IX.1.26 Pompeii. Casa del ‘Sodoma Gomora’.

Linked to IX.1.25. Excavated 1858 and 1869.

IX.1.26 Pompeii. May 2010. Entrance. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

IX.1.26 Pompeii. May 2010. Entrance. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

IX.1.26 Pompeii. December 2005. Entrance.

IX.1.26 Pompeii. December 2004. East wall of entrance corridor.

IX.1.26 Pompeii. December 2004. Looking north from entrance corridor across atrium.

On the left would have been a cubiculum and also the triclinium, where the graffito

SODOM(A)  GOMORA  [CIL IV 4976] was found. 

It was inscribed in large letters in charcoal on the wall.

See Cooley, A. and M.G.L., 2004. Pompeii : A Sourcebook. London : Routledge. (p.110)

See Varone, A., 2002. Erotica Pompeiana: Love Inscriptions on the Walls of Pompeii, Rome: L’erma di Bretschneider. (p.141)

See Dobbins, J & Foss, P., 2008. The World of Pompeii. New York: Routledge. (p.195)

In the centre of the photo is the site of the kitchen and steps to upper floor.

According to Boyce, in the kitchen was a lararium painting,but when excavated only the two serpents beside an altar remained.

See Boyce G. K., 1937. Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome: MAAR 14. (p.80)

See Pappalardo, U., 2001. La Descrizione di Pompei per Giuseppe Fiorelli (1875). Napoli: Massa Editore. (p.140)

See Sogliano, A., 1879. Le pitture murali campane scoverte negli anni 1867-79. Napoli: (p.18, no.52)

IX.1.26 Pompeii. December 2004.

Looking north across the atrium towards the site of the light-yard and a cubiculum.

According to Fiorelli in the atrium, he could read

STRONIVS

STRONNIVS

NIL SCIT     [CIL IV 2409]

See Pappalardo, U., 2001. La Descrizione di Pompei per Giuseppe Fiorelli (1875). Napoli: Massa Editore. (p.140)