VII.8 Pompeii. Forum
East Side. Foro Civile, Lato Est. Ostseite des Forums.
Excavated 1813.
Foro/Forum: Nord/North Ovest/West Sud/South Tempio di Iuppiter/Temple of Jupiter
Pianta del Foro / Forum
Plan Samnite
shops on Forum east side
VII.8 Pompeii Forum. May 2010. Looking towards the east side, from the west side.
VII.8 Pompeii Forum. May 2010. Portico of Eumachia Building on east side.
VII.8 Pompeii Forum. January 1977. Portico of Eumachia Building on east side of Forum. Photo courtesy of David Hingston.
VII.8.00 Pompeii. May 2024.
Row of limestone slabs on east side of Forum, looking east towards north end of portico of Eumachia’s Building.
Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VII.8.00 Pompeii. May 2024.
Row of limestone slabs on east side of Forum, looking west from north end of portico of Eumachia’s Building.
Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
(Note – the letter L could not be securely identified. See VII.8.00, West side of Forum, for the letter Q. of an inscription.)
VII.8 Pompeii Forum. June 2019. Looking east across Forum towards Eumachia’s Building. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.8 Pompeii Forum. October 2014. Looking east across Forum towards Eumachia’s Building.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VII.8 Pompeii Forum. August 2021.
Looking
east across Forum towards the portico in front of Eumachia’s building. Photo
courtesy of Robert Hanson.
VII.8 Pompeii Forum. October 2014. Looking north along east side.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VII.8 Pompeii Forum, October 2020.
Looking east across Forum towards Eumachia’s portico, and entrance
doorway. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VII.8 Pompeii. March 2019. Looking towards east side of Forum,
with VII.9.1, entrance on right, and VII.9.2, entrance on left.
Foto Anne Kleineberg,
ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VII.8 Pompeii Forum. June 2010. Looking east towards the portico of Eumachia Building. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
VII.8 Pompeii Forum. October 2020.
Part of inscription on Portico of Eumachia’s Building, on east side of Forum. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VII.8 Pompeii Forum. May 2010. Part of the Latin inscription in large letters on the entablature of the portico, reading -
L. F. SACERDOS PUB
The full inscription was similar to the one above the entrance at VII.9.67:
EUMACHIA L. F., SACERD(OS) PUBL(ICA), NOMINE SUO ET
M. NUMISTRI FRONTONIS FILI CHALCIDICUM, CRYPTAM, PORTICUS CONCORDIAE
AUGUSTAE PIETATI SUA PEQUNIA FECIT EADEMQUE DEDICAVIT.
See Mau, A., 1907, translated by Kelsey F. W. Pompeii: Its Life and Art. New York: Macmillan. (p.111)
Eumachia, daughter of Lucius, public priestess, in her own name and that of her son, Marcus Numistrius Fronto, built at her own expense the chalcidicum, crypt and portico in honour of Augustan Concord and Piety and also dedicated them.
See Cooley, A. and M.G.L., 2004. Pompeii: A Sourcebook. London: Routledge. (p.100, E42)
VII.8 Pompeii Forum. March 2009. Latin inscription above columns in portico on east side.
VII.8 Pompeii Forum. May 2010. Part of the inscription in large letters on the entablature of the portico, reading -
O ET M. NVMISTRI FRONT
VII.8 Pompeii Forum. October 2020. Eumachia’s Building portico. Part of inscription. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VII.8 Pompeii Forum. May 2010. Part of the inscription in large letters on the entablature of the portico, reading -
HALCIDICVM CR
VII.8 Pompeii Forum. May 2010. Part of the inscription in large letters on the entablature of the portico, reading -
CORDIAE AVGVSTA
VII.8 Pompeii Forum. October 2020. Portico of Eumachia’s
Building, part of inscription. Photo
courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VII.8 Pompeii Forum. May 2010. Part of the inscription in large letters on the entablature of the portico, reading -
VNIA FE
VII.8 Pompeii Forum. October 2020. Portico of Eumachia’s
Building, part of inscription. Photo
courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VII.8 Pompeii Forum. May 2010. Part of the inscription in large letters on the entablature of the portico, reading -
DEMQVE DEDICAV
VII.8 Pompeii Forum. 1820 recording by G. Bechi of the inscription on the entablature of the portico or chalcidicum of Eumachia.
See Bechi G.,
1820. Del Calcidico e della Cripta di Eumachia scavati nel Foro di Pompeji
l'anno 1820, Tav. V.
