V.2.g Pompeii. House of N. Fufidius Successus. Excavated 1891, 1907.

 

V.2.g Pompeii. May 2005. Looking south through entrance to atrium.

According to Della Corte, a signet seal was found here naming the tenant as

N. Fufidius Successus    [S.44]

On the wall on the right of the entrance between V.2.g and V.2.f, graffiti were found graffiti that also named -

Fufidius   [CIL IV 4245])                               

Fufidius hic (habitat?)  [CIL IV 4244]

See Della Corte, M., 1965.  Case ed Abitanti di Pompei. Napoli: Fausto Fiorentino. (p.107)

According to Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss/Slaby (See www.manfredclauss.de)  CIL IV 4244 may read -

Fufidius Hiceti sal(utem)    [CIL IV 4244]

 

V.2.g Pompeii. May 2005. Looking north across atrium to entrance.

According to Boyce, only the pilaster between the fauces and the room to the west had a decorated upper part.

In this pilaster, at a height of I.68m, was a niche for the household gods.

This was coated with white stucco and painted in the Third Style.

See Boyce G. K., 1937. Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome: MAAR 14. (p.36, no.104)

According to CTP, the niche at the south-west terminus of the fauces facing the atrium is now lost. (1982).

See Van der Poel, H. B., 1986. Corpus Topographicum Pompeianum, Part IIIA. Austin: University of Texas. (p.72)

 

V.2.g Pompeii. May 2005. North wall of room on west side of entrance doorway.

 

V.2.g Pompeii. May 2005. Detail from painting.

 

V.2.g Pompeii. May 2005. Remains of painted wall.

 

V.2.g Pompeii. May 2005. Rooms in north-east corner of atrium.

 

V.2.g Pompeii. May 2005. Room on the east of the atrium, with remains of painted plaster.

 

V.2.g Pompeii. About 1892. Room on the east of the atrium. East wall.

Drawing of painting of a sacred landscape.

In the painting is a pillar with a bronze statue of Hercules with lion skin and club.

A bronze statue of a figure, possibly an Amazon, stands in front of the column.

A brown skinned man in a robe with a long stick is on the right.

Two women are on the left and one, wearing a yellow robe, is seated..

In the background are sacred trees, an altar and a column with a vase.

See Mau, A., 1893. Mitteilungen des Kaiserlich Deutschen Archaeologischen Instituts, Roemische Abtheilung Volume VIII. (p. 11).

 

V.2.g Pompeii. Looking south across garden area.

On the extreme left of the picture the remains of a terracotta façade can just be seen.

According to Boyce, a slab with a phallus in relief could be found high on the east garden wall (2.50m above the ground).

This was surrounded by an aedicula façade.

He said that another similar slab could be found against the west wall of the small space preceeding the north portico.

Above a masonry bench and embedded in the west wall was a slab of tufa surrounded by an aedicula façade.

This would have been 1.30m above the ground. In the centre of the tufa slab was another phallus in relief.

This area most likely can be seen in the photo below. If not, it may be around the corner, on the right.

See Boyce G. K., 1937. Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome: MAAR 14. (p.36, no.105)

 

V.2.g Pompeii. May 2005.

Looking east across room towards small area to the north of the north portico.

The rear doorway of the tablinum is on the left.

 

V.2.g Pompeii. May 2005.

Looking north through tablinum, across atrium to entrance.