VII.3.17 Pompeii. Vestibule with steps to upper floor.

Linked to VII.3.11, VII.3.12, VII.3.13, VII.3.14 and VII.3.15. (Strada Stabiana 5).

VII.3.17 Pompeii. May 2005. Entrance.

In April 1843, a graffito painted in black found on the pilaster between VII.3.18 and VII.3.17, on the left, read:

Modestum

aed(ilem)  d(ignum)  r(ei)  p(ublicae)  o(ro)  v(os)  f(aciatis)    [CIL IV 837]

See Pagano, M. and Prisciandaro, R., 2006. Studio sulle provenienze degli oggetti rinvenuti negli scavi borbonici del regno di Napoli  Naples : Nicola Longobardi.  (p.159)

Also found according to Fiorelli;

…..MAGNVM  IIV

             I . D . OVF

See Pappalardo, U., 2001. La Descrizione di Pompei per Giuseppe Fiorelli (1875). Napoli: Massa Editore. (p.86)

VII.3.17 Pompeii.  May 2010.  Entrance on Via Stabiana, looking south.

VII.3.17 Pompeii. December 2007. South wall.

VII.3.17 Pompeii. December 2007. West wall.

VII.3.17 Pompeii. December 2007. West wall.

VII.3.17 Pompeii. December 2007. North wall and doorway to VII.3.13.

VII.3.17 Pompeii. December 2007.

Waste pipe from upper floor, inside wall on north side of entrance.