I.14.7 Pompeii. House of the Sarno Lararium.

Linked to I.14.6. Excavated 1954.

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I.14.7 Pompeii. December 2018.

Looking towards north-west corner of the garden area and window to triclinium. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

I.14.7 Pompeii. December 2018.

Looking towards niche lararium in west wall of garden area, and niche in west wall of triclinium. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

I.14.7 Pompeii. December 2018. Looking towards west wall of the garden area with a niche lararium. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

I.14.7 Pompeii. March 2009. West wall of the garden area with another niche lararium.

I.14.7 Pompeii. 1959.

West wall of the garden area, detail of the wall at its northern end. 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.14.7 Pompeii. December 2018.

West wall of the garden area, detail of the wall at its northern end. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

I.14.7 Pompeii. December 2018.

Detail of the wall at the north end of the lararium on west wall of the garden area.

Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

I.14.7 Pompeii. December 2018. Niche lararium on west wall of garden area. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

I.14.7 Pompeii. March 2009. Niche lararium on west wall of garden area.

I.14.7 Pompeii. December 2018. Niche lararium on west wall of garden area. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

I.14.7 Pompeii. March 2009. West wall of garden area. 

Niche lararium with painting of a god in a long white robe lying on a couch. 

The right hand holds a branch and the left holds a patera. 

To the right is a golden candelabrum. 

At the front is a three-legged table with a bowl of fruit. Above is a garland.

See Fröhlich, T., 1991. Lararien und Fassadenbilder in den Vesuvstädten. Mainz: von Zabern. (L34, T:29,3)

I.14.7 Pompeii. 1966.

Niche lararium from west wall of garden area. 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.14.7 Pompeii. December 2018. Detail from niche lararium on west wall of garden area. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

I.14.7 Pompeii. December 2018.

Detail of three-legged table with bowl of fruit from niche lararium on west wall. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

I.14.7 Pompeii. December 2018.

South end of niche lararium on west wall. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

I.14.7 Pompeii. December 2018.

North end of niche lararium on west wall. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

I.14.7 Pompeii. December 2018. Looking east across garden area. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

I.14.7 Pompeii. March 2009. Amphora against east wall of garden area.

I.14.7 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to windowed triclinium in south-west corner of atrium.

I.14.7 Pompeii. March 2009. Windowed triclinium, looking south to window into garden area.

I.14.7 Pompeii. March 2009. Windowed triclinium, east wall.

I.14.7 Pompeii. December 2018. Windowed triclinium, looking towards south-east corner. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

I.14.7 Pompeii. December 2018. Windowed triclinium, west wall with arched niche. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

I.14.7 Pompeii. March 2009. Windowed triclinium, west wall with arched niche.

I.14.7 Pompeii. December 2018.

Detail of arched niche on west wall of windowed triclinium. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

I.14.7 Pompeii. March 2009. Windowed triclinium, arched niche on west wall.

According to Giacobello, this arched niche was painted with white stucco.

See Giacobello, F., 2008. Larari Pompeiani: Iconografia e culto dei Lari in ambito domestico. Milano: LED Edizioni. (p.289)

I.14.7 Pompeii. March 2009. Windowed triclinium, north wall with doorway to south-west corner of atrium.

I.14.7 Pompeii. December 2018.

Looking towards north wall of atrium, with entrance corridor in centre. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

I.14.7 Pompeii. March 2009. North wall of atrium, with doorway to cubiculum on left (west) side.

In the centre is the entrance fauces, and doorway to shop at I.14.6 is on the right.

I.14.7 Pompeii. March 2009. North wall of cubiculum on west side of entrance fauces. 

I.14.7 Pompeii. March 2009. South-west corner of cubiculum on west side of entrance fauces. 

I.14.7 Pompeii. June 2012. Graffiti on exterior front façade between I.14.7 and I.14.8. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.

I.14.7/8 Pompeii. 1959. Graffiti on exterior front façade between I.14.7 and I.14.8. 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.14.7/8 Pompeii. December 2018. Looking south towards graffiti between I.14.7 and I.14.8. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

I.14.7/8 Pompeii. December 2018. Detail of graffiti, east side (left). Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

I.14.7/8 Pompeii. December 2018. Detail of graffiti, west side (right). Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

I.14.7/8 Pompeii. December 2005. Graffiti between I.14.7 and I.14.8

I.14.7/8 Pompeii. December 2006. Graffiti between I.14.7 and I.14.8

According to Varone and Stefani, this is CIL IV 9918.

See Varone, A. and Stefani, G., 2009. Titulorum Pictorum Pompeianorum, Rome: L’erma di Bretschneider, (p.164-165)

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

C(aium)  Ateium  Capitonem  aed(ilem)

rogamus  coloni  et  incolae       [CIL IV 9918a]

According to Cooley this translates as

We the town’s citizens and resident aliens ask for Gaius Ateius Capito as aedile.

See Cooley, A. and M.G.L., 2004. Pompeii: A Sourcebook. London: Routledge, p. 117, F26.

Just under this is another inscription

Suc(c)ubus v(ale)       [CIL IV 9918b]

I.14.7/8 Pompeii. December 2006. CIL IV 9918 between I.14.7 and I.14.8

I.14.7/8 Pompeii. December 2006. Graffiti between I.14.7 and I.14.8.

According to Varone and Stefani, this is CIL IV 9919.

See Varone, A. and Stefani, G., 2009. Titulorum Pictorum Pompeianorum, Rome: L’erma di Bretschneider, (p.164 & 166)

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

Cn(aeum) Helvium

Sabinum aed(ilum) d(ignum) r(ei) p(ublicae)

Porcellus cum suis rog(at)       [CIL IV 9919]

According to Cooley, CIL IV 9919 translates as –

Porcellus with his household asks for Cn. Helvius Sabinus as aedile, worthy of public office. 

See Cooley, A. and M.G.L., 2004. Pompeii: A Sourcebook. London: Routledge, p. 122, F50.

I.14.7 Pompeii. March 2009. CIL IV 9919 between I.14.7 and I.14.8.

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