VI.16.29 Pompeii. House of C.
Vettius Firmus.
Linked to workshop at VI.16.30. Excavated 1904.
Part 2 Part 1 VI.16.29/30 Room Plan
VI.16.29 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to room K, according to Jashemski, this area was paved as a pool, see below.
VI.16.29 Pompeii. March 2009. Room L, small garden area.
According to Jashemski, the small garden at the rear of the house could be seen through a large window from entrance 30.
The garden had a channel on the east, south, and west.
This carried the rain water to an adjacent light well area, (room K) to the north.
This was paved as a pool and had a cistern underneath.
See Jashemski, W. F., 1993. The Gardens of Pompeii, Volume II: Appendices. New York: Caratzas. (p.164).
VI.16.29 Pompeii. March 2009. Room L, garden area, looking south to south wall with window, and doorway to room M.
According to NdS, the window in the west wall was very wide and opened into room N.
The window would have had a wooden windowsill and jambs.
VI.16.29 Pompeii. March 2009. Room M, south-east corner.
The walls of this room were of plaster (intonaco laterizio), the floor was of mortar and the roof was inclined towards the small garden.
In the north wall was a square window onto the garden.
VI.16.29 Pompeii. March 2009. Room M, south-west corner.
VI.16.29 Pompeii. March 2009. South wall of atrium B, looking towards stairs (a), room C, and entrance fauces A.
VI.16.29 Pompeii. March 2009. Stairs (a) to upper floor on south side of cubiculum C.
According to NdS, at the south end of the west wall some lava stones form the start of a wooden ladder.
This led to the upper floor, along the south wall of room C.
VI.16.29 Pompeii. March 2009. Room C, south wall, with line of stairs to upper floor.
VI.16.29 Pompeii. March 2009. Room C, looking west.
According to NdS, this room was a small rustic cubiculum with high (laterizio) dado.
At the top of the west wall was a window, and in the south wall was the recess for the bed.
VI.16.29 Pompeii. March 2009. South wall of atrium B, looking east towards doorway to room N, part of VI.16.30.
According to NdS, the doorway from the atrium to room N had a step upwards.
VI.16.29 Pompeii. March 2009. Room N, cubiculum. Looking south-east towards the bed recess in the corner of the east wall.
The remains of the window to garden area L are in the (left) east wall.
According to NdS, this room was a cubiculum which took its light from the window from the garden area, L.
The walls were of coarse white plaster with high dado of plaster (intonaco laterizio).
At the extreme right of the east wall was the recess for the bed and at the top of the same wall the remains of a window.
Another window was in the west wall and gave onto room O, by which one entered through a doorway on the right of the west wall of room N.
VI.16.29 Pompeii. March 2009. Room O, looking west across to fauces P of entrance VI.16.30.
According to NdS, room O was quite spacious and had a rough cocciopesto floor and bare walls, with the usual dado.
On the north wall was the base stone of a wooden staircase.
In the north-east corner was the cistern mouth.
On the extreme right of the west wall was painted on the dado, from the right to the left, a serpent agatodemone, which approached towards an altar through plants.
Found in the soil of this house on the 29th August 1904, but without a precise indication of place, was the upper part of an altar of red marble (m.0.08 x 0.065).
See Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, 1908,
(p.284).
According to Boyce, in the room entered from the posticum of VI.16.30 was a lararium.
It was on the white ground of the dado of the west wall.
A single yellow serpent was painted, advancing to the left towards an altar furnished with offerings.
In the background were plants.
See Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, 1908,
(p.284).
See Boyce G. K., 1937. Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii. Rome: MAAR 14. (p. 59, no 227).
VI.16.29 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking west across room O, site of impluvium or well in atrium of VI.16.30.
Found here and left in their place, but well defended with glass from the weather, two large loads of slaked lime, showing the imprints of the matting in which they were contained.
See Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, 1908,
(p.284, and fig 9 on p.285).
VI.16.29 Pompeii. 1908. Room O. Found here and left in their place were two large loads of slaked lime.
These showed the imprints of the matting in which they were contained.
See Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, 1908,
(p.284, and fig 9 on p.285).
VI.16.29 Pompeii. March 2009. Room O, south wall.
VI.16.29 Pompeii. March 2009. Room O, south-east corner.
VI.16.29 Pompeii. March 2009. Room O, base of staircase to upper floor in north-east corner of atrium of VI.16.30.
According to NdS –
this area had an upper mezzanine, to which one went up by a staircase of which one could see the first step in Sarno stone at the foot of the north wall.
VI.16.29 Pompeii. March 2009. Room O, north wall, looking west to fauces P, of entrance at VI.16.30.