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According to Gell –
“This square is commonly called the Soldiers' Quarters.
The fluted columns are of coarse stone, coated with stucco, and coloured; two, in the centre of each side, are painted blue, the rest alternately red and yellow.
The lower undiminishing portions of all, unfluted, are of a dark red; between each, seem to have been pedestals.
On a column, near the centre of one end, is the figure of a soldier, or gladiator, scratched with a nail: and about are idly scrawled, in the same manner, names in Latin or Greek.
In the rooms around, skeletons were found, the decayed bones of the legs and arms retained by iron fetters.
Pieces of armour, for the legs, thighs, and arms, were discovered in the exedra, in the middle of the east end, as well as helmets, ornamented with dolphins and tridents, in relief, some incrusted in silver.
On one was represented the principal events in the taking of Troy; others had visors, gratings, or round holes to see through.
From their size and weight, it has been disputed whether they were ever worn, or only intended for ornament or trophies.
Sir W. Hamilton, who was present at their discovery, saw their linings, which have since fallen out or decayed: they were probably used in the theatre.
Amongst other matters was a curious trumpet of brass, with six ivory flutes, all communicating with one mouth-piece.
The flutes were without holes for the fingers.
A chain of brass hung to this instrument, for the apparent purpose of securing it to the trumpeter's shoulder.
lt is now in the Museum.”
See Gell, W. and Gandy, J., 1852. Pompeiana: Third Edition. London: Bohn. (p.184-185).
VIII.7.16 Gladiators Barracks, with Theatres to the right of centre. Looking west across I.1, and I.2 across Via Stabiana towards VIII.7. 1957.
Looking west across model in Naples Museum. 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.7.16 Pompeii.
September 2024.
Entrance from Via Stabiana into Gladiators Barracks. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
VIII.7.16 Pompeii. September 2005. Entrance from Via Stabiana into Gladiators Barracks.
According to PAH, 23rd July 1768, p.219-220 –
“We have worked where we believe, according to the past report, is the main entrance of the Quartiere.
Painted above the plaster of the two walls that form this entrance the inscriptions below have been found, which are only the most visible among many that can be seen."
VIII.7.16 Pompeii. Entrance from Via Stabiana into Gladiators Barracks. Inscriptions on left wall as you exit the Quartiere.
According to PAH, 23rd July 1768, p.219-220 –
“We have worked where we believe, according to the past report, is the main entrance of the Quartiere.
Painted above the plaster of the two walls that form this entrance the inscriptions below have been found, which are only the most visible among many that can be seen.
The first inscription up to the AED. I. D. V remains on the left wall as you exit the Quartiere; and the others that are transcribed below remain on the right wall.
The letters of the word POMPEIS are 2 ½ palms high, the others are in proportion; the colours are mentioned next to them.”
PAH, 23 Luglio
1768, p.219-220 –
“Si era
lavorata dove si crede, secondo il passato rapporto, sia l’ingresso principale
del Quartiere. Dipinte sovra le tonache delle due pareti che formano questo
ingresso si sono scoverte le qui sotto notate iscrizioni, che solo sono le più
visibili fra molte che se ne travedono.
La prima
iscrizione sino al AED. I. D. V resta sulla parete sinistra nell’uscire del
Quartiere; e le altre che sono trascritte sotto restano nella parete destra.
Le lettere
della parola POMPEIS sono alte palmi 2 ½, le altre sono in proporzione; circa i
colori vi sono notati accanto.”
See Fiorelli
G., 1860. Pompeianarum antiquitatum historia, Vol. 1: 1748 - 1818, Naples,
(p.219-220).
The Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss/Slaby (See www.manfredclauss.de) records
] MAIAE(?)
[3] tertio leg(?)
