V.6.19 Pompeii.

Only the western street fronts were excavated, c.1902, 1905-8.

As this area had not been fully excavated, it was extremely difficult to see and show exactly where the entrances were.

We have followed the plan as Eschebach drew it in 1969, as best we can.

Until this area is fully excavated, this may or may not be the correct number of entrances.

In 2018-2019 to improve the drainage and security for visitors to the site, the soil, ash and exuberant vegetation was removed from the slope of the unexcavated land on the east side of Via del Vesuvio (Insula V.6).

Twenty new rooms have been identified of the various building units thus identified, referable to at least four houses, indicated by the passages of the entrances that opened in the walls facing the street (Fig. 4).

See Osanna M., 2019. Pompei. Il tempo ritrovato. Le nuove scoperte. Milano: Rizzoli, p. 216-7, fig. 4.

The entrance numbers may eventually change as a result.

V.6.19 Pompeii. May 2006. Entrance.

V.6.19 Pompeii. December 2018. Looking south-east.

Entrance doorway, on right, with street shrine painted on the wall, in centre of photo. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

V.6.19 Pompeii. October 2017. Looking south-east towards painted street shrine.

Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

V.6.19 Pompeii. December 2005. Entrance, with street shrine painted on the wall, on left of photo.

V.6.19 Pompeii. October 2017. Looking south towards painted lararium on exterior wall.

Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

V.6.19 Pompeii. October 2017. Detail of painted lararium on exterior wall.

Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

V.6.19 Pompeii. October 2017.

In the top left-hand side of the painted lararium, CIL IV 6641 can be seen, written in the painted rectangle.

Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

According to Della Corte, the unknown proprietor of the unexcavated house or workshop, had the warning added to the street shrine.

The wording, between good wishes and irony, was:

Cacator, sic valeas, ut tu hoc (sic) locum trasia(s)  (= transeas).    [CIL IV 6641]

See Della Corte, M., 1965. Case ed Abitanti di Pompei. Napoli: Fausto Fiorentino. (p.97)

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

Cacator, si<c=g> valeas

Ut tu hoc locum tra(n)sea(s)    [CIL IV 6641]

See also Spano, in Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, 1910, p.262.

V.6.19 Pompeii. May 2015. Painted lararium on exterior wall. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

V.6.19 Pompeii. May 2006. Lararium painted on the wall at V.6.19.

This shows two serpents moving through plants to an altar that had offerings on it.

In the top left-hand side, CIL IV 6641 can be seen, written in the painted rectangle.

V.6.19 Pompeii. May 2015.

Looking south across unexcavated area of Reg. V, with lararium painted on wall, in lower right. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

V.6.19 Pompeii. May 2015.

Looking south-west towards lararium on wall, centre left, and remains of Vesuvian Gate, on right. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.