V.1.29 Pompeii. Shop of M. Tofelanus Valens, rented to Auxilio.

Possibly excavated 1748 and 1875.

For extra detailed information see Swedish Pompeii Project web site

V.1.29 Pompeii. December 2018. Entrance doorway, looking east from Via del Vesuvio. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

V.1.29 Pompeii. May 2005. Entrance, looking east from Via del Vesuvio.

On the pilaster, to the right of the entrance, there used to be an electoral recommendation:

Casellium  aed(ilem)

Auxilio  rog(at)     [CIL IV 3439]

According to Della Corte, the shop was rented by an Ausilione (or Auxilio) from the owner of the neighbouring house at V.1.28.

See Della Corte, M., 1965. Case ed Abitanti di Pompei. Napoli: Fausto Fiorentino. (p.103)

V.1.29 Pompeii. May 2005. Wall north of entrance.

V.1.29 Pompeii. December 2006. North wall.

V.1.29 Pompeii. December 2006. East wall.

V.1.29 Pompeii. c.2011. South wall with hearth/bench. Photo by Hans Thorwid.

Photo courtesy of The Swedish Pompeii Project.

V.1.29 Pompeii. December 2006. South wall.

V.1.29 Pompeii. December 2006. Remains of base of staircase on south wall.

V.1.29 Pompeii. c.2011.  

Threshold of doorway, flooring and detail of hearth, from above. Photo by Hans Thorwid.

Photo courtesy of The Swedish Pompeii Project.

V.1.18/29/30/31/32 Pompeii? May 2010. Found 6th April 1748 in V.1.

Wall painting showing the first picture found in the excavations of the Cività “garland with mask of bearded satyr, and bird resting on the festoon”.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 8591.

It was possibly found in the area of V.1.29/30/31/32 near the crossroads of the Via Stabiana and Via di Nola.

However, PPM (III, 540), thinks that the excavations started in V.1.18, House of the Epigrams, in April 1748 so it could have come from there, or vicinity. 

See Pagano, M. and Prisciandaro, R., 2006. Studio sulle provenienze degli oggetti rinvenuti negli scavi borbonici del regno di Napoli. Naples: Nicola Longobardi. (p.11)