IX.2.12 Pompeii. Taberna
Attiorum 2.
Excavated 1851. (Strada Stabiana 66).
According to PPM, IX.2.11/12 and possibly IX.2.13 all belonged to the same complex.
IX.2.11 and IX.2.12 are defined as Tabernae Attiorum, in which the Attii brothers made colours and sold their products.
Between 13th and 16th August 1851 numerous blocks were found, in which were colours, light and dark yellow, red, white and pieces defined as “smalto” blue.
Also found was white pigment, probably with a base of lead stamped with the seal Attiorv, the presence of numerous mortars, pestles, and weights confirmed that in this place the pigments were made as well as sold.
See M. Tuffreau-Libre: Les pots a couleur de Pompei: premiers résultats:
Rivista di Studi Pompeiani, 1999, p.63-70.
On p.67, the block of colour with the mark Attiorv is said to be In the Naples Museum, with inventory number 112228.
According to Della Corte, the impression of the seal on its block of pigment, ATTIORV, is numbered as CIL X, 8058,6.
See Della Corte,
M., 1965. Case ed Abitanti di Pompei. Napoli: Fausto Fiorentino. (p.209,
[S.7] No.413)
IX.2.10-11-12 Pompeii. Pre-1943. Plan and photo by Tatiana Warscher.
See Warscher, T. Codex Topographicus Pompeianus, IX.2. (1943), Swedish Institute, Rome, p. 61.
IX.2.11 Pompeii, on left, and IX.2.12, on
right. December 2018. Looking east to entrance doorways. Photo courtesy of Aude
Durand.
IX.2.11 Pompeii, on left, and IX.2.12, in
centre. October 2018. Looking north on east side of Via Stabiana, with Vicolo
di Balbo, on right.
Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
IX.2.12 Pompeii. December 2018.
Looking north-east to entrance doorway. Photo
courtesy of Aude Durand.
IX.2.12 Pompeii. September 2005. Entrance, looking towards south wall.
IX.2.12 Pompeii. December 2007. South wall of shop.
According to PPP, on this south wall the zoccolo was red, the central panel of the middle zone was red and the side panels were faded and discoloured.
See Bragantini, de Vos, Badoni, 1986. Pitture e Pavimenti di Pompei, Parte 3. Rome: ICCD. (p.412)
IX.2.12 Pompeii. December 2004. East wall of shop, with doorway to rear rooms.
IX.2.12 Pompeii. September 2005. Looking east through rear door towards corridor/steps leading to rear rooms.
IX.2.12 Pompeii. December 2007. Corridor/steps, leading to the rear rooms and courtyard, with latrine and cistern.
See Pappalardo,
U., 2001. La Descrizione di Pompei per
Giuseppe Fiorelli (1875). Napoli: Massa Editore. (p.141).
See Fiorelli, G.,
(1875). Descrizione di Pompei, (p.380-1).
IX.2.12 Pompeii. Pre-1943. Photo by Tatiana Warscher.
Warscher described this photo as “The internal window which gave light to laboratory “h”.
Fiorelli described the room “h” as a courtyard, so presumably this is a photo from the small room (latrine?), room “i”.
See Warscher, T. Codex Topographicus Pompeianus, IX.2. (1943), Swedish Institute, Rome. (no.42.), p. 101.
IX.2.12 Pompeii. December 2007. Doorway in east wall to rear rooms.
IX.2.12 Pompeii. December 2007. Window in east wall of shop.
IX.2.12 Pompeii. December 2018.
Looking east across shop to doorway to rear room. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.
IX.2.12 Pompeii. December 2007. Looking east across shop, with niche in north wall.
IX.2.12 Pompeii. December 2007. North wall of shop with remains of plaster.
According to PPP, the red plaster of the zoccolo was seen painted with plants in panels.
The upper zone of the wall was faded and discoloured but showed traces of subdivision into panels.
