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IV.4.g Pompeii. Street shrine? Excavated 1813.

 

All the doorways on the northern side of Via Nola, forming Regio IV, have been filled in as a wall to keep the earth bank back from the road.

It is very difficult to find the exact position of these doorways and link them to any site plan.

Our numbering is IV.4.a to IV.4.h, in a west to east direction based on the Hans Eschebach plan of 1969.

CTP IIIA excludes IV.4.f as being a window, excludes the street altar and renumbers from east to west as a to f.

Liselotte Eschebach has numbered these houses from IV.4.1 to IV.4.6 plus a street altar in a niche between IV.4.5 and IV.4.6.

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

 

IV.4.e, IV.4.f, IV.4.g, IV.4.h, Pompeii. May 2005. Entrances.

IV.4.e, IV.4.f, IV.4.g, IV.4.h, Pompeii. May 2005. Entrances.

 

IV.4.f, (on left) and IV.4.g, (on right), Pompeii. May 2005. According to Liselotte Eschebach between f and g there was a Street Altar and niche, originally with a bench. She suggests this may be the street altar described by Fröhlich in F24. Fröhlich in turn refers to a drawing in Gell and Gandy. See Eschebach, L., 1993. Gebäudeverzeichnis und Stadtplan der antiken Stadt Pompeji. Köln: Böhlau. See Fröhlich, T., 1991. Lararien und Fassadenbilder in den Vesuvstädten. Mainz: von Zabern. (p315, F24)

IV.4.f, (on left) and IV.4.g, (on right), Pompeii. May 2005.

According to Liselotte Eschebach between f and g there was a street shrine and niche, originally with a bench.

She suggested this may be the street shrine described by Fröhlich in F24.

Fröhlich in turn referred to a drawing in Gell and Gandy.

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

See Fröhlich, T., 1991. Lararien und Fassadenbilder in den Vesuvstädten. Mainz: von Zabern. (p315, F24)

 

IV.4.g Pompeii. Drawing of the street altar and Lararium painting found between IV.4.f and IV.4.g. See Gell, W. and Gandy, J., 1852. Pompeiana: 3rd Edition. London: Bohn. (p. 97, Pl. 18).

IV.4.g Pompeii. Drawing of the street shrine and Lararium painting found between IV.4.f and IV.4.g.

See Gell, W. and Gandy, J., 1852.  Pompeiana: Third Edition.  London: Bohn.  (p. 97, Pl. 18).

 

IV.4.g Pompeii. Drawing of the painting found above a street altar between IV.4.f and IV.4.g. In the middle are a round altar with five small figures in long white tunics. In the centre behind the altar is a Tibicen. On either side are pairs of Vicomagistri with right arms outstretched to the altar. Two large Lares flank the scene. In the lower zone is a snake approaching from the left to an altar with eggs and fruit on it. See Fröhlich, T., 1991. Lararien und Fassadenbilder in den Vesuvstädten. Mainz: von Zabern. (p.315, F24)

IV.4.g Pompeii. Drawing of the painting found above a street shrine between IV.4.f and IV.4.g.

In the middle is a round altar with five small figures in long white tunics.

In the centre behind the altar is a tibicen.

On either side are pairs of Vicomagistri with right arms outstretched to the altar.  

Two large Lares flank the scene.

In the lower zone is a serpent approaching from the left to an altar with eggs and fruit on it.

See Fröhlich, T., 1991. Lararien und Fassadenbilder in den Vesuvstädten. Mainz: von Zabern. (p.315, F24)

 

IV.4.g Street Altar May 2006

IV.4.g, Pompeii. May 2006. Site of street shrine.

 

IV.4.g Street Altar May 2006

IV.4.g, Pompeii. May 2006. Site of street shrine.

 

IV.4.g Street Altar May 2006

IV.4.g, Pompeii. May 2006. Site of street shrine.