VI.15.1 Pompeii. House of the
Vettii or Casa dei Vettii or Domus Vettiorum.
Excavated 1894-1895. Linked to VI.15.27.
In Notizie degli Scavi, prior to January 1897, this house was described as being in Insula 12 of Reg. VI, afterwards it was changed to Insula 15 of Reg. VI.
Service or kitchen areas
VI.15.1 Pompeii. January 2023.
Looking north from doorway in atrium into “services area”, kitchen etc, with lararium, on left, and an impluvium, centre right.
Photo courtesy of Miriam Colomer.
VI.15.1 Pompeii. December 2006. Looking south from service area towards doorway to atrium.
VI.15.1 Pompeii. December 2006. Steps to upper floor in south-east corner.
VI.15.1 Pompeii. December 2006. Looking south across impluvium in service area.
VI.15.1 Pompeii. January 2023.
Household lararium on west wall in “services area”.
Photo courtesy of Miriam Colomer.
VI.15.1 Pompeii. December 2006. Household lararium on west wall in service area.
VI.15.1 Pompeii. December 2006. Household Lararium in service area.
VI.15.1 Pompeii. December 2006. Household lararium in service area.
Painting of serpent, (Agathodemone), garlands and three figures.
The household gods (Lares) are either side of the guardian spirit (genius loci) of the house.
According to Boyce, this was located in VI.15.2.
He described it as one of the largest and finest lararia in Pompeii, consisting of a lararium painting within an aedicula.
The back wall within the aedicula is filled with a lararium painting on a white background.
In the centre stands the Genius, young and unbearded.
On each side of him stands a wreathed Lar, holding rhyton and situla.
The lower end of each rhyton has the form of a fore-part of a goat.
In the lower zone of the same panel a crested and bearded serpent with brown back and yellow belly glides through plants towards the altar.
This painted square altar is shown at the right edge of the panel.
On the altar are an egg and some fruits.
Across the top of the panel are three garlands.
See Boyce G. K., 1937. Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome: MAAR 14. (p.54, no.211, and Pl.30,2)
See Giacobello,
F., 2008. Larari Pompeiani: Iconografia e
culto dei Lari in ambito domestico. Milano: LED Edizioni. (p.180-81)
See Fröhlich, T., 1991. Lararien und Fassadenbilder in den Vesuvstädten. Mainz: von Zabern. (p.279, L70)
VI.15.1 Pompeii. October 1992. Household lararium.
Photo
by Louis Méric courtesy of Jean-Jacques Méric.
VI.15.1
Pompeii. 4th April 1980, pre-earthquake.
Household lararium. Photo courtesy of Tina Gilbert.
VI.15.1 Pompeii. January 1977. Household lararium. Photo courtesy of David Hingston.
VI.15.1 Pompeii. 1964. Household lararium. 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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VI.15.1 Pompeii. 1959. Household lararium. 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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VI.15.1 Pompeii. 1957. Household lararium. 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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VI.15.1 Pompeii. 1895
watercolour by Luigi Bazzani of household lararium.
Photo © Victoria and
Albert Museum. Inventory number 9-1898.
VI.15.1 Pompeii. Undated painting by
Pierre Gusman. Household
lararium.
(XXVIII.
1° Laraire de la maison des Vettii (Région VI, 15). Quatrième style.)
See
Gusman P., 1924. La Décoration Murale de Pompei. Paris : Morancé, pl.
XXVIII,1.
VI.15.1 Pompeii. December 2006. Kitchen oven in service area.
VI.15.1 Pompeii. October 2001. Kitchen hearth in service area. Photo courtesy of Peter Woods.
VI.15.1 Pompeii. Kitchen oven in service area. May 2001. Photograph courtesy of Current Archaeology.
VI.15.1 Pompeii. January 1977. Kitchen hearth with pots and tripod. Photo courtesy of David Hingston.
VI.15.1 Pompeii. Undated old photograph.
Kitchen oven in service area with pot on tripod on embers and storage pots on floor.
VI.15.1 Pompeii. 1897.
Watercolour by Luigi Bazzani, looking towards kitchen hearth in service area with pot on tripod on embers and storage pots on floor.
Photo © Victoria and
Albert Museum. Inventory number 10-1898.
VI.15.1 Pompeii. December 2006. Kitchen oven in service area.
VI.15.1 Pompeii. December 2006. Recess in bedroom, used either by servants or as a private brothel?
The notice indicated the statue of Priapus was away for restoration.
VI.15.1 Pompeii. January 2023.
Statue of Priapus displayed in exhibition in Palaestra. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.
VI.15.1 Pompeii. January 2023.
Statue of Priapus, detail of head, on display in exhibition in Palaestra.
Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.
VI.15.1 Pompeii. January 2023.
Statue of Priapus, detail of face, on display in exhibition in Palaestra.
Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.
VI.15.1 Pompeii. January 2023.
Statue of Priapus displayed on east side of peristyle. Photo courtesy of Miriam Colomer.
VI.15.1 Pompeii. May 2017.
Statue of Priapus displayed in ala on south side of atrium. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VI.15.1 Pompeii. May 2001.
The statue of Priapus in bedroom recess, used either by servants or as a private brothel?
Photo courtesy of Current Archaeology.
VI.15.1 Pompeii. December 2006. Erotic painting in bedroom, used either by servants or as a private brothel?
VI.15.1 Pompeii. December 2006.
Wall decoration in bedroom, used either by servants or as a private brothel?
VI.15.1 Pompeii. December 2006. Erotic painting in bedroom, used either by servants or as a private brothel?
VI.15.1 Pompeii. December 2006. Erotic painting in bedroom, used either by servants or as a private brothel?
VI.15.1 Pompeii. December 2006. Room in service area.
VI.15.1 Pompeii. December 2006. Room in service area.
VI.15.1 Pompeii. December 2006. Room in service area.