Pompeii. Street Altar with painted
Lararium to Twelve Gods at IX.11.1.
Pompeii street altar outside IX.11.1. May
2006.
Pompeii public shrine (Compitum) to
12 gods outside IX.11.1. May 2006.
Public
shrine (Compitum) to 12 gods outside IX.11.1 Pompeii. May 2006.
Public
shrine (Compitum) to 12 gods outside IX.11.1 Pompeii. May 2006.
From left to right
they are Jupiter, Juno, Mars, Minerva, Hercules, Venus, Mercury, Proserpina
(Possibly), Vulcanus, Ceres, Apollo, Diana.
Jupiter: Crowned, red mantel at the hip,
sceptre in the right hand and a lightning bolt in the left.
Juno: White veil and in long garb, sceptre and
Patera or libation dish.
Mars: Short red tunic and green
armour, Chlamys, plumed helmet, lance in the right hand and shield on the left
arm.
Minerva: Green Chiton,
red coat and Corinthian helmet, on the chest the Gorgoneion, with lance to the
left and shield on the ground to the right.
Hercules: Naked with lion skin over left shoulder,
club in left hand and Skyphos (wine cup) in the right hand.
Venus: Long red Chiton, hip mantle pulled
over her head, right hand on hip, Eros looks over her right shoulder.
Mercury: Violet hip mantle, sandals, Caduceus
in left arm, purse in the right hand.
Proserpina?: Wrapped completely
in red, right arm under the coat, carrying a green Chiton, a golden modius or
harvest basket is on her head.
Vulcanus: Wearing a red Exomis tied at the
shoulder, Chlamys or cloak, high boots and Pileus or cap.
Ceres: With
crown of corn, wearing white Chiton with red stripes, white hip mantle, with
right hand on a torch or flare.
Apollo: Hair tied in knot, quiver behind
shoulder, in brown Chiton and red coat, walking right but with head turned
left, cithara held in left arm.
Diana: Wreath or crown in the hair,
short green violet tunic, yellow coat hanging on left side, quiver and bow
behind right shoulder,
Patera or libation dish in the right hand and venabulum or spear in
the left.
See Fröhlich,
T., 1991, Lararien und Fassadenbilder in
den Vesuvstädten. Mainz: von
Zabern. (F66: p.335-7).
Hercules, Venus,
Mercury, Proserpina, Vulcanus. December 2006.
Proserpina, Vulcanus,
Ceres, Apollo, Diana. December 2006.
IX.11.1. Detail
of Diana. December 2006.
IX.11.1. Detail
of Apollo, centre. December 2006.
IX.11.1. Detail
of Ceres, centre. December 2006.
IX.11.1. Detail
of Vulcanus, centre. December 2006.
IX.11.1. Detail
of Proserpina, centre . December 2006.
IX.11.1.
Detail
of Mercury, left.
December 2006.
IX.11.1. Detail of Venus, left.
December 2006.
IX.11.1. Detail
of Hercules, centre.
December 2006.
IX.11.1. Detail
of Minerva, left
December 2006.
Jupiter, Juno and
Mars were not visible in December 2006.
IX.11.1.
Detail of painted figure, perhaps one of the two Lares.
December 2006.
IX.11.1.
Detail of painted Genius, perhaps Augustus.
December 2006.
Detail of painted
inscription outside IX.11.1. December
2006.
