VIII.1.4 Pompeii. Antiquarium. Opened either 1861 (Maiuri) or 1873-4 (SAP).

Including the Larario dei Pompeianisti which was opened in 1948.

Bombed 1943. Reconstructed 1947. Reopened 13th June 1948.

Closed after earthquake in 1980. Reopened 2016.

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VIII.1.4 Pompeii Antiquarium. February 2021. 3 terracotta plaques on display from Insula Occidentalis (VI.17.42).

Photo courtesy of Fabien Bièvre-Perrin (CC BY-NC-SA).

VIII.1.4 Pompeii Antiquarium. February 2021. Terracotta plaque found in VI.17.42, of a floral frieze with gods and cupids.

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VIII.1.4 Pompeii Antiquarium. February 2021. Terracotta plaque found in VI.17.42, of a floral frieze with gods and cupids.

Photo courtesy of Fabien Bièvre-Perrin (CC BY-NC-SA).

VIII.1.4 Pompeii Antiquarium. February 2021. Detail from terracotta plaque found in VI.17.42.

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VIII.1.4 Pompeii Antiquarium. February 2021. Terracotta plaque found in VI.17.42, of a floral frieze with gods and cupids.

Photo courtesy of Fabien Bièvre-Perrin (CC BY-NC-SA).

VIII.1.4 Pompeii Antiquarium. February 2021. Terracotta plaque found in VI.17.42, from Insula Occidentalis.

Photo courtesy of Fabien Bièvre-Perrin (CC BY-NC-SA).

VIII.1.4 Pompeii Antiquarium. February 2021. Terracotta plaque found in VI.17.42, from Insula Occidentalis.

Photo courtesy of Fabien Bièvre-Perrin (CC BY-NC-SA).

VIII.1.4 Pompeii Antiquarium. February 2021. Terracotta plaque found in VI.17.42, from Insula Occidentalis.

Photo courtesy of Fabien Bièvre-Perrin (CC BY-NC-SA).

VIII.1.4 Pompeii Antiquarium. February 2021. Terracotta plaque found in VI.17.42, from Insula Occidentalis.

Photo courtesy of Fabien Bièvre-Perrin (CC BY-NC-SA).

VIII.1.4 Pompeii. February 2021.

Fragments of painted stucco decoration from entrance corridor/fauces of Casa di Orione, imitating First Style marble slabs.

Photo courtesy of Fabien Bièvre-Perrin (CC BY-NC-SA).

VIII.1.4 Pompeii. February 2021.

Detail of fragment of painted stucco decoration imitating marble slabs from the entrance corridor/fauces, from V.2, Casa di Orione.

Photo courtesy of Fabien Bièvre-Perrin (CC BY-NC-SA).

VIII.1.4 Pompeii. April 2022. Decoration (oscilla) hung between columns in the porticoes. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.

On the left, from I.4.25, Oscilla showing scenes of Hercules’ life.

On the right, from VI.16.7 Oscilla hung between columns in the porticoes, showing centaur.

VIII.1.4 Pompeii. February 2021.

Decoration (oscilla) hung between columns in the porticoes, showing centaur and scenes from Hercules’ life.

On the left, from I.4.25, Oscilla showing scenes of Hercules’ life.

On the right, from VI.16.7 Oscilla hung between columns in the porticoes, showing centaur.

Photo courtesy of Fabien Bièvre-Perrin (CC BY-NC-SA).

VIII.1.4 Pompeii. April 2022.

Oscilla showing a scene from Hercules’ life, from portico of I.4.25. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.

VIII.1.4 Pompeii Antiquarium. February 2021. Wall with architectural views from the Vesuvian region, on display in Antiquarium.

Photo courtesy of Fabien Bièvre-Perrin (CC BY-NC-SA).

VIII.1.4 Pompeii Antiquarium. February 2021.

Detail from painted wall with architectural views from the Vesuvian region, on display in Pompeii Antiquarium.

Photo courtesy of Fabien Bièvre-Perrin (CC BY-NC-SA).

