009.  Small room.

V.4.10 Pompeii. March 2009. Small room.

 

V.4.10 Pompeii.    March 2009. Small open room on south side.

V.4.10 Pompeii. March 2009. Small open room on south side.

 

V.4.10 Pompeii.    March 2009.  South west corner of small open room on south side.

V.4.10 Pompeii. March 2009. South-west corner of small open room on south side.

 

V.4.10 Pompeii.    March 2009.  Room in south west corner of house.

V.4.10 Pompeii. March 2009. Room in south-west corner of house.

 

V.4.10 Pompeii.    March 2009.  Looking east to entrance from rear of house.

V.4.10 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking east to entrance doorway from rear of house.

 

V.4.10 Pompeii, 1978. Looking east to entrance from rear of house. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.   
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details. J78f0280

V.4.10 Pompeii, 1978. Looking east to entrance from rear of house. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.  

Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.

J78f0280

 

V.4.10 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to triclinium in north-west corner of house, looking towards east wall.

V.4.10 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to triclinium in north-west corner of house, looking towards east wall.

 

V.4.10 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking towards north-east corner and east wall of triclinium.

V.4.10 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking towards north-east corner and east wall of triclinium.

 

V.4.10 Pompeii.    March 2009. North wall of Triclinium.

V.4.10 Pompeii. March 2009. North wall of triclinium.

 

V.4.10 Pompeii.  March 2009.  West wall of Triclinium.

V.4.10 Pompeii. March 2009. West wall of triclinium.

 

V.4.10 Pompeii.    March 2009.  North wall of entrance corridor.

V.4.10 Pompeii. March 2009. Upper north wall of entrance corridor.

 

V.4.10 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway into middle room on north side of corridor.

V.4.10 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway into middle room on north side of corridor.

 

V.4.10 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking towards north wall of middle room.

V.4.10 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking towards north wall of middle room.

 

V.4.10 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking towards doorway in south wall of middle room.

V.4.10 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking towards doorway in south wall in middle room.

 

V.4.10 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to cubiculum on north side of entrance fauces/corridor.

V.4.10 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to cubiculum on north side of entrance fauces/corridor.

 

V.4.10 Pompeii.  March 2009.  Cubiculum.  North wall.

V.4.10 Pompeii. March 2009. North wall of cubiculum. 

 

V.4.10 Pompeii.    March 2009. Cubiculum. West wall.

V.4.10 Pompeii. March 2009. West wall of cubiculum.

 

 

 

 

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