IX.1.16 Pompeii. Thermopolium / Caupona of Primus.

Other entrance of IX.1.15. Excavated 1853, 1857.

IX.1.16 Pompeii entrance with IX.1.15 to left. December 2018.

Looking east from Holconius’ crossroads at junction of Via dell’Abbondanza, on right, and Via Stabiana, on left.

Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

IX.1.16, Pompeii. July 2021. Looking north-east towards entrance doorway.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

IX.1.16 Pompeii. December 2018.

Looking north-east towards entrance doorway on Via dell’Abbondanza. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

IX.1.16, Pompeii. July 2021.

Looking north-west to entrance doorways, with IX.1.15, centre left.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

IX.1.16, Pompeii. July 2021. Looking north to entrance doorway on Via dell’Abbondanza, with Via Stabiana, on left.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

IX.1.16 Pompeii. October 2020.

Looking towards entrance on north side of Via dell’Abbondanza, during the year of the pandemic. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

IX.1.16 Pompeii. Pre-1943. Photo by Tatiana Warscher.

Looking through entrance on Via dell’Abbondanza towards other entrance on Via Stabiana.

See Warscher, T. Codex Topographicus Pompeianus, IX.1. (1943), Swedish Institute, Rome. (no.61), p. 95.

IX.1.16 Pompeii. December 2007.  

Pilaster on corner of crossroads of Via Stabiana and Via dell’ Abbondanza, with remains of red painted Oscan inscription. 

IX.1.16 Pompeii. December 2007. Pilaster on corner of IX.1. Remains of red painted Samnite inscription written in Oscan.

Fiorelli wrote that it had vanished.

According to Rosalba Antonini, this is a Samnite electoral recommendation.

See Antonini, R., in Quaderni Di Studi Pompeiana, 1/2007, Assoc. Int. Amica di Pompei, p. 57-73.

See Varone, A. and Stefani, G., 2009. Titulorum Pictorum Pompeianorum, Rome: L’erma di Bretschneider, (p. 377)

IX.1.16 Pompeii. Pre-1943. Photo by Tatiana Warscher. Looking north to pilaster on Via dell’Abbondanza.

On the left is the side entrance of the Stabian Baths, on Via Stabiana.

See Warscher, T. Codex Topographicus Pompeianus, IX.1. (1943), Swedish Institute, Rome. (no.60), p. 92.

IX.1.16. Pompeii. May 2005. Entrance on Via dell’Abbondanza, looking north.

In August 1853, graffiti written in black and red, and found on the pilaster between IX.1.16 and IX.1.17, (on the right), reading

Q(uintum)  P(ostumium)  P(roculum)  iuvenum

aed(ilem)  o(ro)  v(os)  f(aciatis)  d(ignum)  r(ei)  p(ublicae)   [CIL IV 1048]

Also found were

Pansam

aed(ilem) Sabinus rog(at)   [CIL IV 1049]

C(aium)  Iulium  Polybium

aed(ilem)  d(ignum)  r(ei)  p(ublicae)   [CIL IV 1050]

See Pagano, M. and Prisciandaro, R., 2006. Studio sulle provenienze degli oggetti rinvenuti negli scavi borbonici del regno di Napoli. Naples: Nicola Longobardi. (p.169-70)

According to Della Corte, CIL IV 1048 above, is a programma written to the right of IX.1.16, in which the powerful neighbour M. Epidius Sabinus, under the form of a caution, commands the host to support the candidature of Q. P(ostumius) P(roculus), and it read

Q. P. P. (M. Epidius) Sabinus rog(at), o copo Prime  [CIL IV 1048]

See Della Corte, M., 1965. Case ed Abitanti di Pompei. Napoli: Fausto Fiorentino. (p.210)

IX.1.16 Pompeii. December 2005. Entrance and counter.

IX.1.16 Pompeii. December 2018.

Looking north-east towards counter. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

IX.1.16 Pompeii. October 2014. Looking north-east towards counter.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR

IX.1.16 Pompeii. December 2005. Counter with two urns and a hearth.

IX.1.16 Pompeii. December 2018. Looking towards east wall, and entrance, on right. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.  

IX.1.16 Pompeii. September 2018. Looking across counter towards east wall with niche. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

IX.1.16 Pompeii. May 2003.

Looking east across counter towards wall with niche. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.

IX.1.16 Pompeii. Counter and niche on east wall.

Photographed 1970-79 by Günther Einhorn, picture courtesy of his son Ralf Einhorn.

IX.1.16 Pompeii. (on left). Via dell’Abbondanza, looking east.

Photographed 1970-79 by Günther Einhorn, picture courtesy of his son Ralf Einhorn.

IX.1.16 Pompeii. December 2007. East wall and Via dell’Abbondanza.

IX.1.16 Pompeii. December 2018. Niche on east wall. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

IX.1.16 Pompeii. December 2007. Arched niche on east wall.

See Boyce G. K., 1937. Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome: MAAR 14. (p.79)

IX.1.16 Pompeii. December 2018. Detail of niche on east wall. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

IX.1.16 Pompeii. May 2013.

Arched niche on east wall showing detail of surviving decoration. Photo courtesy of Paula Lock.

IX.1.16 Pompeii. December 2018. Detail of surviving painted decoration. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

IX.1.16 Pompeii. Pre-1943.

Arched niche on east wall, with detail of some wall decoration. Photo by Tatiana Warscher.

See Warscher, T. Codex Topographicus Pompeianus, IX.1. (1943), Swedish Institute, Rome. (no.62), p. 95.

IX.1.16 Pompeii. December 2007. Looking south from rear of counter.

IX.1.16 Pompeii. December 2005. Stone steps in north-west corner, base of stairs to upper floor. 

IX.1.16 Pompeii. May 2003. Stone steps in north-west corner. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.

IX.1.16 Pompeii. December 2007. Doorway to rear room.

IX.1.16 Pompeii. December 2007. North wall of rear room. 

IX.1.16 Pompeii. December 2018. Looking towards north-west corner of rear room. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

IX.1.16 Pompeii. December 2018.

Detail of painted decoration from west wall in north-west corner of rear room. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

IX.1.16 Pompeii. December 2007. Painted wall plaster on west wall in north-west corner of rear room.

IX.1.16 Pompeii. December 2018. Detail from north-west corner. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

IX.1.16 Pompeii. May 2003.

Detail of remaining painted wall plaster in north-west corner of rear room. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.

IX.1.16 Pompeii. December 2018.

Detail of remaining painted wall plaster in north-west corner of rear room. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

IX.1.16 Pompeii. May 2013.

Detail of remaining painted wall plaster on north wall in north-west corner of rear room.

Photo courtesy of Paula Lock.

IX.1.16 Pompeii. December 2007. Painted wall plaster on north wall of rear room and north-east corner. 

IX.1.16 Pompeii. December 2007. Looking south from doorway of rear room.