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Pompeii. Street Altar between VII.7.21 and VII.7.22. Excavated 1831.

 

VII.7.22 Pompeii. September 2005. Street altar

VII.7.22 Pompeii. September 2005. Street altar

 

VII.7.22 Pompeii. September 2005. Street altar. “Ara Jovis” or Altare di Giove.  Photographed 1970-79 by Günther Einhorn, picture courtesy of his son Ralf Einhorn.

VII.7.22 Pompeii. September 2005. Street altar. “Ara Jovis” or Altare di Giove.

Photographed 1970-79 by Günther Einhorn, picture courtesy of his son Ralf Einhorn.

 

VII.7.21/22 Pompeii. Street Altar as painted by Mazois. According to Mau two pilasters support an aedicula in which an eagle is seen. This indicates that the shrine was dedicated Jupiter. Above the altar is a stucco relief representing a sacrifice. Fiorelli describes it as Ara Iovis with a Genius sacrificing, with two Lares and underneath a table and serpents. See Mau, A., 1907, translated by Kelsey F. W. Pompeii: Its Life and Art. New York: Macmillan. (p. 235). See Pappalardo, U., 2001. La Descrizione di Pompei per Giuseppe Fiorelli (1875). Napoli: Massa Editore. (p.100)

VII.7.21/22 Pompeii. Street Altar as painted by Mazois.

According to Mau two pilasters support an aedicula in which an eagle is seen.

This indicates that the shrine was dedicated Jupiter.

Above the altar is a stucco relief representing a sacrifice.

Fiorelli describes it as Ara Iovis with a Genius sacrificing, with two Lares and underneath a table and serpents.

See Mau, A., 1907, translated by Kelsey F. W. Pompeii: Its Life and Art. New York: Macmillan. (p. 235).

See Pappalardo, U., 2001. La Descrizione di Pompei per Giuseppe Fiorelli (1875). Napoli: Massa Editore. (p.100)

 

VII.7.22 Pompeii. September 2005. Street altar

VII.7.22 Pompeii. December  2005. Street altar

 

VII.7.22 Pompeii. December 2005. Altar on Vico dei Soprastanti looking west

VII.7.22 Pompeii. December 2005. Altar on Vico dei Soprastanti looking west

 

VII.7.22 and VII.2.21 Pompeii. September 2005. Looking west

VII.7.22 and VII.2.21 Pompeii. September 2005. Looking west.

 

 

 

 

 

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