III.1.3 Pompeii. House of Pacuvius or Casa dell’Ancora rossa.

III.1.3 Pompeii. May 2005. Entrance doorway partly excavated.

III.1.3 Pompeii. 1913. Graffiti on the pilaster to the left, between III.1.2 and 3.

According to Della Corte, on the pilaster to the left, between III.1.2 and 3, was written -

Cn(aeum) Hel[vium] Sabin(um)

aed(ilem) Pacuvius cu[pi]dus rog(at)     [CIL IV 7595]

“To the right of the doorway, numbered III.1.2, (left of III.1.3), above the last of three rustic plaster layers, the wording of an incomplete and faded programma had come back into light.

The Pompeian nobleman was normally Paquius: however, it had already appeared on other occasions, as here, with the spelling Pacuvius.”

See Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, 1913, p. 224.

See Della Corte, M., 1965. Case ed Abitanti di Pompei. Napoli: Fausto Fiorentino. (p.342).

According to Cooley, this translates as –

Pacuvius eagerly asks for Cn. Helvius as aedile.

See Cooley, A. and M.G.L., 2004. Pompeii: A Sourcebook. London: Routledge. (p.121, F38)

III.1.3 Pompeii. 1913. Inscription to Caium Lollium Fuscum.

According to Della Corte,

“On the pilaster to the right of the entrance doorway [of III.1.2], above an ancient rustic plaster (subsequently covered with other simple rustic plaster) a programma recommending C. Lollio Fusco came back into light –

See Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, 1913, p. 254.

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

C(aium) L(ollium) F(uscum) aed(ilem) o(ro) v(os) f(aciatis)     [CIL IV 7596]

Della Corte also said that on the right pilaster, above an old plaster but brought to light by the fall of the most recent plaster, was painted a large red anchor.

He thought this may have alluded to the activity of the proprietor, perhaps in maritime commerce.

Today, the anchor is no longer visible.

See Della Corte, M., 1965. Case ed Abitanti di Pompei. Napoli: Fausto Fiorentino. (p.342)