IX.11.2 Pompeii. Thermopolium of Asellina.

Partly excavated in 1911.

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IX.11.2-4 Pompeii. September 2021.

Looking east along front façade, on north side of Via dell’Abbondanza, with IX.11.2 on left. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

IX.11.2-4 Pompeii. October 2014. Looking east along Via dell’Abbondanza.

Photo courtesy of Prof. Dr. Annette Haug, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel.

IX.11.2-4 Pompeii. March 2019. Looking north on Via dell’Abbondanza.

Foto Anne Kleineberg, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

IX.11.2 Pompeii, in centre. October 2023.

Entrance doorway with painted graffiti on both sides, with IX.11.3, on right. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.

IX.11.2 Pompeii. October 2023. Graffiti on west side of doorway. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.

IX.11.2 Pompeii. September 2017. Graffiti on west side of doorway.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

IX.11.2-4 Pompeii. September 2017. Looking east along front façade with doorways and graffiti.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

IX.11.2 Pompeii. October 2023.

Graffiti between entrances IX.11.2 and 3. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.

IX.11.2, on left and IX.11.3, on right, Pompeii. April 2022. Graffiti between entrances 2 and 3. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.

IX.11.2 Pompeii. May 2016. Looking towards doorway on north side of Via dell’Abbondanza. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

IX.11.2 Pompeii. December 2006. Entrance on Via dell’Abbondanza.

According to Cooley, found between IX.11.1 and 2, on the left of the entrance above, was the graffiti CIL IV 7862.

It is no longer there.

She translates it as “I beg you to elect Cn. Helvius Sabinus aedile, worthy of public office. Aegle asks for this”

See Cooley, A. and M.G.L., 2004. Pompeii: A Sourcebook. London: Routledge. (p.123, F57, where she numbers it as CIL IV 7886)

Found either to the left or right of the doorway, was CIL IV 7866, but this too is no longer there.

According to Cooley, this translated as -

“I beg you to elect Cn. Helvius Sabinus aedile, worthy of public office. Maria asks for this”

See Cooley, A. and M.G.L., 2004. Pompeii: A Sourcebook. London: Routledge. (p.123)

According to Della Corte, Aegle, Maria and Zmyrina are all assumed to have been servant girls of Asellina and are all named in the graffiti on the exterior wall.

See Della Corte, M., 1965. Case ed Abitanti di Pompei. Napoli: Fausto Fiorentino.    (p.308)

According to Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss/Slaby (See www.manfredclauss.de), these  read –

Cn(aeum)  Helvium  Sabinum

aed(ilem)  d(ignum)  r(ei)  p(ublicae)  o(ro)  v(os)  f(aciatis)   Aegle  rogat      [CIL IV 7862]

Cn(aeum)  Helvium  Sabinum

aed(ilem)  d(ignum)  r(ei)  p(ublicae)  o(ro)  v(os)  f(aciatis)   Maria rogat       [CIL IV 7866]

IX.11.2 Pompeii. May 2006. Entrance doorway with graffiti on both sides.

IX.11.2 Pompeii.1959. Entrance doorway to IX.11.2, on left, and IX.11.3, on right. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.

Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.

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IX.11.2 Pompeii. October 2014. Graffiti on east side of entrance. 

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

IX.11.2 Pompeii. October 2023. Lollium graffiti (CIL IV 7868) on east side of entrance. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

IX.11.2 Pompeii. December 2006. Lollium graffiti on east side of entrance. 

According to Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss/Slaby (See www.manfredclauss.de), this reads as -

Lollium  d(ignum)  v(iis)  a(edibus)  s(sacris)  p(ublicis)  o(ro)  v(os)  f(aciatis)      [CIL IV 7868]

IX.11.2 Pompeii. May 2017. Graffiti on west side of entrance. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

IX.11.2 Pompeii. October 2014. Graffiti on west side of entrance doorway.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

IX.11.2 Pompeii. May 2010. Graffiti on west side of entrance. The lower two lines read –

Asellinas (sic) rogant nec sine Zmyrina    [CIL IV 7863].

See Della Corte, M., 1965. Case ed Abitanti di Pompei. Napoli: Fausto Fiorentino. (p. 308)

The full inscription reads as -

C(aium) Lollium

Fuscum IIvir(um) v(iis) a(edibus) s(acris) p(ublicis) p(rocurandis)

Asellinas(!) rogant(!)

nec sine Zmyrina      [CIL IV 7863].

IX.11.2 Pompeii. December 2006. Graffiti on west side of entrance. 

Below the graffito CIL IV 7863, see photo above, would have been CIL IV 7864 on the left.

This cannot be seen anymore.  CIL IV 7865 can still be seen, on the right. 

According to Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss/Slaby (See www.manfredclauss.de), they read as -

C(aium) I(ulium) P(olybium) IIvir(um) i(ure) d(icundo)

[[Zmyrina]] rog(at)           [CIL IV 7864]

L(ucium) C(eium) S(ecundum) IIv(i)r(um)      [CIL IV 7865]

IX.11.2 Pompeii. 1974.

Graffiti on west side of entrance doorway. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.  

Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.

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IX.11.2 Pompeii. 1913. Entrance on Via dell’Abbondanza. On the left pillar is the inscription L C S IIVR, now only partially readable.

According to Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss/Slaby (See www.manfredclauss.de) this read:

L(ucium) C(eium) S(ecundum) IIv(i)r(um)   [CIL IV 7865]

IX.11.2 Pompeii. c.1913. Counter during excavation.

Photo by permission of the Institute of Archaeology, University of Oxford. File name instarchbx202im 059. Resource ID. 44554.

See photo on University of Oxford HEIR database

IX.11.2 Pompeii. September 2017. Looking north along counter.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

IX.11.2 Pompeii. May 2016.

Looking north along counter inset with dolia. At the north end of the bar counter there is a small stove. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

IX.11.2 Pompeii. May 2010. Looking north along counter inset with dolia.

IX.11.2 Pompeii. May 2010. Bar counter, with stove and dolium.

IX.11.2 Pompeii. May 2016. Bar counter, with detail of top of stove. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

IX.11.2 Pompeii. May 2003.

Looking south-west across hearth at north end of counter. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.

IX.11.2 Pompeii. May 2003.

Looking east down on the small stove and hearth at north end of the west counter. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.

IX.11.2 Pompeii. May 2003.

Looking west down on the small stove and hearth at north end of the west counter. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.

IX.11.2 Pompeii. May 2003.

Looking south into hearth under small stove. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.

IX.11.2 Pompeii. May 2003. Looking down on hearth. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.

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