Pompeii. Fountain at VI.8.24 with relief of Mercury.

Excavated 1829.

VI.10 Pompeii. September 2004. Via di Mercurio, looking south. VI.8.24 on right.

VI.10 left. Via di Mercurio, looking south from fountain VI.8.24.

Old undated photograph courtesy of the Society of Antiquaries, Fox Collection.

According to Eschebach, this fountain was situated in front of a painted street shrine showing the sacrifice of a bull victim.

See Eschebach, L., 1993. Gebäudeverzeichnis und Stadtplan der antiken Stadt Pompeji. Köln: Böhlau. (p.188)

Fountain of Mercury at VI.8.24. September 2017. Looking towards fountain on west side of Via di Mercurio. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

Fountain of Mercury at VI.8.24. July 2011. A street shrine was painted on the wall at the rear of the fountain. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

Fountain of Mercury at VI.8.24, Pompeii. 1968. On the right is the Vicolo di Mercurio, looking west. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.

Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.

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Fountain with head of Mercury outside VI.8.24. 1904. Watercolour painting by Luigi Bazzani.

Looking south-west on Via di Mercurio, with entrance doorway to VI.8.24 at its rear.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum, inventory number 139410.

Via Mercurio, Pompeii, 8th August 1976. Fountain of Mercury, looking south.

Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer, from Dr George Fay’s slides collection.

Fountain of Mercury at VI.8.24. September 2017. Relief of Mercury, looking west.

Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

Fountain of Mercury at VI.8.24. September 2005. Relief of Mercury, looking west.

Fountain of Mercury at VI.8.24, Pompeii. 1968. Relief of Mercury, looking west.

Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.

Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.

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Fountain of Mercury at VI.8.24. 1956. Relief of Mercury, looking west. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

Fountain of Mercury at VI.8.24. September 2005. Relief of Mercury.

Fountain of Mercury at VI.8.24 from rear. September 2005. Looking east.

Fountain of Mercury at VI.8.24. 19th Century painting by D Capri of “Idealised city street scene”.

This shows the fountain of Mercury and remains of street shrine painted on the wall at the rear.

See Niccolini F, 1896. Le case ed i monumenti di Pompei: Volume Quarto. Napoli. (2 Taf A II).