I.6.1 Pompeii. Shop and workshop of Tyrsus, faber ferrarius.

Forge with back rooms. Excavated 1913.

I.6.1 Pompeii. December 2018.

Looking west on south side of Via dell’Abbondanza, between I.6.1 and I.6.12. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

I.6.1 Pompeii. December 2018. Looking towards entrance on south side of Via dell’Abbondanza. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

I.6.1 Pompeii. May 2005. Entrance doorway on south side of Via dell’Abbondanza.

I.6.1 Pompeii. December 2018. Entrance doorway with graffiti on either side. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

I.6.1 Pompeii. May 2010. Entrance, with graffiti on either side.

I.6.1 Pompeii. December 2007. Entrance doorway.

I.6.1 Pompeii. May 2010. Painted graffito (CIL IV 7129b) on east side of entrance.

Painted graffito on east side of entrance to I.6.1. December 2005.

I.6.1 Pompeii. May 2010. Painted graffito on the east side of the entrance.

According to Varone and Stefani, this graffito can be identified as CIL IV 7129b.

See Varone, A. and Stefani, G., 2009. Titulorum Pictorum Pompeianorum, Rome: L’erma di Bretschneider, (p.24)

According to Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss/Slaby (See www.manfredclauss.de) CIL IV 7129b reads as:

L(ucium) Ceium Secundum   

Painted graffito of CIL IV 7129b, on east side of entrance to I.6.1. December 2006.

Painted graffito [CIL IV 7129b], outside I.6.1. December 2006.

Painted graffiti between I.6.1 and I.6.2, centre right, December 2006.

Painted graffito between I.6.1 and I.6.2. December 2006.

According to Della Corte, the following electoral recommendation was found on the left of entrance number 2:

Carum II vir. v. a. s.  Vicini facite    [CIL IV 7132]

Today it is hardly readable.

See Della Corte, M., 1965. Case ed Abitanti di Pompei. Napoli: Fausto Fiorentino. (p. 289)

Remains of painted graffito between I.6.1 and I.6.2, hardly readable today. December 2006.

According to Della Corte, this read:

Carum II vir. v. a. s.   Vicini facite   [CIL IV 7132]

See Della Corte, M., 1965.  Case ed Abitanti di Pompei. Napoli: Fausto Fiorentino. (p.289)

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

Carum IIvir(um) v(iis) a(edibus) s(acris) p(ublicis)  Vicini facite  [CIL IV 7132]

I.6.1 Pompeii. May 2010. West side of entrance. Remains of graffiti.

I.6.1 Pompeii. May 2010. West side of entrance. Remains of graffiti.

I.6.1 Pompeii. May 2010. Site of painted graffiti on the west side of the entrance.

I.6.1 Pompeii. May 2010. Graffiti on west side of entrance.

Painted graffiti between I.6.1 and I.6.2. December 2007.

I.6.1 Pompeii. May 2010. Looking south across forge to rear rooms.

I.6.1 Pompeii. December 2018.

Looking towards east wall with site of stairs to upper floor. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

I.6.1 Pompeii. May 2010. East wall with outline of site of stairs to upper floor.

I.6.1 Pompeii. May 2010. Floor of room at front, on east side.

I.6.1 Pompeii. May 2010. Rear room in south-east corner.

I.6.1 Pompeii. May 2010. Doorway in south wall of rear room to latrine.

I.6.1 Pompeii. May 2010. Latrine, this was located under the stairs in the north-east corner of the atrium of I.6.2.

I.6.1 Pompeii. May 2010. Rear room in south-west corner.

I.6.1 Pompeii. May 2010. Looking towards west wall.

I.6.1 Pompeii. May 2010. Rectangular niche lararium in west wall

I.6.1 Pompeii. December 2018.

Looking towards north end of west wall. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

I.6.1 Pompeii. December 2018. West wall with rectangular niche. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

According to Boyce –

In the west wall is a rectangular niche (h.0.54, w.0.45, d.0.25, h. above floor 0.80).

Its walls were coated with white stucco and decorated with leaves and fruit, painted in red, green and yellow.

He quotes -  Not Savi, 1913, 477.

See Boyce G. K., 1937. Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome: MAAR 14.  (p. 25, no.35).

I.6.1 Pompeii. May 2010. Remains of rectangular niche in west wall.

I.6.1 Pompeii. December 2018. West wall with detail of rectangular niche. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

I.6.1 Pompeii. May 2010.

Rectangular niche Lararium, its walls were coated with white stucco and decorated with leaves and fruit, painted in red, green and yellow.

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

Entrance to Vicolo di Paquius Proculus at side of I.6.1, on left, 1.6.1, in centre, and I.6.2, on right. December 2018.

Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

I.7.1, Pompeii, on left. May 2006.

Water column and entrance to Vicolo di Paquius Proculus at side of I.6.1, on right.

I.6.1, Pompeii, on left. May 2006. Vicolo di Paquius Proculus. I.7, on right.

Looking north past remains of water column to Shrine of 12 Gods.