VIII.1.4 Pompeii Antiquarium. February 2021.

Detail from painted wall with architectural views from the Vesuvian region, on display in Pompeii Antiquarium.

Photo courtesy of Fabien Bièvre-Perrin (CC BY-NC-SA).

VIII.7.31 Pompeii. February 2021. Terracotta from Doric Temple.

Top: Part of a roof (sima) decorated with female faces alternating with palmettes.

Lower left: decorative elements of the roof (antefixes) with the head of Athena and Hercules.

Lower right: Roof tiles decorated with sphinxes and vegetal motifs.

Photographed in the Antiquarium. Photo courtesy of Fabien Bièvre-Perrin (CC BY-NC-SA).

VIII.1.4 Pompeii. February 2021. Display of terracotta ex-votos of female heads, found at the Doric Temple. 

Photo courtesy of Fabien Bièvre-Perrin (CC BY-NC-SA).

VIII.1.4 Pompeii. February 2021. Metope of Ixion, found at Doric Temple. Photo courtesy of Fabien Bièvre-Perrin (CC BY-NC-SA).

VIII.1.4 Pompeii. February 2021. Terracotta frieze with battle scenes, from area of the Triangular Forum, domus publica, at VIII.7.31.

Photo courtesy of Fabien Bièvre-Perrin (CC BY-NC-SA).

VIII.1.4 Pompeii. February 2021.

Limestone funerary statue of a woman, on display in Antiquarium, from Tomb 6EN at Porta Nocera,

Photo courtesy of Fabien Bièvre-Perrin (CC BY-NC-SA).

VIII.1.4 Pompeii. February 2021.

Limestone funerary statue of a man wearing a toga, found at Porta Nocera tomb 34aEN.

Photo courtesy of Fabien Bièvre-Perrin (CC BY-NC-SA).

VIII.1.4 Pompeii. April 2022.

Looking towards limestone funerary statue of a woman, found at Porta Nocera tomb 34aEN.

Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.

VIII.1.4 Pompeii. February 2021

Limestone funerary statue of a woman, found at Porta Nocera tomb 34aEN.

Photo courtesy of Fabien Bièvre-Perrin (CC BY-NC-SA).

VIII.1.4 Pompeii. April 2022.

Marble statue of Omphale (made in Greece), found in VI.16.7.

Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.

VIII.1.4 Pompeii. February 2021. Marble statue of Omphale (made in Greece), found in VI.16.7.

Photo courtesy of Fabien Bièvre-Perrin (CC BY-NC-SA).

VIII.1.4 Pompeii. February 2021.

Items dug out of the dump (scarico) on the west side of the Forum. Photo courtesy of Fabien Bièvre-Perrin (CC BY-NC-SA).

VIII.1.4 Pompeii. February 2021.

Brazier with heads of Silenus, made in Asia Minor (western coast of Turkey).

Found in a dump on the western side of the Forum.

Photo courtesy of Fabien Bièvre-Perrin (CC BY-NC-SA).

VIII.1.4 Pompeii. February 2021.

Detail of terracotta brazier with the heads of Silenus, made in Asia Minor (western coast of Turkey).

Items dug out of the dump (scarico) on the west side of the Forum. Photo courtesy of Fabien Bièvre-Perrin (CC BY-NC-SA).

VIII.1.4 Pompeii. February 2021. Bronze coins in use in the 2nd century BCE, found in Pompeii.

Photo courtesy of Fabien Bièvre-Perrin (CC BY-NC-SA).

VIII.1.4 Pompeii. February 2021. Items on display in antiquarium.

Upper and lower left, Glass ointment jar and bowl distorted by the eruption, from I.7.11/18.

Upper right, bowl containing nails distorted by the eruption, from VI.16.9.

Impression of an Ilex (holm oak) leaf, lower right, from Villa San Marco.

Photo courtesy of Fabien Bièvre-Perrin (CC BY-NC-SA).

VIII.1.4 Pompeii. February 2021. Bowl containing nails distorted by the eruption, from VI.16.9.

