VI.8.10 Pompeii. Steps to upper floor. Excavated 1823, 1826, 1845.

VI.8.10 Pompeii. December 2005. Looking north.

According to Garcia y Garcia, there used to be a small pilaster that divided entrance 9 and 10, on the left in front of the counter.

In 1943 a bomb fell on the road here, causing the destruction and loss of the pilaster.

See Garcia y Garcia, L., 2006. Danni di guerra a Pompei. Rome: L’Erma di Bretschneider, (p.76).

According to Pagano and Prisciandaro, in March and April 1824 somewhere along the walls of the entrance 9 and 10, were found –

M(arcum) Cerrinium aed(ilem)

d(ignum) r(ei) p(ublicae) o(ro) v(os) f(aciatis) di<g=C>(nus) <e=I>s(t)    [CIL IV 264]

Licinium Faust(um)    [CIL IV 265]

written under, in red - 

M(arcum) Cerrinium    [CIL IV 266]

Q(uintum) Postumium    [CIL IV 267]

L(ucium) Ceium

Secundum    [CIL IV 268]

See Pagano, M. and Prisciandaro, R., 2006. Studio sulle provenienze degli oggetti rinvenuti negli scavi borbonici del regno di Napoli. Naples: Nicola Longobardi, p. 129.

See Fiorelli G., 1862. Pompeianarum antiquitatum historia, Vol. 2: 1819 - 1860, Naples, p. 100.

See Fiorelli G., 1864. Pompeianarum antiquitatum historia, Vol. 3. Naples, p. 50.

VI.8.10 Pompeii. May 2005. Looking north along and through site of steps to upper floor, towards VI.8.9.