VII.4.2 Pompeii. Area Privata of Marcus Tullius, son of Marcus.

Excavated 1823-24

According to Fiorelli -

Allorché M. Tullio diede il luogo per la costruzione del tempio, ne delimito i confini con un cippo, indicante la parte che n’era a lui rimasta:

M . TULLI . M . F

AREA . PRIVATA

In quest’area si contengono tre celle, nella prima delle quali fu graffito a grandi lettere con un chiodo P . CORNELIO . IVLLO . FELICITER, un

triclinio, una cucina con altro focolare addossato, la scaletta dei cenacoli con adiacente latrina, e l’ingresso al sotterraneo della cella del tempio.

(Translation:

When M. Tullius gave the place for the construction of the temple, he limited the boundary with a stone (cippus), indicating the part that was remaining to him:

M . TULLI . M . F

AREA . PRIVATA

This area had three rooms, in the first of which was a graffito, scratched with a nail, in large letters P . CORNELIUS . IVLLO . FELICITER,

a triclinium, a kitchen with another hearth leaning against it, the stairs to the upper rooms with adjacent latrine, and the entrance to the basement of the temple cella.)

See Pappalardo, U., 2001. La Descrizione di Pompei per Giuseppe Fiorelli (1875). Napoli: Massa Editore. (p.89)

VII.4.2 Pompeii, September 2005. Via del Foro portico colonnade, looking south.

On the brick pilaster of the portico, on the left of the photo, outside VII.4.2, the following electoral recommendations were found:

Pansam aed(ilem)   [CIL IV 516]

M(arcum) Holconium   [CIL IV 517]

See Pagano, M. and Prisciandaro, R., 2006. Studio sulle provenienze degli oggetti rinvenuti negli scavi borbonici del regno di Napoli. Naples: Nicola Longobardi. (p.127)

VII.4.2 Pompeii. June 2010. Looking east from Via del Foro. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

VII.4.2 Pompeii. March 2019. Looking east from Via del Foro.

Foto Anne Kleineberg, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VII.4.2 Pompeii. March 2019. Material in VII.4.2, near north wall.

Foto Anne Kleineberg, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VII.4.2 Pompeii. March 2019. Detail of square block from VII.4.2, near north wall.

Foto Anne Kleineberg, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VII.4.2 Pompeii. March 2019. Detail of square block from VII.4.2, near north wall.

Foto Anne Kleineberg, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VII.4.2 Pompeii. June 2010. Material stored in the middle of VII.4.2, looking east. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

VII.4.2 Pompeii. March 2019. Material stored near south wall of VII.4.2, looking south.

Foto Anne Kleineberg, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VII.4.2 Pompeii. March 2019. Material stored near south wall of VII.4.2, looking west.

Foto Anne Kleineberg, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VII.4.2 Pompeii. December 2005. Looking east to area at side of the Temple of Fortuna Augusta.

VII.4.2 Pompeii. Area Privata of M. Tullius. December 2007. Looking east.

VII.4.2 Pompeii. Area Privata of M. Tullius. December 2005. Looking east.

According to Eschebach – in the rear left were stairs to an upper floor which were above a kitchen and latrine.

See Eschebach, L., 1993. Gebäudeverzeichnis und Stadtplan der antiken Stadt Pompeji. Köln: Böhlau. (p. 272).

VII.4.2 Pompeii. December 2007.

Boundary marker made of volcanic tufa between Temple of Fortuna Augusta and the Area Privata of M. Tullius, discovered 26th October 1823.

The inscription read:

M(arci)  Tulli  M(arci)  f(ilii)

area privata     [CIL X 821]

This translates as - “Private land of Marcus Tullius, son of Marcus”.

VII.4.2 Pompeii. December 2007.

Boundary marker made of volcanic tufa between Temple of Fortuna Augusta and the Area Privata of M. Tullius.

Inscription on front says, “Private land of Marcus Tullius, son of Marcus”.

VII.4.2 Pompeii. December 2007. Rear of boundary marker between Temple of Fortuna Augusta and the Area Privata of M. Tullius.

VII.4.2 Pompeii. December 2007. Rear of boundary marker between Temple of Fortuna Augusta and the Area Privata of M. Tullius.