IX.7.6 Pompeii. House of Verecundus.

Linked to IX.7.5 and IX.7.7. Partly excavated 1912.

IX.7.7 Pompeii on left, IX.7.6 in centre, and IX.7.5 on right. December 2018. Looking north towards entrances. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

IX.7.6 Pompeii. May 2006. Entrance.

IX.7.6 Pompeii, centre. 1959. Entrance doorways, IX.7.7 on left, and IX.7.5 on right. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.

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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IX.7.6 Pompeii. February 2021.

Fresco of Venus standing on a quadriga and being pulled by elephants, outside House of Verecundus, between doorways IX.7.7 and IX.7.6.

Photographed on display in Antiquarium, where it is located as being at IX.7.5.

Photo courtesy of Fabien Bièvre-Perrin (CC BY-NC-SA).

IX.7.6 Pompeii. February 2021. Detail from fresco. Photo courtesy of Fabien Bièvre-Perrin (CC BY-NC-SA).

IX.7.6 Pompeii. May 2010. Fresco of Venus being pulled by elephants, outside House of Verecundus, between doorways IX.7.7 and IX.7.6.

According to Della Corte, on the upper edge of the painting that presents the activity of the workshop, one reads the recommendation:  

Quactiliari (sic) rog(ant)  [CIL IV 7838]

And beneath in very small black letters, the name:  Verecundus (7839).

Near the lower edge of the painting, twice more - Verecundus (9084):  Verec(undus) (9085)

See Della Corte, M., 1965. Case ed Abitanti di Pompei. Napoli: Fausto Fiorentino. (p.279)

According to Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss/Slaby (See www.manfredclauss.de), CIL IV 7838 reads as –

Vettium Firmum aed(ilem) <co=QV>actiliari(i) rog(ant)

IX.7.6 Pompeii. May 2006. Fresco of Venus being pulled by elephants, outside House of Verecundus.

IX.7.6 Pompeii. 1964. Fresco of Venus being pulled by elephants. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.

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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Between IX.7.7 and IX.7.6 Pompeii. May 2006. Lower part of painting of Venus, depicting felt workers (coactiliarii) producing cloth.

Above them is the inscription CIL IV 7838.

According to the Epigraphic Database Roma this reads

Vettium Firmum aed(ilem) quactiliari rog(ant)      [CIL IV 7838]

Between IX.7.7 and IX.7.6 Pompeii. 4th December 1971.

Lower part of painting of Venus, depicting felt workers (coactiliarii) producing cloth.

Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer, from Dr George Fay’s slides collection.

IX.7.6 Pompeii. May 2005, during restoration.

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IX.7.6 Pompeii. May 2005, during restoration.

IX.7.7 and IX.7.6 Pompeii. May 2005, during restoration.

IX.7.6 Pompeii. September 2005. Centre doorway.

Fresco of Venus and elephants between IX.7.7 and IX.7.6. September 2005.