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VIII.2.25 Pompeii. Street altar. Excavated 1887, 1928.

 

VIII.2.25 Pompeii. September 2005. Street altar

VIII.2.25 Pompeii. September 2005. Street altar.

 

VIII.2.25 Pompeii. 1824 drawing of the street altar. See Mazois, F., 1824. Les Ruines de Pompei: Second Partie. Paris: Firmin Didot. (Plate VI).

VIII.2.25 Pompeii.  1824 drawing of the street altar.

See Mazois, F., 1824. Les Ruines de Pompei: Second Partie. Paris: Firmin Didot.  (Plate VI).

 

VIII.2.25 Pompeii. December 2004. Street altar. According to Mau, this was the largest of the street altars found. It stood freely in a vaulted niche on the north side of VIII.2, but no traces of painting were to be seen near it. See Mau, A., 1907, translated by Kelsey, F. W., Pompeii: Its Life and Art. New York: Macmillan. (p. 236).

VIII.2.25 Pompeii.  December 2004. Street altar

According to Mau, this was the largest of the street altars found.

It stood freely in a vaulted niche on the north side of VIII.2, but no traces of painting were to be seen near it.

See Mau, A., 1907, translated by Kelsey, F. W., Pompeii: Its Life and Art. New York: Macmillan. (p. 236).

 

VIII.2.25 Pompeii. Street altar on south side of Vicolo della Regina. Photographed 1970-79 by Günther Einhorn, picture courtesy of his son Ralf Einhorn.

VIII.2.25 Pompeii. Street altar on south side of Vicolo della Regina.

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