I.4.11 Pompeii. Caupona of Copiosus.

Excavated 1853 and 1863. (Strada Stabiana 98).

I.4.12 Pompeii, on left, and I.4.11, on right. October 2019. Looking east towards entrance doorways on Via Stabiana.    

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I.4.12 Pompeii, on left, and I.4.11, in centre, and I.4.10, on right. October 2019. Looking east on Via Stabiana.    

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I.4.12 Pompeii, on left, and I.4.11, on right. October 2019. Detail of wall between entrance doorways on east side of Via Stabiana.    

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I.4.11 Pompeii, in centre, with I.4.10, on right. October 2019. Looking east towards entrance doorways on Via Stabiana.    

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I.4.11 Pompeii. December 2018. Looking east to entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

I.4.11 Pompeii. May 2005. Entrance.

According to Della Corte, this was a small shop furnished with two rooms for the clients, and with a small garden.

He jokes the shop was modest, but very promising for the clients, as the name of the owner was thought to be Copiosus.

This name was shown in the graffito found to the right of the entrance:

Sittium  Magnum  a[ed(ilem])  o(ro)  v(os)  f(aciatis)

Copiosus  rogat    (CIL IV 989)

See Della Corte, M., 1965.  Case ed Abitanti di Pompei. Napoli: Fausto Fiorentino. (p. 263)

On the pilaster on the left side, between I.4.12 and I.4.11, the following painted graffiti were found in May 1853.

Painted in black or red, they were:

A(ulum)  Postumium  aed(ilem)

scr(ibsit)  Infantio  infra

scribente  Parente  II

rog(at)    (CIL IV 984)

Paquium  Proculum  d(uumvirum)  i(ure)  d(icundo)  d(ignum)  r(ei)  p(ublicae)    (CIL IV 985)

N(umerium)  Popidium  [Rufu]m  aed(ilem)    (CIL IV 986)

Alb[ucium]    (CIL IV 987)

Postumium   (CIL IV 987a)

Ma[...] 

Ceium    (CIL IV 988)

See Pagano, M. and Prisciandaro, R., 2006. Studio sulle provenienze degli oggetti rinvenuti negli scavi borbonici del regno di Napoli. Naples: Nicola Longobardi. (p.168)

I.4.11 Pompeii. 1964. Looking towards entrance doorway on east side of Via Stabiana. 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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I.4.11 Pompeii. December 2007. Entrance, and north wall.

I.4.11 Pompeii. October 2019. Looking east towards area under stairs to upper floor, with latrine, on left, and rear room, on right.

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I.4.11 Pompeii. December 2007. Looking east. The narrow caupona has rooms, one behind the other.

I.4.11 Pompeii. December 2007. North wall and site of stairs to upper floor.

I.4.11 Pompeii. October 2019. Looking east in latrine, under stairs to upper floor.

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I.4.11 Pompeii. October 2019. South wall of latrine.

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I.4.11 Pompeii. December 2018.

Latrine against south wall of corridor/stairs. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

I.4.11 Pompeii. October 2019.

Upper south wall above latrine, with holes for support beams for an upper floor.

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I.4.11 Pompeii. October 2019. Looking west from latrine into bar-room.

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I.4.11 Pompeii. October 2019. Latrine.

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I.4.11 Pompeii. December 2018.

Latrine under site of steps to upper level. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

I.4.11 Pompeii. December 2007. Looking east to latrine and site of steps to upper level.

I.4.11 Pompeii. October 2019. Looking towards south wall of bar-room.

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I.4.11 Pompeii. December 2007. South wall of bar-room and rear room with doorway.

I.4.11 Pompeii. October 2019. Looking towards east wall of rear-room, with doorway to another rear room and garden area.

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I.4.11 Pompeii. December 2007.

First rear room with door in rear, east wall leading to second rear room and to the viridarium/garden.

I.4.11 Pompeii. October 2019. South wall of rear-room.

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I.4.11 Pompeii. October 2019. Looking west across bar-room from rear room.

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I.4.11 Pompeii. December 2007. Looking east from first rear room with doorway to second rear room and to viridarium and latrine.

Looking towards the south-east corner of the second rear room. The latrine was in the south-east corner, according to Jashemski.

According to Boyce, on the north wall of the rear room was a lararium painting.

He described the Genius pouring a libation upon an altar; on each side of him stood a Lar.

Below him was the painted altar with the two serpents.

Below that was a masonry altar.

See Boyce G. K., 1937. Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome: MAAR 14. (p.25)

According to Jashemski, neither the lararium painting nor the masonry altar exists today.

See Jashemski, W. F., 1993. The Gardens of Pompeii, Volume II: Appendices. New York: Caratzas. (p. 32).

I.4.11 Pompeii. October 2019. South wall of room at rear of rear room, doorway on right.

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I.4.11 Pompeii. October 2019. Looking towards south-east corner of rear room, with garden area, on left.

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I.4.11 Pompeii. October 2019. Looking east across garden area.

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I.4.11 Pompeii. October 2019. Looking east along north wall of garden area.

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According to Boyce –

On the north wall of the rear room is a lararium painting (h.1.32, w.1.0): The Genius pours a libation upon an altar; on each side of him stands a Lar; below is the altar with the two serpents. Against the wall below the painting stands a masonry altar.

See Boyce G. K., 1937. Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome: MAAR 14. (p.25, no.31).

I.4.11 Pompeii. October 2019. East wall of garden area.

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I.4.11 Pompeii. 1961.

Looking towards the east wall, and north-east corner, of the garden/viridarium. 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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I.4.11 Pompeii. October 2019. Detail from garden area.

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I.4.11 Pompeii. October 2019. Looking west from garden area, into a rear room with doorway to other rear room.

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I.4.11 Pompeii. October 2019. South wall of garden area.

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I.4.11 Pompeii. October 2019. Looking west along south wall of rear room, from garden area.

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I.4.11 Pompeii. October 2019. South-west corner of bar-room, with remains of buried urn/dolia.

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I.4.11 Pompeii. October 2019. Looking west across bar-room towards entrance onto Via Stabiana.

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I.4.11 Pompeii. December 2007. Urn buried in south-west corner of shop.

I.4.11 Pompeii. December 2007. Entrance sill with groove for sliding doors.