I.10.18 Pompeii. Casa di Aufidius Primus or Domus of Auf Primus and Ampliatus.

Excavated 1932.

 

I.10.18 Pompeii. September 2005. Looking north.

 

I.10.18 Pompeii. Looking north.

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

 

I.10.18 Pompeii. September 2005. Entrance doorway.

According to Della Corte, found on the left side of the doorway was an electoral recommendation –

Aufidius Primus (rogat)   [CIL IV 7375]

Found on the right side of the doorway were –

(Aufidius) Ampliatus rog(at)  [CIL IV 7377] and

[Prim]us cliens (cupidus?) rogat    [CIL IV 7378]

See Della Corte, M., 1965.  Case ed Abitanti di Pompei. Napoli: Fausto Fiorentino. (p.304)

 

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

 

[Veiento]nem

Aufidius

Primus        [CIL IV 7375]

M(arcum)  Cerrinium

Vatiam  aed(ilem)  o(ro)  v(os)  f(aciatis)

Ampliatus  rog(at)      [CIL IV 7377]

Ceium

aed(ilem)  [3]us cliens

[3] rogat       [CIL IV 7378]

 

I.10.18 Pompeii. September 2005.  Looking west from entrance fauces.

 

I.10.18 Pompeii. September 2005. Looking west from entrance fauces.

 

I.10.18 Pompeii. September 2005. Looking north-west from entrance fauces.

 

I.10.18 Pompeii. September 2005. Looking south-west from entrance fauces.

According to Boyce, in the south wall of the kitchen beside the hearth was a fragmentary painting in two zones.

It was on a white background outlined with red stripes.

In the upper zone stood the Genius, with a Lar.

In the lower zone, beneath garlands, was the tail of a black and yellow serpent.

Below the serpent were several kitchen articles, a hog’s head, a ham on a nail, and an eel on a spit.

Not. Scavi, 1934, 344, and fig.38.

See Boyce G. K., 1937. Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome: MAAR 14. (p.29, no.60)

Frohlich described it was “mostly fallen from the wall on the right but the left was mainly okay”.

See Fröhlich, T., 1991. Lararien und Fassadenbilder in den Vesuvstädten. Mainz: von Zabern. (L18, Picture 26, 3)

 

I.7 Pompeii. December 2004. Vicolo di Paquius Proculus, looking south.          I.10.18

 

I.7 Pompeii. May 2004.      Vicolo di Paquius Proculus, looking south.                I.10.18