IX.5.11 Pompeii. Domus Poppaeus Primus. Casa del triclinio dei Bambini. Casa del Vomitorio. House with the Muses. Casa di Bacco?

Linked to IX.5.13. Excavated 1877 and 1880.

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IX.5.11 Pompeii. December 2007. Entrance and view along Via di Nola, looking east.

According to Cooley, the translation of graffito CIL IV 357 found here, is –

The Poppaei ask for Helvius Sabinus to be elected aedile.

See Cooley, A. and M.G.L., 2004. Pompeii: A Sourcebook. London: Routledge. (p.121)

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

Helvium Sabinum

Poppaei aed(ilem) fiere rog(at)     [CIL IV 357]

Room a, entrance, and entrance corridor/fauces

IX.5.11 Pompeii. May 2019. Looking south on Via di Nola through entrance doorway.

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IX.5.11 Pompeii. January 2017. Looking south through entrance doorway.

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IX.5.11 Pompeii. September 2015. Looking south through entrance doorway on Via di Nola.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR

IX.5.11 Pompeii. December 2007. East wall of entrance corridor.

According to NdS, like many others, this house was ransacked, since its walls are almost all riddled with holes.

See Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, 1877, (p.247)

IX.5.11 Pompeii. November 2024. Looking south from entrance corridor. Photo courtesy of Annette Haug.

IX.5.11 Pompeii. April 2019. Looking south from entrance corridor. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

IX.5.11 Pompeii. March 2017. Room a, entrance corridor/fauces, looking south to atrium with impluvium.

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IX.5.11 Pompeii. March 2017. Room a, entrance corridor/fauces, looking south across flooring.

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IX.5.11 Pompeii. March 2017. Room a, entrance corridor/fauces, detail from flooring. 

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IX.5.11 Pompeii. May 2017. Room a, looking south across flooring in entrance corridor.

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IX.5.11 Pompeii. May 2017. Room a, detail of flooring.

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IX.5.11 Pompeii. May 2017. Room a, detail of flooring.

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IX.5.11 Pompeii. May 2017. Room a, detail from south end of entrance corridor/fauces.

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IX.5.11 Pompeii. May 2017. Room a, looking north towards entrance doorway.

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IX.5.11 Pompeii. May 2017. Room a, detail, looking north along entrance corridor.

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IX.5.11 Pompeii. September 2015. Looking towards east wall of entrance corridor from doorway.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR

IX.5.11 Pompeii. May 2017. Room a, lower east wall of entrance corridor at north end.

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IX.5.11 Pompeii. May 2017. Room a, lower east wall of entrance corridor.

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IX.5.11 Pompeii. January 2017. Room a, looking south along east wall of entrance corridor.

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IX.5.11 Pompeii. May 2017. Room a, looking south along east wall of entrance corridor.

Foto Christian Beck, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

IX.5.11 Pompeii. March 2017. Room a, looking towards east wall of entrance corridor.  

Foto Christian Beck, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

IX.5.11 Pompeii. May 2017. Room a, detail from east wall at north end.

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IX.5.11 Pompeii. May 2017. Room a, detail from east wall at north end.

Foto Christian Beck, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

IX.5.11 Pompeii. May 2017. Room a, detail from east wall towards south end.

Foto Christian Beck, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

IX.5.11 Pompeii. March 2017. Room a, looking south towards lower east wall.  

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IX.5.11 Pompeii. March 2017. Room a, lower east wall and flooring towards south end of entrance corridor.  

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IX.5.11 Pompeii. May 2017. Room a, lower east wall at south end.

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IX.5.11 Pompeii. May 2017. Room a, upper east wall.

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IX.5.11 Pompeii. March 2017. Room a, upper east wall at south end of entrance corridor.   

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IX.5.11 Pompeii. May 2017. Room a, doorway threshold, looking north out onto Via di Nola.

Foto Christian Beck, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

IX.5.11 Pompeii. March 2017. Room a, looking towards upper west wall.  

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IX.5.11 Pompeii. May 2017. Room a, lower west side of entrance corridor.

Foto Christian Beck, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

IX.5.11 Pompeii. January 2017. Room a, looking south along west wall towards atrium.  

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR

IX.5.11 Pompeii. March 2017. Room a, looking south along west wall.  

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IX.5.11 Pompeii. May 2017. Room a, west wall.

Foto Christian Beck, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

IX.5.11 Pompeii. March 2017. Room a, looking towards lower west wall.  

Foto Christian Beck, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

IX.5.11 Pompeii. March 2017. Room a, looking towards lower west wall at south end.  

Foto Christian Beck, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

IX.5.11 Pompeii. May 2017. Room a, upper west wall.

Foto Christian Beck, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

IX.5.11 Pompeii. March 2017. Room a, upper west wall at south end of entrance corridor.  

Foto Christian Beck, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

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