VIII.4.18 Pompeii. Shop. Linked to VIII.4.17.

Excavated 1853 and 1855. (Strada Stabiana 95).

Via Stabiana, Pompeii. December 2018. Looking south between I.4, on left, and VIII.4.18, on right. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

I.4, Pompeii, on left. September 2004.        Via Stabiana looking south from Holconius crossroads.          VIII.4.18, on right.

VIII.4.18 Pompeii. December 2007. Entrance on Via Stabiana.

A painted inscription was found on the façade of either VIII.4.18 or 19.

The only readable part was –

……..ius rog(at)   [CIL IV 983]

Della Corte wrote that unfortunately this was not enough to give a name, see below.

See Della Corte, M., 1965. Case ed Abitanti di Pompei. Napoli: Fausto Fiorentino. (p.262)

VIII.4.18 Pompeii. September 2005. Entrance on Via Stabiana.

Found in May 1853, painted on the pilaster, on the left, between VIII.4.19 and 18, were –

M(arcum)  Holconium

Priscum  aed(ilem)  o(ro)  v(os)  f(aciatis)    [CIL IV 981]

Sabinum    [CIL IV 982]

A(ulum)  Vettium  Felicem

aed(ilem)  Ioi(...)ius  rog(at)     [CIL IV 983]

See Pagano, M. and Prisciandaro, R., 2006. Studio sulle provenienze degli oggetti rinvenuti negli scavi borbonici del regno di Napoli. Naples: Nicola Longobardi. (p.168) 

VIII.4.18 Pompeii. December 2007. Rear room of shop.

VIII.4.18 Pompeii. December 2007. Rear rooms on west side of shop.

VIII.4.18 Pompeii. December 2007. Shop threshold or sill.