II.7.7 Pompeii. Palaestra or Palestra.

Excavated 1814 to 1816, 1933 and 1935 to 1939.

(Originally when excavated, this was numbered as Reg. II, Insula 10).

II.7.7 Pompeii. April 2018.

Looking south towards entrance doorway, and north-west corner with remains of plaster, site of inscriptions CIL IV 7988, CIL IV 7989, CIL IV7588, on right.

Photo courtesy of Ian Lycett-King. Use is subject to Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License v.4 International.

II.7.7 Pompeii. Palaestra. October 2023.

Entrance doorway on north side. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

II.7.7 Pompeii. Palaestra. September 2015. Entrance, looking south.

II.7.7 Pompeii. Palaestra. December 2006. Entrance.

II.7.7 Pompeii. Palaestra. December 2005. Entrance.

II.7.7 Pompeii. Palaestra. 1959. Entrance, looking south. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.

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II.7.7 Pompeii. Palaestra. December 2006. Entrance and unnumbered opening. By 2015, the unnumbered opening had been filled in.

II.7.7 Pompeii. Palaestra. December 2005. Unnumbered opening to right of II.7.7. By 2015, the unnumbered opening had been filled in.

II.7.7 Pompeii. Palaestra. October 2023.

Looking east along exterior north wall towards II.7.6 and II.7.7. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

II.7.7 Pompeii. Palaestra. March 2019. Exterior north wall on south side of Via di Castricio, site of graffiti.

Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

II.7.7 Pompeii. Palaestra. March 2019. Looking east along exterior north wall on south side of Via di Castricio, site of graffiti.

Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

II.7.7 Pompeii. Palaestra. October 2017.

Looking west along remains of plaster and graffiti on west end of outer north wall of the Palestra.

Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

II.7.7 Pompeii. Palaestra. October 2017. Looking towards site of graffiti.

Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

II.7.7 Pompeii. Palaestra. September 2015. Remains of plaster on north wall, site of inscriptions CIL IV 7988, CIL IV 7989, CIL IV 7588.

See Varone, A. and Stefani, G., 2009. Titulorum Pictorum Pompeianorum, Rome: L’erma di Bretschneider. (p.222-3)

II.7.7 Pompeii. Palaestra. 1939. North wall which contained inscriptions CIL IV 7988, CIL IV 7989 and CIL IV 7588, no longer conserved.

DAIR 39.939. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.

II.7.7 Pompeii. Palaestra. 1939. North wall inscriptions, no longer conserved.

See Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, 1939, p. 308-9, figs. 21, 22.

According to Varone and Stefani these are CIL IV 7586 to 7592 and CIL IV 7988 to 7589.

See Varone, A. and Stefani, G., 2009. Titulorum Pictorum Pompeianorum, Rome: L’erma di Bretschneider. (p.222-3)

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

Ceium aed(ilem)      [CIL IV 7586]

Herennium

aed(ilem) o(ro) v(os) f(aciatis)      [CIL IV 7587]

Polybium aed(ilem) o(ro) v(os) f(aciatis)     [CIL IV 7588]

M(arcum) Holconium Priscum IIvir(um) i(ure) d(icundo)      [CIL IV 7589]

T(h)yasotas      [CIL IV 7590]

Visu      [CIL IV 7591]

Q(uintum) D() V()      [CIL IV 7592]

]ium / [3]io      [CIL IV 7988a]

[Pro salute Neron]is

[3] Pompeis pr(idie) Non(as) et Non(is) Iun(iis)

/

Claudi[o Vero feliciter(?)]      [CIL IV 7988b-c]

Augustalium      [CIL IV 7988d]

Flora(lia?)      [CIL IV 7988e]

Pro salute

Neronis Claudi Caesaris Aug(usti) Germanici Pompeis Ti(beri) Claudi Veri venatio

athletae et sparsiones erint V IIII K(alendas) Mart(ias) CCCLXXIII

/

Claudio Vero felic(iter)     [CIL IV 7989a]

Celer lorarius Maio delibat

Maio principi coloniae felic(iter)      [CIL IV 7989b]

II.7.7 Pompeii. Palaestra. December 2006. Looking south with view of Piscina or swimming pool.

The plaster-casts of tree roots, made by Maiuri, can be seen in the grassed area.

II.7 Pompeii. 1964. Plaster-cast of the root of a large tree. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.

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II.7 Pompeii. 1968.

Looking south-east across Palaestra. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.

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II.7 Pompeii. 1961.

Looking south-east across swimming pool in Palaestra. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.

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II.7.7 Pompeii. Palaestra. 1959.

Looking south-east towards the Piscina or swimming pool. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.

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II.7.7 Pompeii. Palaestra. December 2006. Looking south-east towards Piscina or swimming pool.

II.7 Pompeii. June 2019. Looking across pool towards north side of Palestra. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

II.7 Pompeii. 1970. Looking towards north side.  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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II.7 Pompeii. June 2019. Looking towards west side, north-west corner, and north side. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

II.7 Pompeii. June 2019.

Looking north-east from north end of west side, with plaster-cast of tree roots, on right in grass. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

According to Jashemski –

Maiuri found the huge root cavities of two rows of trees that had been planted approximately eight metres apart around the edges of the large enclosed area on the north, west and south. Casts were made of these cavities. The size and shape of the cavities indicated to the excavators that the trees had been plane trees, only a little less than one hundred years old.

See Jashemski, W. F., 1993. The Gardens of Pompeii, Volume II: Appendices. New York: Caratzas. (p.92).

II.7 Pompeii. June 2019. Plaster cast of plane tree roots. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

II.7.7 Pompeii. Palaestra. December 2006. Looking south-west from north portico towards II.7.9 and 10.

II.7.7 Pompeii. Palaestra, on right. May 2005. Looking east along Via di Castricio between II.2 and II.7.7.