III.4.3 Pompeii. Casa del Moralista or House of the Moralist

or Domus M Epidius Hymenaeus.

Excavated 1916 to 1917. Linked to III.4.2.

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III.4.3 Pompeii. December 2006. Looking east along Via dell’Abbondanza.

III.4.3 Pompeii. May 2010. CIL IV 7691 on front façade of III.4.3, on left side of entrance.

III.4.3 Pompeii. May 2006. Graffiti on right side of entrance, remains of 7699, 7700 and 7703.

III.4.3 Pompeii. May 2006. CIL IV 7711 Graffito found at east end of front wall next to blocked doorway.

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

L(ucium)  Sextilium

[                                    [CIL IV 7711]

III.4.3 Pompeii. May 2010. CIL IV 7711 at east end of front wall.

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

L(ucium)  Sextilium

[                                    [CIL IV 7711]

According to a note of Varone and Stefani, this has now become more readable –

L. Sextilium Sy[rticum]

II V.I.D. [P]inariu[s…]

[…]                               [CIL IV 7711]

See Varone, A. and Stefani, G., 2009. Titulorum Pictorum Pompeianorum, Rome: L’erma di Bretschneider, (p.272)

III.4.3 Pompeii. December 2006. Upper floor, looking north-east.

III.4.3 Pompeii. December 2018.

Looking north towards south-east corner of insula. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

III.4.3 Pompeii. June 2012. Looking north. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.

III.4.3 Pompeii. December 2018. South-east corner of insula.

Phallus plaque on front (south) side and graffiti on side wall (east) side. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

III.4.3 Pompeii. May 2010. CIL IV 7713. Graffito on west wall of unnamed vicolo, in the south-east corner of III.4.3.

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

C(aium)  Calventium  Magnum

/

IIvir(um)

i(ure)  d(icundo)  o(ro) v(os)  f(aciatis)      [CIL IV  7713]

Also found nearby was -
Cacator cave malum      [CIL IV 7714]

and on the east wall of the vicolo in huge white painted letters –

CACATOR CAVE MALUM    [CIL IV 7715]

See Varone, A. and Stefani, G., 2009. Titulorum Pictorum Pompeianorum, Rome: L’erma di Bretschneider, (p.276 with photo)

III.4.3 Side wall. December 2005.                            Unnamed vicolo, looking north.                            III.5, on right.

III.4.3 Side wall. May 2010. Unnamed vicolo between III.4 and III.5. Looking north.

CIL IV 7714 and 7715 were found on the west wall of the vicolo (on the left).

CIL IV 7716 was on the east wall, south west of insula III.5 (on the right).

III.4.3, Pompeii, side wall. October 2017. Looking towards west wall of unnamed vicolo between III.4, and III.5, on right.

Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

III.5.1 Pompeii, side wall, on right. October 2017. Looking towards east wall of unnamed vicolo between III.4, and III.5.

Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

III.4.3 Side wall. May 2010. Unnamed vicolo, west side. Rear of the east garden wall at the rear of III.4.3, on left.

III.4 Pompeii. Unnamed vicolo looking north. September 2005.  III.5.1, on right.

In the vicolo between insula 4 and 5 were inscriptions in which the owners of the buildings invoked the wrath of Jupiter on those who defecated here.

“Cacator cave malum” is written twice [CIL IV 7714 and 7715] and also a third “Cacator, cave malum, aut, si contemseris, habeas Jovem iratum” [CIL IV 7716].

See Della Corte, M., 1965. Case ed Abitanti di Pompei. Napoli: Fausto Fiorentino. (p. 367).

See Varone, A. and Stefani, G., 2009. Titulorum Pictorum Pompeianorum, Rome: L’erma di Bretschneider, (p.273-276)

III.4 Pompeii, on left. June 2012. Unnamed vicolo looking north. III.5.1 on the right. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.

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