VII.2.14 Pompeii. House of Optatio. Linked to VII.2.15.

Excavated 1843 and 1867. (Strada Stabiana 20).

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VII.2.14 Pompeii. December 2005. Entrance.

According to Della Corte, a graffito written on the right of the entrance doorway read -

Postumium  iuvenem

aed(ilem)  o(ro)  v(os)  f(aciatis)

Optatio  rog(at)    [CIL IV 849]

See Della Corte, M., 1965.  Case ed Abitanti di Pompei. Napoli: Fausto Fiorentino. (p. 155-6, no:277)

VII.2.14 Pompeii. March 2009. Entrance.

Via Stabiana, Pompeii. 4th December 1971. Steppingstones from VII.2.14 (on left) towards IX.4.9 (on right).

Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer, from Dr George Fay’s slides collection.

VII.2.14 Pompeii. March 2009. Entrance fauces.

VII.2.14 Pompeii. December 2004. Entrance fauces, north wall.

VII.2.14 Pompeii. December 2004. Looking north across impluvium in atrium.

VII.2.14 Pompeii. December 2004. Looking east across atrium, to entrance.

VII.2.14 Pompeii. December 2004. Tablinum, looking west.

VII.2.14 Pompeii. March 2009. Tablinum, west wall with window to small garden.

VII.2.14 Pompeii. March 2009. Tablinum, south wall.

VII.2.14 Pompeii. 1868. Tablinum, south wall. Drawing by Helbig of the painting of the Judgement of Paris.

See Helbig, W., 1868. Wandgemälde der vom Vesuv verschütteten Städte Campaniens. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1283b, Taf. XVI.

VII.2.14 Pompeii. March 2009. Tablinum, north wall.

VII.2.14 Pompeii. March 2009. Remains of mosaic floor in tablinum.

VII.2.14 Pompeii. March 2009. Remains of mosaic floor in tablinum.

VII.2.14 Pompeii. March 2009. Corridor to rear.

VII.2.14 Pompeii. March 2009. Underground cellar.

VII.2.14 Pompeii. March 2009. Underground cellars at entrance to two rooms on north side of corridor.

VII.2.14 Pompeii. March 2009. Underground cellars at entrance to two rooms on north side of corridor.

VII.2.14 Pompeii. March 2009. Two rooms on north side of corridor. Entrance from corridor.

VII.2.14 Pompeii. March 2009. Two rooms on north side of corridor. 

VII.2.14 Pompeii. March 2009. Two rooms on north side of corridor, entrance from corridor.

VII.2.14 Pompeii. March 2009. Two rooms on north side of corridor. 

VII.2.14 Pompeii. March 2009. Two rooms on north side of corridor. 

VII.2.14 Pompeii. March 2009. Two rooms on north side of corridor. 

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