VII.8 Pompeii Forum. May 2006. Looking towards the east side.
VII.8 Pompeii, 7th August 1976. Looking east across Forum
towards Eumachia building portico.
Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer, from Dr George Fay’s slides
collection.
VII.8 Pompeii Forum. May 2016. Looking towards the eastern side.
Two of the 30 monumental sculptures by Igor Mitoraj located around the area of Pompeii, on display until January 2017.
Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VII.8 Pompeii. March
2019. Looking south-west across east side of Forum, from rear of Eumachia’s
portico.
Foto
Anne Kleineberg, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VII.8
Pompeii Forum, east side. December 2018.
Looking south-west
from rear of portico of Eumachia’s Buildings. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.
VII.8
Pompeii Forum, east side. December 2018.
Looking south-west
from rear of portico of Eumachia’s Buildings. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.
VII.8 Pompeii Forum.
December 2018. Looking south from east side. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.
VII.8 Pompeii Forum. March 2014. Looking south along east side of Forum, from south end of front façade of VII.9.2.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VII.8 Pompeii Forum. May 2010.
Looking south-west towards the Basilica, from the east side at the rear of the Eumachia’s portico. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
VII.8 Pompeii Forum. 2017/2018/2019.
Looking north along east side from portico of Eumachia. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
VII.8 Pompeii Forum. December 2018.
Looking north along
east side from the rear of Eumachia’s portico. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.
VII.8 Pompeii Forum. December 2018.
Looking towards
north-east side of Forum, from the rear of Eumachia’s portico. Photo courtesy
of Aude Durand.
VII.8 Pompeii Forum. 1982 or 1983. Looking north along east side, from near Eumachia’s portico, after the 1980 earthquake.
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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VII.8 Pompeii Forum. 1974. Looking north-west across the east side, from Eumachia’s portico. 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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VII.8 Pompeii Forum. 1956. Looking north-west across the east side, from Eumachia’s portico. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
VII.8 Pompeii Forum. September 2005. Looking north along the east side, with entrance doorway to Eumachia’s Building, on right.
Samnite shops on Forum east side, near VII.9.1
VII.8 Pompeii Forum, east side. Samnite shops.
Looking south along the east side during excavations, with entrance doorway to Eumachia’s Building, on left.
This photo was captioned as VII.8 Forum east side, Samnite shops.
Photo by
permission of the Institute of Archaeology, University of Oxford. File name
instarchbx208im 068. Source ID. 44394.
See photo on University of Oxford HEIR database
See Notizie
degli Scavi, 1941, (p.371-386) where this photo is entitled –
“An overview of the shops brought to light in
the area outside of Eumachia’s Building, the portico or chalcidicum”, on p.372.
See Notizie
degli Scavi, 1941, (p.386-404) for excavations in the Piazza of the Forum.
VII.8 Pompeii Forum. 1941 plan of seven Samnite shops found in the area of the chalcidicum (vestibule or portico of a public building opening on to the forum) of the Eumachia building.
See Notizie
degli Scavi, 1941, p.373 for Shop I, to p.381 for Shop VII and continuing
to p.386.
VII.8 Pompeii Forum. January 2023. Looking south-west across Forum, from east side. Photo courtesy of Miriam Colomer.
VII.8 Pompeii. March 2019. Looking south-west across Forum.
Foto Anne Kleineberg,
ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VII.8 Pompeii Forum, December 2018.
Looking towards south side, from east side, near portico of
Eumachia’s Buildings. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.
VII.8 Pompeii Forum. April 2014.
Looking north-west from the east side,
looking towards Temple of Jupiter, VII.8.1. Photo
courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VII.8 Pompeii Forum. December 2007. Looking north along the east side, from outside VII.9.2 Temple of Vespasian.
VII.8 Pompeii Forum. December 2018. Looking north from east side, towards Temple of Jupiter. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.
VII.8 Pompeii Forum. March 2014. Looking north along east side of Forum from entrance doorway of VII.9.2, on right.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VII.8 Pompeii Forum. March 2019. Looking west from east side of
Temple of Jupiter.
Foto Anne Kleineberg,
ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VII.8 Pompeii. 1964. Looking north across east side of Forum. 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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VII.8 Pompeii Forum. 1875. Looking north along the east side. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
Foro/Forum: Nord/North Ovest/West Sud/South Tempio di Iuppiter/Temple of Jupiter