VII.1.47 Pompeii. Domus Vedi Sirici or House of Siricus

or House of Vedius Siricus and Vedius Nummianus.

Linked to VII.1.25 and VII.1.46. Excavated 1851, 1857, 1862, 1872. (Vico del Lupanare 16).

 

VII.1.47 Pompeii. December 2005. Entrance on Vicolo del Lupanare. 

 

VII.1.47 Pompeii. December 2005. Entrance corridor or fauces.

 

VII.1.47 Pompeii. December 2005.

Entrance corridor mosaic of SALVE LVCRVM. (Hail, profit)  [CIL X 874]

See Cooley, A. and M.G.L., 2004. Pompeii : A Sourcebook. London : Routledge. (p.168)

 

VII.1.47 Pompeii. December 2005. Looking east to atrium, and tablinum at rear. 

 

VII.1.47 Pompeii. Exedra in north-west corner of atrium. 

Old undated photograph.  Courtesy of Society of Antiquaries, Fox Collection. 

 

VII.1.47 Pompeii. Exedra in north-west corner of atrium. 

Detail of wall painting of the Drunken Hercules. 

Hercules, inebriated, is lying on the ground at the foot of a cypress tree.  On the altar, three Cupids, bear on their shoulders the hero's quiver.  Four other Cupids are on the ground playing with his club. On the left a group of three females round a column with a vase on top.  The central figure, Omphale?, seems to look with interest on the drunken hero. On the right, half way up a mountain, sits Bacchus, surrounded by his attendants.  

See Pompeii Its History Buildings and Antiquities by Thomas Dyer, pages 463 to 465.

Old undated photograph.  Courtesy of Society of Antiquaries, Fox Collection. 

 

VII.1.47 Pompeii. May 2010. Found in triclinium 8 on north-east side of atrium.

Wall painting of  Wounded Aeneas. An injured Aeneas is treated  by the surgeon Lapix.

Aphrodite rushes to help her son, who leans on the young Ascanius.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum.  Inventory number 9009.