/
Ampliati [3]
famil(ia) glad(iatoria) pugn(abit)
Form[i]is
ve[nat(io)] spars(iones) et vel(a) er[unt]
/
Totius orbis
desiderium
mun[us meu]m
ubi(que)
cum P[a]mp[h]ilo
[et] Fortunato [CIL IV 1184]
C(aius) Iun(ius)
Iarinus
aed(ilem) I D
v(irum) [CIL IV 1092]
VIII.7.16 Pompeii. Entrance from Via Stabiana into Gladiators Barracks.
Alternative drawing of inscriptions on left wall as recorded in CIL IV.
See Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum Vol. IV, Supp 2, Part 1, 1898. Berlin: Reimer, p. 204 CIL IV 1184.
VIII.7.16 Pompeii. Inscriptions on right wall as you exit the Quartiere.
The letters of the word POMPEIS are 2 ½ palms high, the others are in proportion; the colours are mentioned next to them.
Pompeis [CIL IV 1186]
Perenninus
Ocellae
Nympheroti
Ikaro unico
sal(utem) [CIL IV 1093]
actar famil gi [CIL IV 1186]
N(umeri) Popidi
Rufi fam(ilia)
glad(iatoria) [p]u[g]n(abit) Pompeis venati[o]
ex XII K(alendas)
Mai(as) mal<i=A> [e]t vela erunt [3]o procurator[i]
felicitas [CIL IV, 1186]
Gutta Pompeianis
sal(utem) [CIL IV, 01093a]
See The
Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss/Slaby (See www.manfredclauss.de)
See Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum Vol. IV, Supp 2, Part 1, 1898. Berlin: Reimer, p. 63 and p. 75.
Translated as – “Perenninus to Ocella, Ninferotes and Icarus, a special greeting.”
Now in Naples
Archaeological Museum, Epigraphic section, inv. 4663. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
VIII.7.16 Pompeii. Inscription found under POMPEIS of CIL IV 1186.
The Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss/Slaby (See www.manfredclauss.de) records
Perenninus
Ocellae
Nympheroti
Ikaro unico
sal(utem) [CIL IV 1093]
“Perenninus to Ocella, Ninferotes and Icarus, a special greeting”
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 4663.
VIII.7.16 Pompeii. The above inscription was found, (dated 6th August 1768) whose letters were on. 7 high and written in black.
This was found under the first inscription above, transcribed in PAH Report of 23rd July.
VIII.7.16 Pompeii. Inscription found under CIL IV 1184 and CIL IV 1092.
The Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss/Slaby (See www.manfredclauss.de) records
Popidio Rufo
invicto munera(rio) ter
defensoribus
colo(no)rum feliciter [CIL IV 1094]
“To Popidius
Rufus, unsurpassed organizer of gladiator games, to the protectors of the
colonists, with well wishes”.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 4660.
VIII.7.16 Pompeii. Fragment of plaster, painted in black but
partly faded.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 4660. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella, June 2017.
VIII.7.16 Pompeii. Information card in Naples
Archaeological Museum.
Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella, June 2017.
VIII.7.16 Pompeii.
The above inscription was found near to the last inscription, transcribed in Report of 23rd July, whose letters were pal 1 ¾ high, and written in black. Other than the noted inscriptions, the walls are covered with many others, but all are erased or unreadable.
See Fiorelli G., 1860. Pompeianarum antiquitatum historia, Vol. 1: 1748 - 1818, Naples, (p.222, dated 6th August 1768).
VIII.7.16 Pompeii. Inscription outside of the main entrance of the Quartiere.
According to PAH, 6th August 1768, p.221-2 –
“Having advanced the excavation outside of the main entrance of the Quartiere, a painted frieze had been discovered pal. 8 high with 5 partitions, three with branches of herbs that almost pretend to be the espaliers of gardens, and two with views of the countryside of little merit and so faded/destroyed, that they do not deserve any attention.
In the plaster that remains above these paintings there are various painted inscriptions, of which the one that can best be recognised is the one seen above.
The letters of the first line of this inscription are pal. 1 2/3, high, those of the three other successive lines are on. 3 high and are all black, the first letters of the fourth line up to VENATIO are red of the same height as the others, VELA ERVNT was written with black characters, and the letters are a little smaller than the others.”
