I.10.8 Pompeii. Casa di Minucius

or Domus and textrina of Minucius Fuscus and Minucius Epaphra.

Excavated 1929 and 1934.

I.10.8 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 4, Workroom, with window and door to atrium.

I.10.8 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 4, workroom, with window and door to atrium.

I.10.8 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 4, east wall of workroom.

According to La Rocca, de Vos, M & E, and Della Corte, in the large rustic workroom on the left side of the atrium, many of the workers left their names.

The names of the male workers included – Rarus, Rufus, Quietus, Onesimus and Primigenius.

The female workers – Gelaste and Salvilla.

The last-named woman was probably the one from CIL IV 8384, in the neighbouring room.

See La Rocca, E, de Vos, M & E, & Coarelli, F. (1981): Guida archeologica di Pompei. Milan: Mondadori (p.172)

See Della Corte, M., 1965. Case ed Abitanti di Pompei. Napoli: Fausto Fiorentino. (p.301)

I.10.8 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 4, north wall of workroom, and window to room 3.

I.10.8 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to room 5, the yard.

I.10.8 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 5, recess or blocked door in north-east corner of the yard.

I.10.8 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 5, east wall of the yard, with doorway to room 7 in south-east corner.

I.10.8 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 5, east wall of the yard, with doorway to room in south-east corner.

I.10.8 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 5, stairs to upper gallery against west wall of the yard.

I.10.8 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 5, south-west corner of the yard, with stairs to upper gallery and cupboard under, and doorway to small room.

I.10.8 Pompeii. Room 5, south-west corner of the yard, with stairs to upper gallery and cupboard under, and doorway to small room.

These masonry steps against the west wall, were covered with a coating of cocciopesto, and consisted of 9 steps leading to a gallery on which opened a room on the upper floor to the east. From this then, by another four steps, one arrived at the western rooms of the upper floor.

(Al lato occidentale una scalinata di fabbrica, rivestita di intonaco di cocciopesto, di nove gradini che porta ad un ballatoio, sul quale si apre un ambiente del piano superiore ad est. Da questo poi per altri quattro scalini, si accede al quartierino ovest del piano superiore.)

See Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, 1934, p. 311, fig. 24.

I.10.8 Pompeii. March 2009. Small room in south-west corner of room 5.

I.10.8 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 5 narrow area in south-east corner, looking south.

I.10.8 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 7, latrine at south end.

I.10.8 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 5 narrow area in south-east corner, latrine at south end.

I.10.8 Pompeii. July 2008. Latrine at south end of Room 5 narrow area in south-east corner. Photo courtesy of Barry Hobson.

I.10.8 Pompeii. July 2008.

Latrine at south end of Room 5 narrow area in south-east corner. Photo courtesy of Barry Hobson.

I.10.8 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking north from latrine along narrow area in south-east corner of room 5, the yard.

I.10.8 Pompeii. March 2009.

Looking north from latrine along narrow area in south-east corner of room 5, the yard.

I.10.8 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 5. Cupboard under stairs.

I.10.8 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 5, cupboard under stairs in the yard.

I.10.8 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway of room 5, looking west to the atrium.

I.10.8 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway of room 5, looking west into the atrium.

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