Photo courtesy of Fabien Bièvre-Perrin (CC BY-NC-SA).

VIII.1.4 Pompeii. February 2021 Glass ointment bowl distorted by the eruption, from I.7.11/18.

Photo courtesy of Fabien Bièvre-Perrin (CC BY-NC-SA).

VIII.1.4 Pompeii. February 2021. Plaster-cast of a family, found in VI.17.42. Photo courtesy of Fabien Bièvre-Perrin (CC BY-NC-SA).

VIII.1.4 Pompeii. February 2021.

Mineralised trunk of charred cypress from along the course of the river Sarno, on display in Antiquarium.

Photo courtesy of Fabien Bièvre-Perrin (CC BY-NC-SA).

According to the information card –

“Carbonised trunks of cypress trees were found during the excavations carried out in 1989 in the old bed of the river Sarno south of Pompeii.

They were part of a grove of about 100 cypresses located near a large rustic villa and partially investigated back in the Bourbon era (1858).

The trees were planted in staggered parallel rows, probably for timber.

Cupressus sempervirens was indeed particularly prized for furniture and fittings due to its hardness and resistance to decay.

Its berries were also used in medicine as an antidote to snakebite.”

VIII.1.4 Pompeii. April 2022.

Mineralised trunk of charred cypress from along the course of the river Sarno.

Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.

VIII.1.4 Pompeii. February 2021. Horse plaster-cast from Villa 52, at Civita Giuliana, Pompeii.

Photo courtesy of Fabien Bièvre-Perrin (CC BY-NC-SA).

VIII.1.4 Pompeii. April 2022. Horse plaster-cast from Villa 52, at Civita Giuliana, Pompeii. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.

VIII.1.4 Pompeii. April 2022. Horse plaster-cast from Villa 52, at Civita Giuliana, Pompeii. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.

VIII.1.4 Pompeii. February 2021. Plaster-cast of a young slave and an adult man, from Villa 52 in Civita Giuliana, Pompeii.

Photo courtesy of Fabien Bièvre-Perrin (CC BY-NC-SA).

VIII.1.4 Pompeii. February 2021. Plaster-cast of a young slave and an adult man, from Villa 52 in Civita Giuliana, Pompeii.

Photo courtesy of Fabien Bièvre-Perrin (CC BY-NC-SA).

VIII.1.4 Pompeii. April 2022

Plaster-cast of a young slave and an adult man, from Villa 52 in Civita Giuliana, Pompeii. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.

VIII.1.4 Antiquarium. February 2021. Another room in antiquarium. Photo courtesy of Fabien Bièvre-Perrin (CC BY-NC-SA).

VIII.1.4 Antiquarium. April 2022.

Limestone inscription recording the rebuilding of the town walls in about 70BCE after the damages caused by Sulla’s siege, found in VII.1.40.

Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.

(Iscrizione che ricorda il rifacimento della mura dalla citta intorno a 70 a.C dopo i danni causati dall’assalto di Sulla).

VIII.1.4 Pompeii. February 2021.

Limestone inscription recording the rebuilding of the town walls in about 70BCE after the damages caused by Sulla’s siege, found in VII.1.40.

Photo courtesy of Fabien Bièvre-Perrin (CC BY-NC-SA).

According to Epigraphic Database Roma It was found in VII.1.40, House of M. Caesius Blandus (or of Mars and Venus), in pieces 'some of which served for the edge of a door, and others spread on the floor of the peristyle' (aa. 1862-1868).

VIII.1.4 Pompeii. Copy, as transcribed, from Fiorelli’s 1897 Guida di Pompei, (p.94, No.2)

Limestone inscription recording the rebuilding of the town walls in about 70BCE after the damages caused by Sulla’s siege, found in VII.1.40.

