I.6.15 Pompeii. Casa dei Ceii or Casa della Caccia

or House of L. Ceius Secundus and Fabia Prima

or The House of Fabia and Tyrannus, Musici

or Casa dei grande paesaggi egizi or Casa della Regina Elena.

Excavated 1913.

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I.6.15 Pompeii, in centre. December 2018.

Looking north-east towards entrance on north side of Vicolo del Menandro. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

I.6.15 Pompeii, December 2023. Looking towards entrance on north side of Vicolo del Menandro. Photo courtesy of Miriam Colomer.

I.6.15 Pompeii. September 2018. Looking west towards entrance on Vicolo del Menandro.         

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR

I.6.15 Pompeii. October 2014. Looking east to entrance on Vicolo del Menandro.          

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR

I.6.15 Pompeii. May 2005. Entrance on Vicolo del Menandro.

I.6.15 Pompeii. Entrance on Vicolo del Menandro.

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

I.6.15 Pompeii. 1972. Casa dei Ceii or di Fabio e Tyranno, exterior, façade. Photo courtesy of Anne Laidlaw.

American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Laidlaw collection _P_72_4_9.

I.6.15 Pompeii. 1968.  Casa dei Ceii or di Fabio e Tyranno, façade. Photo courtesy of Anne Laidlaw.

American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Laidlaw collection _P_68_6_13.

I.6.15 Pompeii. 1961. Entrance doorway, and doorways to I.6.13 and I.6.14 on left. 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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I.6.15 Pompeii. 1959. Entrance on Vicolo del Menandro. 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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I.6.15 Pompeii. December 2005. Entrance on Vicolo del Menandro.

According to Varone and Stefani, there were many graffiti written on both sides of the doorway.

On the west side (left of the doorway) CIL IV 7187, 7191, 7188 and 7189.

Only part of CIL IV 7188 and 7189 remain on the left.

On the east side (right of the doorway) CIL IV 7190, 7192, 7193 and 7194.

Only part of CIL IV 7190 and 7192 remain on the right.

See Varone, A. and Stefani, G., 2009. Titulorum Pictorum Pompeianorum, Rome: L’erma di Bretschneider, (p.63-68)

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

L(ucium)  Sextilium

IIvir(um)  i(ure)  d(icundo)

[...]  multis  fecit  benigne      [CIL IV 7187]

Cn(aeum)  Helvium  Sabinum  aed(ilem)  Infantio  rog(at)  cum  suis     [CIL IV 7191]

Translated as

Infantio with his household asks for Cn. Helvius Sabinus as aedile.

See Cooley, A. and M.G.L., 2004. Pompeii: A Sourcebook. London: Routledge. (p.122, F47 CIL IV 7191)

Pansam  aed(ilem)  o(ro)  v(os)  f(aciatis)      [CIL IV 7188]

C(aium)  Iulium

IIvir(um)  Fabia

rog(at)  o(ro)  v(os)  f(aciatis)  dignus  est      [CIL IV 7189]

C(aium)  Cornelium

aed(ilem)  Tyrsus  [ro]gat     [CIL IV 7190]

L(ucium)  Sextilium

o(ro)  v(os)  f(aciatis)      [CIL IV 7192]

Veran[ium]

quinq(uennalem)     [CIL IV 7193]

Q(uintum)  Postumium  Proc[ulum] aed(ilem)  […]cei  rog(at)     [CIL IV 7194]

I.6.15 Pompeii. June 2019. West side of entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

I.6.15 Pompeii. December 2023. West side of entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Miriam Colomer.

I.6.15 Pompeii. March 2019. Lower west side of entrance doorway       

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR

I.6.15 Pompeii. March 2019. Detail from west side of entrance doorway               

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR

I.6.15 Pompeii. March 2019. Detail from lower west side of entrance doorway               

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR

I.6.15 Pompeii. June 2019. Graffiti on west side of entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

I.6.15 Pompeii. June 2019. Detail of graffiti on west side of entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

I.6.15 Pompeii. December 2007. Graffiti Inscriptions on front of house, to left (west) of entrance.

I.6.15 Pompeii. 1968.

Casa dei Ceii or di Fabio e Tyranno, exterior, left side. Photo courtesy of Anne Laidlaw.

American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Laidlaw collection _P_68_6_16.

I.6.15 Pompeii. December 2018.

Looking north to entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

I.6.15 Pompeii. September 2018. Looking north to entrance doorway.           

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR

I.6.15 Pompeii. December 2007. Entrance.

I.6.15 Pompeii. June 2019. Detail of entrance facade. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

I.6.15 Pompeii. June 2019. Detail above entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

I.6.15 Pompeii. 1968.

Casa dei Ceii or di Fabio e Tyranno, exterior, front doors. Photo courtesy of Anne Laidlaw.

American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Laidlaw collection _P_68_6_15.

I.6.15 Pompeii. October 2023. Looking towards bench on east side of entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

I.6.15 Pompeii. June 2019. Bench on east side of entrance doorway, west end. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

I.6.15 Pompeii. June 2019. Bench on east side of entrance doorway, east end. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

I.6.15 Pompeii. March 2019. Front façade on east (right) side of entrance doorway.        

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR

I.6.15 Pompeii. March 2019. Front façade on east (right) side of entrance doorway.               

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR

I.6.15 Pompeii. March 2019. Detail of lower front façade on east (right) side of entrance doorway.               

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR      

I.6.15 Pompeii. March 2019. Detail from east (right) side of entrance doorway    

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR

I.6.15 Pompeii. June 2019. Front façade on east (right) side of entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

I.6.15 Pompeii. March 2018. Looking towards east side of entrance doorway.

Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

I.6.15 Pompeii. March 2018.

East end of entrance doorway, detail from above bench in south-east corner.

Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

I.6.15 Pompeii. 1968. Casa dei Ceii or di Fabio e Tyranno, right side. Photo courtesy of Anne Laidlaw.

American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Laidlaw collection _P_68_6_14.

1.6.15 Pompeii. W.1443. Entrance doorway, with graffito CIL IV 7190.

Photo by Tatiana Warscher. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.

I.6.15 Pompeii. June 2019. Graffito found on front of house, to right of entrance. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

C(aium)  Cornelium

aed(ilem)  Tyrsus  [ro]gat     [CIL IV 7190]

I.6.15 Pompeii. May 2015. Graffito found on front of house, to right of entrance. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

C(aium)  Cornelium

aed(ilem)  Tyrsus  [ro]gat     [CIL IV 7190]

I.6.15 Pompeii. December 2007. Graffito found on front of house, to right of entrance -

C(aium)  Cornelium

aed(ilem)  Tyrsus  [ro]gat     [CIL IV 7190]

I.6.15 Pompeii. December 2005. Graffito found on front of house, to right of entrance -

C(aium)  Cornelium

aed(ilem)  Tyrsus  [ro]gat     [CIL IV 7190]

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