VIII.2.8 Pompeii. Edifici della Pubblica Amministrazione. Sala del Tabularium od archivio.

Public Administration Buildings. Records office, registry, or archive?

Excavated c.1814, 1826.

The above information has been taken from Eschebach: according to CTP, this was described as “Sala dei Decurioni” on a plaque at the entrance:

according to PAP website – this is described as the Curia, that is the Council meetinghouse, with space to accommodate the benches used during the meetings.”

See Eschebach, L., 1993. Gebäudeverzeichnis und Stadtplan der antiken Stadt Pompeji. Köln: Böhlau. (p.355)

See Van der Poel, H. B., 1983. Corpus Topographicum Pompeianum, Part II. Austin: University of Texas. (p.297)

See PAP website

VIII.2.8 Pompeii. April 2010.

Looking towards south end of Forum, with entrance doorway (centre right) behind portico columns. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VIII.2.8 Pompeii. December 2018. Looking towards entrance doorway on south side of Forum. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

VIII.2.8 Pompeii. October 2020.

Looking south through entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VIII.2.8 Pompeii. December 2018. Looking south from entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

VIII.2.8 Pompeii. December 2007. Entrance doorway.

VIII.2.8 Pompeii. May 2010. Entrance approached by two wide steps, looking east.

VIII.2.8 Pompeii. May 2010. Entrance doorway, looking south.

VIII.2.8 Pompeii. May 2010. Entrance doorway approached by two wide steps, looking west.

VIII.2.8 Pompeii. May 2005. East wall.

VIII.2.8 Pompeii. May 2005. Looking south-east.

VIII.2.8 Pompeii. 1977. Looking south-east. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.

The name-plaque at the entrance gives the appellation “Curia” with further words underneath which cannot be read. 

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.

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VIII.2.8 Pompeii. May 2005. Looking south-west.

VIII.2.10 on left, VIII.2.9 passageway, VIII.2.8, centre, VIII.2.7 passageway, VIII.2.6, on right.

According to Maiuri –three buildings comprised the “Curia” –

VIII.2.6 was the western room

VIII.2.8 was also known as the “Sala del Tabularium”

VIII.2.10 was the eastern room

See Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, 1942, (p. 281-285, (plan above on p.282)).