See Bragantini, de Vos, Badoni, 1986. Pitture e Pavimenti di Pompei, Parte 3. Rome: ICCD. (p.412).
IX.2.12 Pompeii. December 2018.
Looking towards north wall with square niche. Photo
courtesy of Aude Durand.
IX.2.12 Pompeii. December 2018. Square niche
set into north wall. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.
IX.2.12 Pompeii. December 2018. Detail of niche
in north wall. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.
IX.2.12 Pompeii. December 2007. Niche in north wall.
According to Boyce, this square niche was painted red on the inside, the same as the one found in IX.2.11.
He said that one or both of them may have been lararia.
See Boyce G. K., 1937. Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome: MAAR 14. (p.80-81).
IX.2.12 Pompeii. Pre-1943. Niche in north wall of shop-room. Photo by Tatiana Warscher.
According to Warscher –
“In the north wall of the room entered at No.11 is an arched niche (h.0.45 x w.0.38 x depth 0.25, height above the floor 1.30.)
In the north wall of the room entered at No.12 is a square niche (0.50 square, depth0.24, height above the floor 1.25.)
Both are painted red on the inside: either or both of them may have been the lararia.
See Fiorelli, Scavi, 56, Descr. 381.”
IX.2.11 and IX.2.12 Pompeii, on left. December 2018.
Looking north at junction of Via Stabiana, on left, and Vicolo di Balbo, on right. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.
Street altar on SW side of IX.2.12 on Vicolo di Balbo, looking north-east from Via Stabiana. December 2005.
According to Fiorelli, at this point was a painting of two large serpents approaching a niche hollowed out of the wall.
Underneath was the effigy of the altar among luxurious plants.
Above the painting and continuing on the same wall, there remained various electoral programmes.
See Pappalardo,
U., 2001. La Descrizione di Pompei per
Giuseppe Fiorelli (1875). Napoli: Massa Editore. (p. 142)
See Fröhlich, T.,
1991. Lararien und Fassadenbilder in den
Vesuvstädten. Mainz: von Zabern. (F61)
See Helbig, W., 1868. Wandgemälde der vom Vesuv verschütteten Städte Campaniens. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel. (29)
In April 1848, on two pilasters on the left side of Via Stabiana in the south-west corner of IX.2, it was possible to read
Q(uintum) Marium
[CIL IV 926]
M(arcum) Holconium
Priscum II v(irum) i(ure)
d(icundo) [CIL IV 927]
Sabinum aed(ilem)
[CIL IV 928]
and around the corner of this second pilaster leading into the small vicolo, was found
Gavium Rufum
II vir(um)
i(ure) d(icundo)
o(ro) v(os) f(aciatis)
Q(uintum) Marium
Rufum [CIL IV 929]
Cn(aeum) Helvium
Sabinum aed(ilem) [CIL IV 930]
In November 1852, painted in red, in the south-west corner of IX.2 following from no.66 were:
Popidium Rufum
II vir(um) d(ignum) r(ei)
p(ublicae) o(ro) v(os)
f(aciatis) [CIL IV 931]
Popidium II v(irum)
i(ure) d(icundo) Iuventus
rog(at) [CIL IV 932]
P(ublium) Paquium
Proculum
II vir(um) i(ure)
d(icundo) Thalamus cliens
facit [CIL IV 933]
See Pagano, M. and Prisciandaro, R., 2006. Studio sulle provenienze degli oggetti rinvenuti negli scavi borbonici del regno di Napoli. Naples: Nicola Longobardi, p. 164 and p. 167.
Street altar on SW side of IX.2.12 on Vicolo di Balbo, looking east from Via Stabiana. Pre-1943.
Photo by Tatiana Warscher.
See Warscher, T. Codex Topographicus Pompeianus, IX.2. (1943), Swedish Institute, Rome. (no.43.), p. 102.
Street altar on south-west side of IX.2.12 on Vicolo di Balbo, on left. Looking east from Via Stabiana.