VGJ Pompeii. Tombs at Porta
Vesuvio. Tomba di Caio Vestorio Prisco.
Tomb of Gaius Vestorius Priscus.
Part 2 Part 1
VGJ Pompeii. May 2006.
Inner side of west wall of tomb with entrance door on right. Painting of a gladiator fight hosted by or held in honour of the deceased.
VGJ Pompeii. 1964.
Painting of a gladiator fight hosted by or held in honour of the deceased. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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VGJ Pompeii. 1961.
Painting of a gladiator fight hosted by or held in honour of the deceased. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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VGJ Pompeii. May 2006. Inner side of south wall of tomb with animal painting of a panther chasing a horse.
VGJ Pompeii. 1964.
Inner side of south wall of tomb with animal painting of a panther chasing a horse. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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VGJ Pompeii. May 2006. Inner side of south wall of tomb with a painting of a panther.
VGJ Pompeii. May 2006. Inner side of south wall of tomb with a painting of a horse.
VGJ Pompeii. May 2006. South-east corner of tomb with curved platform with painting at rear. Altar?
VGJ Pompeii. 1961.
Painting of circular table or altar at south-east corner. On the top are dates, eggs and nuts, in front is a swan and fruit.
Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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VGJ Pompeii. May 2006. South-east corner of tomb with curved platform decorated with painted plants.
VGJ Pompeii. May 2006. Looking east along inner side of south wall.
A painting of a white herm in a red background is just visible to the left of the peacock painting.
VGJ Pompeii. May 2006. Inner side of east wall of tomb with a painting of a peacock.
VGJ Pompeii. May 2006. Inner side of east wall of tomb with garden scene flanked on either side by a painted herm.
VGJ Pompeii. 1961. Inner side of east wall of tomb with garden scene. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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VGJ Pompeii. May 2006. Inner side of east wall of tomb with garden painting with low lattice fence.
A bowl fountain with a square brim stands in front of the fence and is supported by a tall slender pedestal.
The surrounding shrubs, now barely visible, were identified by Spano (NSc 1910) as Oleanders.
There were faint traces of birds. The painting is framed by two barely visible herms.
See Jashemski, W. F., 1993. The Gardens of Pompeii, Volume II: Appendices. New York: Caratzas. (103, p. 369)
See Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, 1910,
p. 402 and Fig. 11.
VGJ Pompeii. May 2006. Inner side of east wall of tomb with garden painting with low lattice fence.
A bowl fountain with a square brim stands in front of the fence and is supported by a tall slender pedestal.
VGJ Pompeii. May 2006. Inner side of north wall of tomb.
VGJ Pompeii. May 2006. Inner side of north wall of tomb.
Painting of the silver flasks, cups, bowls, dishes, ladles used at the funeral feast.
These are on a yellow table with a dark red background.
VGJ Pompeii. 1961. Inner side of north wall of tomb. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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VGJ Pompeii. May 2006. North wall connecting the inner tomb with its outer protecting wall.
VGJ Pompeii. May 2006. North-east corner showing inner and outer tomb walls.
VGJ Pompeii. May 2006. Inner tomb east wall.
VGJ Pompeii. May 2006. Inner tomb east wall with painting of seated aedile. Engelmann described this as -
“the young dignitary (aedilis) in his character of justiciary sitting on a podium;
around him several men, of which the one at his right devoutly looks up at him and lifts his right hand.”
See Engelmann, W., 1929. New Guide to Pompeii: Second Edition. Engelmann. (p. 55).
VGJ Pompeii. 1961. Inner tomb east wall with painting of seated aedile. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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VGJ Pompeii. May 2006. Inner tomb south wall with painting of the funeral repast.
Engelmann described this as “a funeral repast of which six persons partake, partly standing, partly sitting round a table.
Three servants are also discernible who bring food and drinks”.
See Engelmann, W., 1929. New Guide to Pompeii: Second Edition. Engelmann. (p. 55).
VGJ Pompeii. May 2006. Inner tomb south wall with painting of the funeral repast.
VGJ Pompeii. 1974. Detail from painting of funeral repast. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
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VGJ Pompeii. 1974. Detail of flower and table leg from lower part of painting of funeral repast. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
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VGJ Pompeii. May 2006. West wall of inner tomb and west end of north wall.
VGJ Pompeii. 1961. Table (with shoes under?) on lower part of west wall of inner tomb. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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VGJ Pompeii. May 2006. West wall of inner tomb.
VGJ Pompeii. May 2006. West wall of inner tomb.
Painting of Vestorius Priscus entering a room which has writing implements and money on a table, and a couch.
See Cooley, A. and M.G.L., 2004. Pompeii: A Sourcebook. London: Routledge. (F88, p.128).
VGJ Pompeii. May 2006.
West wall of inner tomb with painting of Vestorius Priscus entering through a painted doorway.
VGJ Pompeii. May 2006. West wall of inner tomb with painting of writing implements and money on a table.
VGJ Pompeii. May 2006. West wall of inner tomb with painting of writing implements and money.
VGJ Pompeii. May 2006. West end of inner side of north wall with painting of pomegranate tree laden with ripe fruits.
See Jashemski, W. F., 1993. The Gardens of Pompeii, Volume II: Appendices. New York: Caratzas. (No: 103, p. 369)
VGJ Pompeii. 1961.
West end of inner side of north wall with painting of pomegranate tree laden with ripe fruits. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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VGJ Pompeii. May 2006. West outer wall of tomb with painting of door leading out of tomb.