VII.3.21 Pompeii. Shop. Excavated 1843. (Strada Stabiana 12).

VII.3.21 Pompeii. December 2018. Looking west to entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

VII.3.21 Pompeii. May 2005. Entrance to shop on Via Stabiana. Looking west.

At the rear of the shop is an entrance through to the atrium, and the triclinium with a vaulted ceiling is ahead.

This graffito below, found between VII.3.21 and VII.3.20, on the right pilaster, opposite the second entrance of the Central Baths, read according to Della Corte

Euhode,  perfusor,  cum  Secu(ndo)  (fac)    [CIL IV 840] 

The full graffito read:

[L(ucium)]  C(eium)  S(ecundum)  II vir(um)  o(ro)  v(os)  f(aciatis)

Euhode  perfusor  cum  Secu[undo(?)]

o(ro)  v(os)  f(aciatis)       [CIL IV 840]

See Della Corte, M., 1965. Case ed Abitanti di Pompei. Napoli: Fausto Fiorentino. (p.155)

Found painted on the left pilaster, between VII.3.22 and VII.3.21, in July 1843, was:

Calventium  II v(irum)  i(ure)  d(icundo)

Cn(aeum)  Helvium  Sabinum  aed(ilem)  o(ro)  v(os)  f(aciatis)      [CIL IV 843]

See Pagano, M. and Prisciandaro, R., 2006. Studio sulle provenienze degli oggetti rinvenuti negli scavi borbonici del regno di Napoli. Naples: Nicola Longobardi, p. 159.

VII.3.21 Pompeii. May 2005. West side of atrium. Triclinium, and corridor to small garden, kitchen and latrine (blocked).

VII.3.21 Pompeii. May 2015. Looking towards south-west corner of triclinium. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VII.3.21 Pompeii. May 2015. Looking towards south wall with window, and west wall of triclinium. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VII.3.21 Pompeii. May 2005. Vaulted triclinium.

South wall with window, which took its light from the yard or light-well in VII.3.22.

The sides of the vault contained painted rectangular panels of hunt scenes.

VII.3.21 Pompeii. Drawing by Giuseppe Abbate, May 1844, probably one of the hunting scenes.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number ADS 1219.

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VII.3.21 Pompeii. Drawing by Giuseppe Abbate, 1843, of various scenes from the panels of the vaulted ceiling.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number ADS 561.

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VII.3.21 Pompeii. May 2005. Painted panel from south wall in vaulted triclinium.

In the centre of the south wall is a panel on a violet background in which was painted the two-wheeled chariot of Demeter, pulled by serpents, and guided by a cupid. This was reproduced in a drawing by Giuseppe Abbate in 1843, see ADS 562 below, lower drawing.

VII.3.21 Pompeii. 1843 drawings by G. Abbate of two chariots that decorated the walls but are now vanishing.

The top chariot is of Dionysus, identified by the panthers, a rhyton and kantharos.

The lower chariot is of Demeter (Ceres) pulled by serpents and guided by a young child who holds a torch in the left hand.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number ADS 562.

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VII.3.21 Pompeii. May 2005. West wall of vaulted triclinium.

VII.3.21 Pompeii. May 2005. West wall of vaulted triclinium.

VII.3.21 Pompeii. May 2005. Painted panel on a violet background, in centre of west wall of vaulted triclinium.

In this panel was painted the chariot of Dionysus, identified by the panthers, a rhyton and kantharos.

See drawing by Giuseppe Abbate in 1843, ADS 562, upper drawing above.

VII.3.21 Pompeii. May 2005. West wall decoration in vaulted triclinium/oecus.

VII.3.21 Pompeii. c.1930. Mosaic flooring in oecus/triclinium, detail of central emblema.

DAIR 41.776. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.

See Pernice, E.  1938. Pavimente und Figürliche Mosaiken: Die Hellenistische Kunst in Pompeji, Band VI. Berlin: de Gruyter, (tav. 49.4).

According to PPM, the central fish in the inner circle was perfectly preserved in the 1930’s, but now (1979) all that remains is the tip of a fin.

See Carratelli, G. P., 1990-2003. Pompei: Pitture e Mosaici. Vol. VI. Roma: Istituto della enciclopedia italiana, (p. 881).

VII.3.21 Pompeii. May 2005. Vaulted ceiling in triclinium.

VII.3.21 Pompeii. May 2005. Stucco decoration of vaulted triclinium ceiling.

VII.3.21 Pompeii. c.1840. Painting/drawing of ceiling in triclinium, by James William Wild.

Photo © Victoria and Albert Museum, inventory number E.4013-1938.

VII.3.21 Pompeii. Drawing by Giuseppe Abbate, 1843, showing one half of the ceiling of the triclinium.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number ADS 1196.

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VII.3.21 Pompeii. Painting of one quarter of vaulted ceiling of triclinium, by Pasquale Maria Veneri.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number ADS 1197.

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VII.3.21 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking west towards garden area of VII.3.21.

This is at the rear of the triclinium of VII.3.13, in the foreground.

Apart from the garden area, there was also a small room or cupboard, kitchen and latrine.

According to Boyce, in the east wall of the kitchen between the hearth and the latrine, was a small rectangular niche.

Inside the niche, its walls were coated with red stucco.

See Boyce G. K., 1937. Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome: MAAR 14. (p. 64, no. 268)

VII.3.21 Pompeii. March 2009. Garden area.