According to Epigraphic Database Roma this reads:

[·] C̲u̲s̲p̲i̲u̲s T(iti) f(ilius), M(arcus) Loreiu[s] M(arci) f(ilius),
duoviṛ(i), [d(e)] d(ecurionum) s(ententia) mụrum [e]t
plumaṃ fac(iunda) coer(averunt) eideṃq(ue) pro(baverunt)    [CIL X 937]

Parco Archeologico Pompei, inventory number 34188.

VIII.1.4 Antiquarium. February 2021. Looking across room in antiquarium. Photo courtesy of Fabien Bièvre-Perrin (CC BY-NC-SA).

VIII.1.4 Antiquarium. April 2022.

Tufa sphynx-shaped tombstone, re-used as a kerbstone, found at the farm of Fondo Prisco, Boscoreale.

Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.

VIII.1.4 Antiquarium, but information card from Boscoreale Antiquarium. December 2018. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.

VIII.1.4 Pompeii. February 2021. Tufa sphynx-shaped tombstone, re-used as a kerbstone, found at the farm of Fondo Prisco, Boscoreale.

Photo courtesy of Fabien Bièvre-Perrin (CC BY-NC-SA).

VIII.1.4 Pompeii. April 2022.

Detail of rear of tufa sphynx-shaped tombstone. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.

VIII.1.4 Pompeii. February 2021.

Rear of tufa sphynx-shaped tombstone, re-used as a kerbstone, found at the farm of Fondo Prisco, Boscoreale.

Photo courtesy of Fabien Bièvre-Perrin (CC BY-NC-SA).

VIII.1.4 Pompeii. February 2021.

Detail of rear of tufa sphynx-shaped tombstone, re-used as a kerbstone, found at the farm of Fondo Prisco, Boscoreale.

Photo courtesy of Fabien Bièvre-Perrin (CC BY-NC-SA).

VIII.1.4 Pompeii. April 2022.

Lava projectiles from catapults. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.

According to the information card –

“Balls from catapults have been found in many houses, especially in the north-west sector of the town, where the fighting was more intense and where most of the defenders were gathered.”

(Proiettili di catapulta.

Palle di catapulta sono state rinvenute in numerose case, soprattutto nel settore nord-occidentale della citta, dove piu intensi furono gli scontri e dove fu radunato il maggior numero di difensori.)

VIII.1.4 Pompeii. February 2021. Limestone funerary portrait of a man found at Tomb 4EN at Porta Nocera.

Photo courtesy of Fabien Bièvre-Perrin (CC BY-NC-SA). 

VIII.1.4 Pompeii. February 2021. Bronze bust of Dionysus found at VI.17.42.

Photo courtesy of Fabien Bièvre-Perrin (CC BY-NC-SA).

VIII.1.4 Pompeii, but information card from Boscoreale Antiquarium. December 2018. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.

VIII.1.4 Pompeii. February 2021. Detail of bronze bust of Dionysus found at VI.17.42.

Photo courtesy of Fabien Bièvre-Perrin (CC BY-NC-SA).

VIII.1.4 Pompeii, but on display in Boscoreale Antiquarium. December 2018.

Detail of bronze bust of Dionysus found at VI.17.42. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.

VIII.1.4 Pompeii. April 2022.

Looking towards two frescoes from Reg. IX, insula VII, on Via dell’Abbondanza. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.

VIII.1.4 Pompeii. February 2021.

Fresco of Venus standing on a quadriga and being pulled by elephants, from outside House of Verecundus, between doorways IX.7.7 and IX.7.6.

Photo courtesy of Fabien Bièvre-Perrin (CC BY-NC-SA).

VIII.1.4 Pompeii. April 2022.

Detail of elephants from fresco outside House of Verecundus, between doorways IX.7.7 and IX.7.6. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.

VIII.1.4 Pompeii. February 2021. Fresco of Venus Pompeiana with cupid, from IX.7.1 on Via dell’Abbondanza.

Photo courtesy of Fabien Bièvre-Perrin (CC BY-NC-SA).

VIII.1.4 Pompeii. April 2022.

Detail from fresco of Venus Pompeiana, from IX.7.1 on Via dell’Abbondanza. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.

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