VIII.5.39 Pompeii. House of Acceptus and the Euhodia.

Excavated 1881.

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VIII.5.39 Pompeii. October 2023. Entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VIII.5.39 Pompeii. March 2009. Entrance.

According to Della Corte, four whitened tablets on either side of the entrance had two simultaneous electoral recommendations for the candidates, MM. Licini Romanus and Faustinus, recommended by the married couple, Acceptus and Euhodia, who lived here - Acceptus rog(at);  Euhodia rog(at) [CIL IV 3595].

See Della Corte, M., 1965. Case ed Abitanti di Pompei. Napoli: Fausto Fiorentino. (p. 257).

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

M(arcum)  Licinium

aed(ilem)  v(iis)  a(edibus)  s(acris)  p(ublicis)  p(rocurandis)

Acceptus  rog(at)

/

Faustinum

o(ro)  v(os)  f(aciatis)  d(ignum)  r(ei)  p(ublicae)

Euhodia  rog(at)       [CIL IV 3595]

VIII.5.39 Pompeii. Inscriptions as recorded in 1884.

See BdI, 1884, p. 127.

According to Mau, these read as -

On the right:

Romanum

o(ro)  v(os)  f(aciatis)  d(ignum)  r(ei)  p(ublicae)      [CIL IV 3594]

Faustinum

o(ro)  v(os)  f(aciatis)  d(ignum)  r(ei)  p(ublicae)

Euhodia  rog(at)       [CIL IV 3595]

On the left:

M(arcum)  Licinium

aed(ilem)  v(iis)  a(edibus)  s(acris)  p(ublicis)  p(rocurandis)       [CIL IV 3595]

M(arcum)  Licinium

aed(ilem)  v(iis)  a(edibus)  s(acris)  p(ublicis)  p(rocurandis)

Acceptus  rog(at)      [CIL IV 3594]

VIII.5.39 Pompeii. September 2005. Entrance doorway.

VIII.5.39 Pompeii.

Plaster-cast of an impression of a boy found on 24th January 1882, around 12 feet (4 metres) above the ancient ground level.

Photo by Giorgio Sommer.

Also found nearby was a skeleton of a woman, but only her arm was successfully cast.

On her arm were two gold bracelets, and on her hand were two gold rings.

It is conjectured that she was his mother, and that he was infirm and being helped from an upper window when the surge hit Pompeii. 

See Dwyer, E., 2010. Pompeii’s Living Statues. University of Michigan Press. (pp. 98 to 103).

See Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, 1882, p.280: See BdI. 1884, pp126 sgg.

VIII.5.39 Pompeii. May 2024.  

Looking north along rooms on west side of atrium from entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VIII.5.39 Pompeii. October 2023.

Looking north along doorways to rooms on west side of atrium from entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VIII.5.39 Pompeii. October 2023. Looking north from entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VIII.5.39 Pompeii. October 2022. Looking north from entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VIII.5.39 Pompeii. May 2024. Looking north across atrium from entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VIII.5.39 Pompeii. May 2024.

Detail of remaining painted decoration on north wall, room 8. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VIII.5.39 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 1, looking north-east from entrance.

According to Jashemski –

“The street entrance led directly into a two-storied portico supported by two columns.

The portico was separated from the small garden on the right by a low wall, which had an entrance into the garden.

There was a gutter along the west edge of the garden.

In the north part of the garden was a masonry triclinium (l. medius, 2.63m; l. imus, 3.45m; l. summus 3.10m) and a table (0.59m diameter), faced with marble of various colours, which had a hole in the centre for a fountain jet.

The garden was decorated with many small garden sculptures –

Five small heads of Bacchic herms (0.16m high), Naples Mus. Nat. inv. nos. 120036 – 120040.

A tragic mask (oscillum) (0.16m high), Naples Mus. Nat. inv. no. 120041.

A toad fountain, lacking head (0.14m long), Naples Mus. Nat. inv. no. 120042.

A tortoise for a fountain, lacking head (0.12m long), Naples Mus. Nat. inv. no. 120043.

Two small brackets, Naples Mus. Nat. inv. no. 120044, 120045.

Two fluted monopodia with the Greek inscription “of Serapion”.

Jashemski sources –

Sogliano, NSc, (1882), p.280, 324, 359-360;

Mau, BdI, (1884) p. 127-129;

Mau-Kelsey, p.341-3, plan on p.341;

Boyce, p. 78, no.372;

Soprano, p. 301, no. 16,

Dohn, p.46-47’

Dwyer, ”Oscilla”, p. 281, no. 106.

See Jashemski, W. F., 1993. The Gardens of Pompeii, Volume II: Appendices. New York: Caratzas. (p.218).

VIII.5.39 Pompeii. October 2023.

Room 1, looking towards north-east corner with remains of summer triclinium. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VIII.5.39 Pompeii. October 2022. Room 1, east side. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VIII.5.39 Pompeii. September 2005. Room 1, east side.

VIII.5.39 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 1, south wall, looking east from entrance.

VIII.5.39 Pompeii. September 2005. Room 1, north side.

VIII.5.39 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 1, looking north-east towards summer triclinium. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VIII.5.39 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 1, summer triclinium. Looking north.

VIII.5.39 Pompeii. September 2005. Summer triclinium. 

According to Soprano –

Ubicazione: giardino. L. medius, m.2.63; l. imus, m.3.45; l. summus, m.310; diametro della mensa, m.0.59.

Bibliog. “Bull.Inst“, 1889, p.128; Mau, op. c. p.336; Mau-Kelsey, p. 333.

Su un battuto di cocciopesto, in un angolo del viridario, era situato il triclinio con i tre letti a piano inclinato, con tracce di cocciopesto colorato in giallo.

Le pareti verticali, invece, rivestite d’intonaco rosso, erano originariamente decorate con pitture oggi quasi totalmente svanite.

Il l. imus era piu lungo, del l. summus.

La mensa, circolare, rivestita di intonaco grezzo, presenta nel piano un rivestimento di segmenti di marmo di vario colore e dimensione.

Il foro al centro di esso serviva al passaggio di un fistula per getto d’acqua.”

See Soprano, P. (1950). I triclini all’aperto di Pompei. (In Pompeiana, raccolta di studi per il secondo centenario degli scavi di Pompei. Napoli, Gaetano Macchiaroli, Editore, P. 301, no.16).

VIII.5.39 Pompeii. October 2022. Looking north-east across summer triclinium. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VIII.5.39 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 1, remains of painted plaster on summer triclinium.

VIII.5.39 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 1, remains of painted plaster on summer triclinium.

VIII.5.39 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 1, remains of painted plaster on summer triclinium.

VIII.5.39 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 1, remains of painted plaster on summer triclinium.

VIII.5.39 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 1, looking east towards summer triclinium.

VIII.5.39 Pompeii. March 2009. West side of room 1 with doorways to rooms 2, 4 and 5.

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