Pompeii.  Street altar at VIII.4.24. Sacellum of the Lares Compitales.

Excavated 1853.

 

VIII.4.24 Pompeii. September 2005. Sacellum of the Lares Compitales.

See Pappalardo, U., 2001. La Descrizione di Pompei per Giuseppe Fiorelli (1875). Napoli: Massa Editore. (p.129)

See Eschebach, L., 1993. Gebäudeverzeichnis und Stadtplan der antiken Stadt Pompeji. Köln: Böhlau. (p.374)

 

Found in April 1853, painted in red on the pilaster, on the right, between VIII.4.24 and 23, was –

C(eium)  S(ecundum)  II vir(um)  i(ure)  [d(icundo)]

o(ro)  v(os)  f(aciatis)     [CIL IV 1000]

See Pagano, M. and Prisciandaro, R., 2006. Studio sulle provenienze degli oggetti rinvenuti negli scavi borbonici del regno di Napoli.  Naples : Nicola Longobardi. (p.168)

 

VIII.4.24 Pompeii. December 2007. 

South wall with remains of stone bench on which sat the ministri.

 

VIII.4.24 Pompeii. December 2006. South and west walls.

 

VIII.4.24 Pompeii. December 2007. West wall and altar.

 

VIII.4.24 Pompeii. September 2005. Altar in middle of west wall.

 

VIII.4.24 Pompeii. December 2007. Altar.

 

VIII.4.24 Pompeii. December 2007. Altar.

 

VIII.4.24 Pompeii. December 2006.  Top of the altar to receive the offerings.

 

VIII.4.24 Pompeii. December 2006. Niche in north wall for statue.

 

VIII.4.24 Pompeii. December 2006. Niche in north wall for statue.

 

VIII.4.24 Pompeii. December 2006. Wall plaster.

 

VIII.4.24 Pompeii. December 2007. Wall plaster.

 

VIII.4.24 Pompeii. December 2007. Threshold or sill.