PAH, 6 Agosto
768, p.221-2 -
“Essendosi
avanzato lo scavo fuori l’ingresso principale del Quartiere, si era scoperto un
fregio dipinto alto pal. 8 con 5 ripartimenti, tre con rami d’erbe che fingono
quasi delle spalliere di giardini, e due con vedute di campagna di poco merito
e cosi patite, che non meritano nessuna attenzione.
Nell’intonaco che
resta sopra queste pitture si travedono varie iscrizioni dipinte, delle quali
quella che meglio si possa conoscere era:
Le lettere della
prima linea di questa iscrizione sono alte pal. 1 2/3, quelle delle tre altre
linee successive sono alte on.3 e sono tutte nere, le prime lettere della
quarta linea sino a VENATIO sono rosse della stessa altezza delle altre, VELA
ERVNT era scritto con caratteri neri, e le lettere sono un poco più piccole
delle altre.”
See Fiorelli G., 1860. Pompeianarum antiquitatum historia, Vol. 1: 1748 - 1818, Naples, (p.221-2, 6th August 1768).
According to Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss/Slaby (See www.manfredclauss.de) this reads
Pro salute
[Imp(eratoris)
Vespasiani] Caesaris Augu[sti] li[b]e[ro]rumqu[e]
[eius ob]
dedicationem arae [glad(iatorum) par(ia) 3] Cn(aei) [All]ei Nigidi Mai
flami[nis]
Caesaris Augusti pugn(abunt) Pompeis sine ulla dilation
IIII Non(as)
Iul(ias) venatio [sparsiones] vela erunt
[CIL IV 1180]
VIII.7.16 Pompeii. September 2005. Entrance from Via Stabiana into Gladiators Barracks, looking west.
VIII.7.16 Pompeii. July 2021. Looking north towards
Theatres in north-east corner, with entrance from Via Stabiana, on right.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VIII.7.16 Pompeii. September 2005. Gladiators Barracks looking north to the Large Theatre.
VIII.7.16 Pompeii. June 2019. Looking
east in north-east corner showing the entrance from VIII.7.16. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VIII.7.17 Pompeii, on left. September 2024. Looking east. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
VIII.7.17
Pompeii, on left, and VIII.7.16, on right. December 2018. Looking east to
entrances. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.
VIII.7.16 Pompeii. May 2006. Entrances to VIII.7.17 Little Theatre from Gladiators Barracks.
VIII.7.16 Pompeii. July 2021. North-east
corner. Three Ionic columns that formed the entrance hall on the side of the
colonnade.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VIII.7.16 Pompeii. December 2007. North-east corner. Three Ionic columns that formed the entrance hall on the side of the colonnade.
Painting by Laurits Albert Winstrup, looking towards north-east corner and the three Ionic columns that formed the entrance hall on the side of the colonnade.
Photo © Danmarks Kunstbibliotek, inventory number
ark_6106.
VIII.7.16 Pompeii.
Sketch, north-east corner, looking north towards entrance to Theatre.
See Book on INHA reference INHA NUM PC 15469 (04) « Licence Ouverte / Open Licence » Etalab
VIII.7.16 Pompeii. Pre-1827. Drawing, looking north towards entrance to Theatre, from east side of Portico.
See Real Museo Borbonico, Vol. IV, Tav. XL, (40).
VIII.7.16 Pompeii. July 2021. Steps and column in north-east
corner.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VIII.7.16 Pompeii. 2015/2016.
Steps and columns in north-east corner. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
VIII.7.16 Pompeii. September 2024.
Detail of column in
north-east corner. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
VIII.7.16 Pompeii. June 2019. Steps in north-east corner. Photo
courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VIII.7.16 Pompeii. September 2024.
Looking
north-west towards the large theatre, from north-east corner. Photo
courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
VIII.7.16 Pompeii. December 2018.
Looking north-west towards the large theatre,
from north-east corner. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.
