I.10.9 Pompeii. Workshop of P.C.F. Excavated 1869, 1927, 1933.

I.10.9 Pompeii. May 2005. Entrance.

According to Della Corte, the initials of the unknown named tenant of the Poppaei, are all that is known.

These initials were found on a brass signet ring found here – P. C. F.  (S.12 bis, see Not.Scavi, 1929, p.469, no.227)

Also found incised on these rustic walls were many records of accounts, CIL IV 8391.

See Della Corte, M., 1965.  Case ed Abitanti di Pompei. Napoli: Fausto Fiorentino. (p.302)

According to Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss/Slaby (See www.manfredclauss.de), CIL IV 8391 reads as -

X XXXV XIX XIIX XXV XIX XVI XV XIX XXII XVI XIII XII XIV XXV VIII XIII XIII XIIX IIX XXII VIII XV III      [CIL IV 8391]

I.10.9 Pompeii. September 2005. Entrance, looking east.

I.10.9 Pompeii. March 2009. 

Coloured terracotta decorated circular plaque on north side of entrance.

I.10.9 Pompeii. Coloured terracotta decorated circular plaque on north side of entrance.

Photographed 1970-79 by Günther Einhorn, picture courtesy of his son Ralf Einhorn.

I.10.9 Pompeii. March 2009. 

Coloured terracotta decorated circular plaque on north side of entrance.

I.10.9 Pompeii. March 2009. Structure on west wall of insula to the south of I.10.9.

I.10.9 Pompeii. March 2009. Structure on west wall of insula to the south of I.10.9. 

Looking north along the Vicolo del Citarista. 

I.10.9 Pompeii. March 2009. Structure on west wall of insula to the south of I.10.9. 

The grating of the Sarno canal of Domenico Fontana is south of the structure.

I.10.9 Pompeii. September 2004. Looking south along the Vicolo del Citarista.        I.3.

I.10 Pompeii. September 2005. Looking south along the Vicolo del Citarista.          I.3.