IX.7.7 Pompeii, on left, IX.7.6, in centre, and
IX.7.5, on right. December 2018. Looking north towards entrances. Photo
courtesy of Aude Durand.
IX.7.5 Pompeii. December 2018. Entrance
doorway. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.
IX.7.5 Pompeii. May 2006. Entrance to workshop.
The felt workers or coactiliarii produced cloth by rubbing and pressing hare pelts or “dead” wool.
The cloth was treated with coagulants made using boiled vinegar.
Their work is depicted in a painting at the entrance to the workshops of Verecundus, which also made rather expensive clothing.
A graffito found there mentions a tunica lintea aurata, (CIL IV 9083).
This was a garment made of linen with inserts made of spun gold.
See Panetta, M.R. (2004). Pompeii, the history, life and art of the buried city. Italy, White Star Publishers, (p.169)
IX.7.5 Pompeii. December 2006. House entrance on left, with workshop of Verecundus on right.
IX.7.5 Pompeii. December 2006. Graffiti outside workshop of Verecundus.
IX.7.5 Pompeii. June 2012. Graffiti outside workshop of Verecundus. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
IX.7.5 Pompeii. June 2012. Graffiti outside workshop of Verecundus. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
IX.7.5 Pompeii. December 2006. Graffiti outside workshop of Verecundus.
According to Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss/Slaby (See www.manfredclauss.de) CIL IV records this as two entries
Cn(aeum) Helvium
Sabinum [CIL
IV 7831]
Popidium
aed(ilem) o(ro) v(os)
f(aciatis) [CIL
IV 7832]
Also see Varone, A. and Stefani, G., 2009. Titulorum Pictorum
Pompeianorum, Rome:
L’erma di Bretschneider. (p. 398)
IX.7.5 Pompeii. December 2006. Graffito outside workshop of Verecundus.
According to Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss/Slaby (See www.manfredclauss.de) CIL IV records
this as -
A(ulum) Suet
tium
aed(ilem) o(ro) v(os) f(aciatis) [CIL IV 7834]
Also see Varone, A. and Stefani, G., 2009. Titulorum Pictorum Pompeianorum, Rome: L’erma di Bretschneider. (p. 399).
IX.7.5 Pompeii. December 2006. Graffiti outside workshop of Verecundus, found on the left of the doorway between IX.7.6 and IX.7.5 -
According to Varone and Stefani, there were three inscriptions here.
See Varone, A. and Stefani, G., 2009. Titulorum Pictorum
Pompeianorum, Rome: L’erma di Bretschneider. (p. 399).
According to Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss/Slaby (See www.manfredclauss.de) CIL IV records these
as -
Nummian//u/m
aed(ilem) o(ro) v(os)
f(aciatis) [CIL IV 7835]
P(ublium) Paquium
Proculum
et A(ulum)
Vettium
Feli[cem [CIL IV 7836]
Suettium
Certum
[ [CIL IV 7837]