III.4.b Pompeii. House of Pinarius Cerialis and Cassia

or Casa dell’orefice or Casa di Ifigenia.

Excavated 1916 to 1917 and 1926.

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III.4.b Pompeii. March 2009. Portico area, painted wall between rooms 5 and 6.

III.4.b Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to room 6, the workshop.

III.4.b Pompeii. March 2009. Room 6, looking east across the workshop.

According to Garcia y Garcia, -

“During the bombing of 19^th September 1943, a bomb caused the downfall and destruction to all of the east wing of the peristyle area, including the east perimeter wall shared with the House of the Moralist.

The same bomb destroyed the three rooms on the east side of the peristyle together with all the painted IVth Style decoration, especially that of the oecus/cubiculum in the south-east corner.

One of the other destroyed rooms was the workshop.”

See Garcia y Garcia, L., 2006. Danni di guerra a Pompei. Rome: L’Erma di Bretschneider. (p.59-60).

III.4.b Pompeii. March 2009. Looking south along the east portico area.

In the south-east corner, outside of oecus 8, a box was found full of gems, presumably abandoned by the owners during their flight.

See Spinazzola, V. Pompei, alla luce degli Scavi Nuovi di Via dell’Abbondanza (Anni 1910-1923), Vol.2, (p.707).

III.4.b Pompeii. March 2009. Room 7, looking east.

III.4.b Pompeii. March 2009. Room 8, an oecus, with small remains of original plaster. Looking east.

III.4.b Pompeii. Room 8, east wall of “yellow” oecus, this room may have been used to show and sell the jewellery/gems.

See Spinazzola, V. Pompei, alla luce degli Scavi Nuovi di Via dell’Abbondanza (Anni 1910-1923), Vol.2, (p.692, fig.656 and 657).

According to Kuivalainen –

 “In the central panel, an almost naked Bacchus with thyrsus, depicted as a floating figure, larger than the floating figures on both side fields.

He gives special attention to the chalice which is quite rare.”

See Kuivalainen, I., 2021. The Portrayal of Pompeian Bacchus. Commentationes Humanarum Litterarum 140. Helsinki: Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters, (p.95-96, B2).

III.4.b Pompeii. Portable bronze and iron brazier. SAP 2647.

Photographed at “A Day in Pompeii” exhibition at Melbourne Museum. September 2009.

III.4.b Pompeii. March 2009. Garden area, looking west, from east portico.

III.4.b Pompeii. March 2009. Garden area, looking north-west, from the east portico.

III.4.b Pompeii. Pre-1937-39. Looking north-west towards the entrance doorway, from the east portico.

Photo courtesy of American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive.  Warsher collection no. 1899.

III.4.b Pompeii. March 2009. Looking west along the north portico towards entrance.

III.4.b Pompeii. December 2005. Looking east along the north portico.

III.4.b Pompeii. December 2005. Looking south from north portico.

III.4.b Pompeii. December 2005. Looking east from entrance.

III.4.b Pompeii. March 2009. External wall showing site of election graffiti between III.4.b and III.4.a. (on right side).

These notices declared support for Paquius Proculus as duumvir, Epidius Sabinus and Trebius Valens as aediles.

One of these referred not only to the support of Cerialis but also to his wife Cassia.

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

A(ulum)  Trebium  Valentem  aed(ilem)  Cerialis

Acratopinon  cum  Cassia  rog(at)      [CIL IV 7669]

Lollium

Cerialis  fac(it)  aed(ilem)      [CIL IV 7670]

Paquium  IIvir(um)  o(ro)  f(aciatis)  Cerialis  rog(at)      [CIL IV 7671]

A(ulum)  Trebium  aed(ilem)  o(ro)  v(os)  f(aciatis)      [CIL IV 7672]

M(arcum)  Epidium  Sabinum

/

aed(ilem)  o(ro)

v(os)  f(aciatis)  c(ivem)  b(onum)

Piranus  rog(at)                          [CIL IV 7674]

See Varone, A. and Stefani, G., 2009. Titulorum Pictorum Pompeianorum, Rome: L’erma di Bretschneider, (p.252-3 with photos)

Giordano and Casale record

17 aprile 1961. III, IV, vicolo di Pinario Ceriale, ingr. B.

Ingresso alla casa di Pinario Ceriale. A sinistra su intonaco bianco sovrastante lo zoccolo rosso:

No 22: (Numerium) POPIDIVM RVFVM II VIR D R P O V F (Infan)TIO AVGV

See Giordano, C. & Casale, A. Iscrizioni Pompeiane Inedite scoperte tra gli anni 1954-1978: Atti Acc Pont NsS 39, 1990 (1991) pp. 280, no. 22.

III.4.b Pompeii. December 2007. External wall showing site of election graffiti between III.4.b and III.4.a.

III.3 Pompeii. December 2005. Roadway looking north showing, door to III.4a and b, on right.  

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