VI.10.5 Pompeii. Shop with rear room.
Excavated 1828? (Strada di Mercurio 5).
![VI.10.5 Pompeii. May 2005. Looking west to entrance doorway on Via di Mercurio.
On the right, south wall, would have been the steps to the upper floor.
According to Della Corte, a certain Primus lived and worked in the shop immediately next to the caupona of Caprasia.
Found on the wall was – Primus rog(at) [CIL IV 170]
See Della Corte, M., 1965. Case ed Abitanti di Pompei. Napoli: Fausto Fiorentino. (p.56)
According to Pagano and Prisciandaro, found in October 1827 painted on the wall was –
L(ucium) Veranium Hypsaeum
quinq(uennalem) d(ignum) r(ei) p(ublicae) o(ro) v(os) f(aciatis)
Primus rog(at) [CIL IV 170]
See Pagano, M. and Prisciandaro, R., 2006. Studio sulle provenienze degli oggetti rinvenuti negli scavi borbonici del regno di Napoli. Naples: Nicola Longobardi, (p.137) PAH II, 201.
The Epigraphic Database Roma records the writing as "red?" and locates it on the outside wall [CIL IV 170]](6%2010%2005_files/image002.jpg)
VI.10.5 Pompeii. May 2005. Looking west to entrance doorway on Via di Mercurio.
On the right, south wall, would have been the steps to the upper floor.
According to Della Corte, a certain Primus lived and worked in the shop immediately next to the caupona of Caprasia.
Found on the wall was – Primus rog(at) [CIL IV 170]
See Della Corte, M., 1965. Case ed Abitanti di Pompei. Napoli: Fausto Fiorentino. (p.56)
According to Pagano and Prisciandaro, found in October 1827 painted on the wall was –
L(ucium) Veranium Hypsaeum
quinq(uennalem) d(ignum) r(ei) p(ublicae) o(ro) v(os) f(aciatis)
Primus rog(at) [CIL IV 170]
See Pagano, M. and Prisciandaro, R., 2006. Studio sulle provenienze degli oggetti rinvenuti negli scavi borbonici del regno di Napoli. Naples: Nicola Longobardi, (p.137): PAH II, 201.
The Epigraphic Database Roma records the writing as "red?" and locates it on the outside wall [CIL IV 170]