VIII.7.16 Pompeii. Between 1819 and 1832, sketch by W. Gell, looking north-west towards the large theatre, from north-east corner.
See Gell, W. Pompeii
unpublished [Dessins de l'édition de 1832 donnant le résultat des fouilles post
1819 (?)] vol II, pl. 56 verso.
Bibliothèque de
l'Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art, collections Jacques Doucet, Identifiant
numérique Num MS180 (2).
See book in INHA Use Etalab Licence Ouverte
VIII.7.16 Pompeii. May 2006.
Looking west from north-east corner. A few of the 74 Doric columns that enclosed the large open central area.
VIII.7.16 Pompeii. May 2006. Ionic Capital in north-east corner.
VIII.7.16 Pompeii. May 2006. Ionic Capital in north-east corner.
VIII.7.16 Pompeii. May 2006. Ionic Capital in north-east corner, with Doric columns behind.
VIII.7.16 Pompeii. July 2021. Doric column.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VIII.7.16 Pompeii. July 2021. Detail of Doric column.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VIII.7.16 Pompeii. December 2018.
Looking north-west along the north side towards steps to
Triangular Forum. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.
VIII.7.16 Pompeii. May 2006. Looking west along the north side.
VIII.7.16
Pompeii. Drawing by J-B. C. Lesueur "Il Campo dei Soldati. Pompeia".
Looking south along the east side, from north-east corner.
See Lesueur, Jean-Baptiste Ciceron. Voyage en
Italie de Jean-Baptiste Ciceron Lesueur (1794-1883), pl. 68.
See Book on INHA reference INHA NUM PC 15469 (04) « Licence Ouverte / Open Licence » Etalab
VIII.7.16 Pompeii. Pre-1829. Sketch of view
looking south from north-east corner.
See Real Museo Borbonico, Vol. V, 1829, Tav. X, (10).
VIII.7.16 Pompeii. June 2019. Looking south
along east side, from north-east corner. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VIII.7.16
Pompeii. December 2018. Looking across north-east corner, towards south-west. Photo
courtesy of Aude Durand.
VIII.7.16 Pompeii. December 2007. North-east corner. Looking south along east side.
VIII.7.16 Pompeii. March 2014. Looking south
along east side from north-east corner.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VIII.7.16 Pompeii. August 2021. Looking south-west
from north-east corner of portico. Photo courtesy of Robert Hanson.
VIII.7.16 Pompeii. September 2024. Looking south-west from north-east corner. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
VIII.7.16 Pompeii. August 2021. Looking south-west from north-east corner of portico.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VIII.7.16 Pompeii. December 2018. Looking south-west from
north-east corner. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.
VIII.7.16 Pompeii. June 2019. Looking south-west across central
area. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VIII.7.16 Pompeii. August 2021. Looking south at columns on
east side.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VIII.7.16 Pompeii. July 2021. Looking north along east
side.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VIII.7.16 Pompeii. August 2021. Detail of column base.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VIII.7.16 Pompeii. September 2005. North-east corner. Looking south-west across central area.
VIII.7.16 Pompeii. April 2018. Looking south and south-west across central area.
Photo courtesy of Ian Lycett-King. Use is subject to Creative
Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License v.4 International.
VIII.7.16 Pompeii. April 2014.
Looking south across central area. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VIII.7.16 Pompeii. 1944.
Looking south across east side of Gladiators’ Barracks. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
VIII.7.16 Pompeii. July 2021. Looking north along the east side.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VIII.7.16 Pompeii. September 2005. Looking south along the east side.
VIII.7.16 Pompeii. September 2005. Entrance to small room on east side.
VIII.7.16 Pompeii. September 2015. East side, looking towards area that may have been the dining and kitchen area.
VIII.7.16 Pompeii. December 2007. Possible dining area and kitchen on east side.
VIII.7.16 Pompeii. December 2007. Room on east side.
VIII.7.16 Pompeii. 1964.
Wilhelmina and colleagues near room on east 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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