I.7.1 Pompeii. Casa di Paquius Proculus or House of Cuspius Pansa.

Excavated 1911 and 1923 to 1926.

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I.7.1 Pompeii. December 2006. Entrance. Looking east along Via dell’ Abbondanza.

 

I.7.1 Pompeii. December 2005. Entrance.

 

I.7.1 Pompeii. 6th January 1923. Entrance during excavation.

Visible on each side of the doorway are the remains of electoral recommendations.

Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

 

According to Varone and Stefani, immediately to the left of the door were a large number of electoral recommendations.

To the right of the door were the electoral recommendations CIL IV 7196-8.

See Varone, A. and Stefani, G., 2009. Titulorum Pictorum Pompeianorum, Rome: L’erma di Bretschneider. (p. 74

 

The remains of CIL IV 7212, CIL IV 7215, CIL IV 7210 (left) and CIL IV 7196 and 7197 (right) can be seen in this photograph.

According to Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss/Slaby (See www.manfredclauss.de) these read as:

 

Veientonem

aed(ilem) Primanus rog(at)       [CIL IV 7212]

 

L(ucium) Albucium

aed(ilem) o(ro) v(os) f(aciatis)      [CIL IV 7215]

 

L(ucium) Popidium Ampliatum

aed(ilem) Paquius rog(at)      [CIL IV 7210]

 

C(aium) Lollium Fuscum

aed(ilem) o(ro) v(os) f(aciatis)       [CIL IV 7196 ]

P(ublium) Paquium Proculum

[du]umvirum i(ure) d(icundo) vicini cupidi faciunt       [CIL IV 7197]

 

I.7.1 Pompeii. May 2010.  Entrance fauces, looking south.

 

I.7.1 Pompeii. May 2010.  West side of entrance corridor.

 

I.7.1 Pompeii. December 2007. Room on west side of fauces.

Discovered in this room were the remains of a bed, on top of which were placed some pottery dishes, placed there following the eruption.

Only the imprint of the wooden boards that formed the bed remained and the four iron feet which were covered in bronze.

The bed would have measured 2.13 m x 1.08 m.

The remains of the skeleton of a dog were recovered below the bed in the ash, searching in vain for a safe place to take refuge.

See Rivista di Studi Pompeiani, I, 1987, (p.133)

 

 

I.7.1 Pompeii. December 2007. Painted graffiti on west side of vestibule.

According to Della Corte, CIL IV 7201 was found on the right (west) wall of the vestibule -

C. Cuspium Pansa aed(ilem).

Si qua verecunde viventi gloria est, Huic Iuveni debet gloria digna dari  [CIL IV 7201]

See Della Corte, M., 1965.  Case ed Abitanti di Pompei. Napoli: Fausto Fiorentino. (p. 310)

 

I.7.1 Pompeii. December 2007. Painted graffiti on west side of vestibule.

C. Cuspium Pansa aed(ilem)

Si qua verecunde viventi gloria est, Huic Iuveni debet gloria digna dari (CIL IV 7201)

See Della Corte, M., 1965.  Case ed Abitanti di Pompei. Napoli: Fausto Fiorentino. (p. 310)

 

I.7.1 Pompeii. May 2010.  East side of entrance corridor.

 

I.7.1 Pompeii. December 2007. Room on east side of fauces.

 

I.7.1 Pompeii. May 2006. Looking south across atrium.

 

I.7.1 Pompeii. December 2006. Entrance mosaic.

 

I.7.1 Pompeii. December 2004. Entrance mosaic of guard dog.

 

I.7.1 Pompeii. December 2006. Atrium and impluvium.

 

I.7.1 Pompeii. December 2006. Niches in east wall of atrium.

 

I.7.1 Pompeii. December 2006. Detail of painted plaster on east wall of atrium.

 

I.7.1 Pompeii. December 2006. Impluvium.

 

I.7.1 Pompeii. December 2006. Mosaic floor in atrium.

 

 

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