IX.3.9 Pompeii, on right. April 2019. Entrance doorway on east side of Via Stabiana.
According to Eschebach, IX.3.6-9 were used as a show excavation in the presence of Pope Pius IX, on 22nd October 1849.
See Eschebach, L., 1993. Gebäudeverzeichnis und Stadtplan der antiken Stadt Pompeji. Köln: Böhlau. (p.414).
IX.3.8 Pompeii, on left, and IX.3.9, on right. December
2018. Looking east to entrance doorways. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.
IX.3.9 Pompeii.
May 2005. Entrance on Via Stabiana.
IX.3.9 Pompeii. December 2007. Looking east.
IX.3.9 Pompeii. December 2007. Entrance, looking towards north wall.
On the pilaster that separates these two shops, on the left between IX.3.8 and 9, a mutilated graffiti was found
Titus ? … rog(at)
[CIL IV 884]
See Della Corte, M., 1965. Case ed Abitanti di Pompei. Napoli: Fausto Fiorentino. (p.162)
According to Della Corte, also found on this pilaster on the left, was the graffiti
Multum pistores
rogant [CIL IV 886]
This graffiti was written in support of the candidate Giulio Polibio, (see IX.3.8).
See Della Corte, M., 1965. Case ed Abitanti di Pompei. Napoli: Fausto Fiorentino. (p. 159)