Pompeii. Street Altar at II.2.1.

Street altar outside II.2.1 Pompeii. December 2018.

Entrance doorway, centre left, on south side of Via dell’Abbondanza, with street altar in front, and water tower in Vicolo di Octavius Quarto, on right.

Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

Street altar outside II.2.1 Pompeii. October 2018. Looking south-west towards street altar and Vicolo di Octavius Quarto.

Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

Street altar outside II.2.1 Pompeii. October 2018.

Looking towards west side of entrance doorway, with a street altar in front of the pilaster.

Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

Street altar outside II.2.1 on Via dell’Abbondanza, September 2005.

According to Fröhlich (from the only source - Spinazzola), in front of the wall stood a white plastered masonry altar.

Above this, the remains of an older painting were visible through a newer lime layer.

This showed five figures, probably the vicomagistri and a tibicen, and a tablet with illegible names.

See Fröhlich, T., 1991. Lararien und Fassadenbilder in den Vesuvstädten. Mainz: von Zabern. (F17, p. 312).

Street altar outside II.2.1 Pompeii. October 2018. Detail from pilaster on west side of entrance doorway, site of an original painting with five figures.

Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

Street altar outside II.2.1 on Via dell’Abbondanza, September 2005.

Street altar outside II.2.1 on Via dell’Abbondanza, December 2007.

Street altar outside II.2.1 on Via dell’Abbondanza, December 2007.