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. (Vico del Lupanare 16).

Excavated 1851, 1857, 1862, 1872. Restored and re-opened 2017.

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VII.1.47 Pompeii. December 2018.

Entrance doorway, in centre, on east side of Vicolo del Lupanare, with VII.1.48, on right. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

VII.1.47 Pompeii. October 2017. Looking north-east towards entrance doorway.

Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VII.1.47 Pompeii. April 2019.

Looking east to entrance doorway on Vicolo del Lupanare. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

VII.1.47 Pompeii. January 2009. Entrance on Vicolo del Lupanare. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

According to Niccolini on the right side of the door was the inscription -

SIRICVM

II

. VMIVM. MODESTVM. AED ( mon. )

SIRICE · FAC · FACIAS

This gave the name of the ancient owner.

According to Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss/Slaby (See www.manfredclauss.de) this reads

 [3] Siricum [3]

II(virum)

[Q(uintum) Post]umium Modestum aed(ilem)

Sirice fac facias      [CIL IV, 805]

VII.1.47 Pompeii. April 2019. Entrance corridor or fauces 1, looking east. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

VII.1.47 Pompeii. May 2017.

Looking east along flooring in entrance corridor. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.

VII.1.47 Pompeii. January 2009. Entrance corridor or fauces 1, looking east. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

VII.1.47 Pompeii. December 2005. Entrance corridor or fauces 1.

According to Dyer

“This house, excavated in 1851, adjoins the Stabian Baths in the Vico del Lupanare, but has its principal entrance in the Strada Stabiana; from an inscription near which it derives its first name.  Its second name was taken from the mosaic inscription on the threshold of the atrium ‘Salve lucru’, with the customary omission of the “m”, meaning “Welcome, gain!” from which it has been inferred that the owner was engaged in trade. The house is a sort of double one, being connected with that called the House of the Russian Princes VII.1.25.

It is chiefly remarkable for its paintings, which are in a good state of preservation.

The best of them are the three in the room called the Exedra.

The first of these represents Neptune and Apollo presiding over the building of the walls of Troy;

In the second, Thetis presents herself to Vulcan to demand the arms of Achilles;

In the third is depicted the drunken Hercules.

The figures are about one-third of their natural size.”

See Dyer, T., 1867. The Ruins of Pompeii. London: Bell and Daldy. (p.81)

VII.1.47 Pompeii. May 2017. Detail of flooring in corridor 1. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VII.1.47 Pompeii. May 2017. Detail of flooring in corridor 1. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VII.1.47 Pompeii. May 2017. Detail of flooring in corridor 1. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VII.1.47 Pompeii. May 2017. Looking west along entrance corridor 1 leading to Vicolo del Lupanare. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VII.1.47 Pompeii. May 2017.

Looking south through doorway to small room 2 on south side of entrance corridor 1 leading to Vicolo del Lupanare.

Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VII.1.47 Pompeii. October 2019.

Looking east from entrance corridor 1, across atrium towards tablinum.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VII.1.47 Pompeii. December 2018. Entrance corridor 1 with mosaic of SALVE LVCRV. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

VII.1.47 Pompeii. December 2005. Entrance corridor 1 with mosaic of SALVE LVCRV.

VII.1.47 Pompeii, April 2019. Entrance corridor 1 with mosaic of SALVE LVCRV set in flooring. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

VII.1.47 Pompeii, May 2018. Entrance corridor 1 with mosaic of SALVE LVCRV. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VII.1.47 Pompeii. December 2005. Entrance corridor 1, mosaic with words SALVE LVCRV.

Salve Lucru     [CIL X 874]

Hail, profit     

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

VII.1.47 Pompeii. December 2018.

Looking west along entrance corridor 1, towards entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

VII.1.47 Pompeii. August 2023. Looking east across atrium from entrance corridor. Photo courtesy of Maribel Velasco.

VII.1.47 Pompeii. April 2019.

Looking from entrance corridor across atrium towards tablinum 6. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

VII.1.47 Pompeii. May 2017. Detail in flooring in entrance corridor/fauces 1. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VII.1.47 Pompeii. October 2024. South-west corner of atrium 3.

Doorway to cubiculum 4, in centre, with base of money-chest separating it from entrance corridor/fauces, centre right.

Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VII.1.47 Pompeii. October 2024. Money chest in atrium 3.

Doorway to cubiculum 4, left, with base of money-chest separating it from entrance corridor/fauces, right.

Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VII.1.47/25 Pompeii. 1932.

Money-chest base in south-west corner of atrium between doorway to room 4, on left, and entrance corridor, on right.

According to Pernice –

Found in hipped Tuscanic Atrium with marble impluvium, labrum as fountain, marble table, travertine cistern, arca, on the right cupboard.

The back is broken; the stone was probably twice as large, but then broke through in the middle, one half was turned over and fitted with a fastening pin and reused.

See Pernice, E., 1932. Hellenistische Tische, Zisternenmündungen, Beckenuntersätze, Altäre u. Truhen. Berlin, p. 74, Taf. 44.3.

