VI.16.4 Pompeii. Rear entrance of VI.16.3.

Excavated August 1903.

Via del Vesuvio (Via Stabiana), November 2024. Looking south-west on west side towards VI.16.4/5/6. Photo courtesy of Annette Haug.

VI.16.4 Pompeii, in centre. November 2024.

Looking south-west from Via del Vesuvio towards entrance doorway, with VI.16.5, centre right. Photo courtesy of Annette Haug.

VI.16.4 Pompeii. May 2005. Entrance doorway, looking south-west.

According to Cooley, found on the wall between VI.16.4 and 5 was the graffito, which translated as –

May god always make Felix Aufidius felicitous.    [CIL IV 6815]

See Cooley, A. and M.G.L., 2004. Pompeii: A Sourcebook. London: Routledge. (p.90)

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

Felicem Aufidium felicem semper deus faciat       [CIL IV 6815]

VI.16.4 Pompeii. December 2007. Looking west from rear entrance doorway of VI.16.3. 

VI.16.4 Pompeii. May 2005. Looking west along north wall, towards rear room in VI.16.3. 

Via del Vesuvio, Pompeii. Looking north from fountain and water column between VI.16.3 and VI.16.4

VI.16.4 Pompeii, on left.                                Via del Vesuvio looking north.                                V.6, on right.