VIII.3.10 Pompeii. Steps to upper floor.

Excavated 1817, 1838. (Strada dell’Abbondanza s.n = no number).

VIII.3.10 Pompeii. March 2019. Looking south to entrance doorway.

Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VIII.3.11 Pompeii, on left, VIII.3.10 (centre) and VIII.3.9, on right. May 2015.

Entrance doorway taken across Via dell’Abbondanza. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VIII.3.11 Pompeii, on left and VIII.3.10, on right. May 2015.

Entrance doorway showing steps to upper floors at rear. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VIII.3.10 and VIII.3.9 Pompeii. 1832 drawing by Gell.

According to Gell, right of the entrance is a monkey playing the double pipes painted on the wall as a sort of guardian to the place.

See Gell, W, 1832. Pompeiana: Vol 1. London: Jennings and Chaplin, p. 5, pl. VII. 

VIII.3.10 and VIII.3.9 Pompeii. Between 1819 and 1832 sketch by W. Gell.

On the left is written, presumably regarding the shop at VIII.3.11 –

“Impressions of a shop door, walls, hinges and charred wood found”.

Under is written "In the Street of the Forum called by the guides Strada dei Mercanti."

See Gell, W. Pompeii unpublished [Dessins de l'édition de 1832 donnant le résultat des fouilles post 1819 (?)] vol II, pl. 40.

Bibliothèque de l'Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art, collections Jacques Doucet, Identifiant numérique Num MS180 (2).

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VIII.3.10 Pompeii, in centre. March 2019. Looking west along south side of Via dell’Abbondanza, with VIII.3.9 and VIII.3.8, on right.

Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VIII.3.10 and VIII.3.9 Pompeii. May 2005.

According to Della Corte, this house on the north-east corner of the insula was another dependence of the house of Coeli.

It preserved intact its ancient facade in large blocks of Nocera tufa, with the steps in number 10 leading to the upper floor.

He said he thought that there did not seem to be any doubt that in 79AD, this was the house of another Medicus.

He thought the upper floor was a clinic.

A painted graffito that was visible on the architrave of tufa as a faint trace until 1817 showed the name of the medico. [CIL IV 9934].

See Della Corte, M., 1965. Case ed Abitanti di Pompei. Napoli: Fausto Fiorentino. (p.230, VIII.3.10-12)

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

A(ulus)  Pumponius

Magonianus      [CIL IV 9934]

VIII.3.10 Pompeii. March 2019. Entrance doorway to steps to upper floor.

Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VIII.3.10 Pompeii. May 2005. Entrance to the steps to the upper floor.

VIII.3.10 Pompeii. 1961. Entrance to the steps to the upper floor. 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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VIII.3.10 Pompeii. May 2015. Detail from above doorway. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VIII.3.10 Pompeii. May 2024.

Steps to upper floor, and doorway in east wall into VIII.3.11. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VIII.3.10 Pompeii. October 2022. Steps to rooms on upper floor. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VIII.3.10 Pompeii. September 2004. Steps to upper apartment

VIII.3.10 Pompeii. August 2021. Steps to upper apartment, looking south. Photo courtesy of Robert Hanson.

VIII.3.10 Pompeii. May 2006. Steps to upper floor with doorway on left to dwelling above VIII.3.11

VIII.3.10 Pompeii. May 2006. Steps to upper floor with doorway on left to dwelling above VIII.3.11

VIII.3.11 Pompeii. May 2005. West wall, showing doorway (upper left centre) from stairs at VIII.3.10

VIII.3.11 and VIII.3.10 Pompeii. May 2015.

West wall of VIII.3.11, showing doorway (upper right centre) from stairs at VIII.3.10. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.