IX.1.15 Pompeii. Thermopolium/Caupona of Primus.

Linked to IX.1.16.  Excavated 1853 and 1857.  (Strada Stabiana 88)

IX.1.15 Pompeii. May 2005. Entrance on Via Stabiana. Looking east.

According to Della Corte, this was a large caupona of the usual form with rear and upstairs room.

He thought it would have been in the possession of a Primus, according to the recommendations written on the left of entrance IX.1.15.

A(ulum)  Vettium  Caprasium

Felicem  aed(ilem)  Primus  rog(at)      [CIL IV 953]      

M(arcum)  Holconium  Priscum

aed(ilem)  primus  rog(at)  Proculu(s)      [CIL IV 966]

See Della Corte, M., 1965.  Case ed Abitanti di Pompei. Napoli: Fausto Fiorentino. (p.210)

IX.1.15 Pompeii. May 2005. Corner of Via Stabiana, with Via dell’Abbondanza, on the right.

IX.1.15 Pompeii. December 2005. Looking east towards linked entrance at IX.1.16.