VII.9.67 Pompeii. Edificio di Eumachia. Scale posteriori e rampa.

Stairs and ramp at rear of Eumachia’s Building.

Excavated c.1814, 1817, 1836. (Strada dell’Abbondanza 56).

VII.9.68/67, 67 on right, Pompeii. April 2019. Looking north to entrance doorways. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

VII.9.67 Pompeii, on right. March 2009. Entrance doorway with stairs, on right.

VII.9.68/7 Pompeii, 1978. Looking towards entrance doorways on north side of Via dell’Abbondanza.

Photo courtesy of Roberta Falanelli.

VII.9.68/67 Pompeii, on lower left. 29th March 1922. Looking north-east across VII.9.68 and 67 on left, and VII.13, on right.

Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

VII.9.67 Pompeii. December 2005. Entrance doorway to stairs and ramp to upper level.

VII.9.67 Pompeii. Entrance doorway to stairs and ramp to upper level, at rear of fountain on Via dell’Abbondanza.

Photo by permission of the Institute of Archaeology, University of Oxford. File name instarchbx208im 027. Resource ID. 44353

See photo on University of Oxford HEIR database

VII.9.67, Pompeii. Looking north along Vicolo di Eumachia looking north. VII.13 on right.

Old undated photograph courtesy of the Society of Antiquaries, Fox Collection.

VII.9.67 Pompeii. March 2009. Copy of marble plaque with inscription, re-instated above the doorway.

VII.9.67 Pompeii. May 2015. Copy of original marble plaque with inscription, above the doorway. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

EUMACHIA L. F., SACERD(OS) PUBL(ICA), NOMINE SUO ET

M. NUMISTRI FRONTONIS FILI CHALCIDICUM, CRYPTAM, PORTICUS CONCORDIAE

AUGUSTAE PIETATI SUA PEQUNIA FECIT EADEMQUE DEDICAVIT.

See Mau, A., 1907, translated by Kelsey F. W. Pompeii: Its Life and Art. New York: Macmillan. (p.111)

Eumachia, daughter of Lucius, public priestess, in her own name and that of her son, Marcus Numistrius Fronto, built at her own expense the chalcidicum, crypt and portico in honour of Augustan Concord and Piety and also dedicated them.

See Cooley, A. and M.G.L., 2004. Pompeii: A Sourcebook. London: Routledge. (p.100, E42)

VII.9.67 Pompeii. Original marble plaque with inscription, above the doorway.

VII.9.67 Pompeii. December 2005. Entrance doorway to stairs and ramp.

VII.9.67 Pompeii. December 2005. Stairs and ramp to upper floor, at rear of Eumachia’s Building.

VII.9.67 Pompeii. December 2005. Landing at top of stairs in Eumachia’s building

VII.9.67 Pompeii. Drawing by Gell of wall on east side of steps in Eumachia’s building (aka The Chalcidicum).

According to Gell and Gandy, the wall of the staircase is painted in black panels separated by red pilasters.

See Gell, W, and Gandy, J: Pompeiana. 1832, vol.1, (p.14)

VII.9.67 Pompeii. December 2005. Looking down rear stairs/ramp in Eumachia’s building

VII.9.67 Pompeii. December 2005. Looking down the stairs in Eumachia’s building

VII.9.67 Pompeii. September 2004. Rear stairs in Eumachia’s building, and fountain on Via dell’ Abbondanza, looking north.

VII.9.67 Pompeii. September 1901. Watercolour by Luigi Bazzani.

Looking north across Via dell’Abbondanza towards fountain at base of rear stairs, and Vicolo di Eumachia, on right,

Photo © Victoria and Albert Museum, inventory number D1819-1904.

VII.9.67 Pompeii, on left. September 2004.           Vicolo di Eumachia, looking north.                          VII.13, on right.

VII.9.67 Pompeii, side wall, on left. December 2005. Vicolo di Eumachia looking north.

VII.9.67, Pompeii, rear wall of Eumachia’s Building, VII.9.1. December 2005.

VII.9.67, Pompeii, side wall and back wall of Eumachia’s Building, VII.9.1. December 2005.