DAIR 32.1103. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.

Thanks to Espen B. Andersson for assisting us in our interest in money-chests.

VII.1.47 Pompeii. May 2017. Doorway to cubiculum 4 in south-west corner of atrium. Looking west.

On the right of the photo can be seen a block of lava onto which the household strongbox would have been fixed.

Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VII.1.47 Pompeii. May 2017. Threshold of doorway to cubiculum 4 in south-west corner of atrium. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VII.1.47 Pompeii. May 2017.

West wall of cubiculum 4 in south-west corner of atrium, with recess for bed in north-west corner. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VII.1.47 Pompeii. April 2019. Looking south-east across atrium 3. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

VII.1.47 Pompeii. April 2019. Looking towards south wall in atrium. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

VII.1.47 Pompeii. October 2019. Looking south-east across impluvium in atrium 3.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VII.1.47 Pompeii. April 2018. Looking south-east across atrium 3, at the rear left is the tablinum 6, and room 5, at the rear on right.

Photo courtesy of Ian Lycett-King. Use is subject to Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License v.4 International.

VII.1.47 Pompeii. April 2018.

Looking south-east across atrium 3, at the rear left is the tablinum 6, and room 5, at the rear on right. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VII.1.47 Pompeii. April 2018. Looking south-east across impluvium in atrium 3 towards the south wall.

Photo courtesy of Ian Lycett-King. Use is subject to Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License v.4 International.

VII.1.47 Pompeii. May 2017. Looking south-east across atrium 3. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.

VII.1.47 Pompeii. 1957. Looking south-east across atrium 3. 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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VII.1.47 Pompeii. October 2019. Looking south-east across east end of impluvium in atrium 3.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VII.1.47 Pompeii. May 2017. Looking south-east across impluvium in atrium 3. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VII.1.47 Pompeii. December 2018. Looking east across impluvium in atrium 3. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

VII.1.47 Pompeii. May 2017. Detail of impluvium faced with slabs of marble. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VII.1.47 Pompeii. May 2017. Detail of puteal on south side of impluvium. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VII.1.47 Pompeii. October 2019. Looking west from rear of impluvium towards entrance corridor.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VII.1.47 Pompeii. 1854 drawing of Isis figurine found in the house.

See Niccolini F, 1854. Le case ed i monumenti di Pompei: Volume Primo. Napoli. Casa di Sirico, Tav I, item 26.

VII.1.47 Pompeii. December 2005. Looking east to atrium 3, and tablinum 6 at rear. 

VII.1.47 Pompeii. 1854 drawing of the SIRICI seal found in the tablinum 6 which confirmed the name of the owner.

See Niccolini F, 1854. Le case ed i monumenti di Pompei: Volume Primo. Napoli. Casa di Sirico, Tav. I, items 19-21.

VII.1.47 Pompeii. 1854 drawing of gold ring found in the tablinum 6.

This had a portrait head of a virile man cut in to a cornelian stone.

See Niccolini F, 1854. Le case ed i monumenti di Pompei: Volume Primo. Napoli. Casa di Sirico, Tav. I, items 23-4.

VII.1.47 Pompeii. May 2017. Looking east to room 6, tablinum.

Room 5, a cella with blocked door that had been reused for shelving, is on right. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VII.1.47 Pompeii. September 2017. Looking north-east towards room 6, tablinum. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

VII.1.47 Pompeii. August 27, 1904.

Looking east across atrium towards tablinum, from entrance corridor. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

VII.1.47 Pompeii. December 2018.

Looking north-east across atrium towards corridor to rear, on left of tablinum 6, on right. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

VII.1.47 Pompeii. April 2019. Looking north-west across atrium 3.

On the left is the east end of the entrance corridor, then the two doorways belong to the room on west side of atrium.

The doorway to Exedra 10 can be seen in the centre.

The doorway on the right leads into the corridor 9, to the kitchen area in VII.1.46. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

VII.1.47 Pompeii. December 2018.

Looking north in Corridor 9, from atrium towards kitchen area, see VII.1.46. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

VII.1.47 Pompeii. December 2018.

Corridor 9, looking towards east wall with niche. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

VII.1.47 Pompeii. December 2020. Corridor 9, detail of niche in east wall. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

VII.1.25 Pompeii. April 2018. Looking north-west across atrium 3. Photo courtesy of Ian Lycett-King.

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VII.1.47 Pompeii. May 2017. North wall of room on west side of atrium. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VII.1.47 Pompeii. December 2023.

Room 11 on west side of atrium, looking towards west wall with window onto Vicolo del Lupanare. Photo courtesy of Miriam Colomer.

VII.1.47 Pompeii. May 2017.

Room 11 on west side of atrium, looking towards west wall with window onto Vicolo del Lupanare. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VII.1.47 Pompeii. May 2017.

Threshold to room 11 on west side of atrium, looking west from atrium. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VII.1.47 Pompeii. May 2017.  Basin displayed in room 11 in north-west corner of atrium. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

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