VII.7.22 Pompeii. Street altar. Ara Jovis (Jupiter Altar).

VII.7.22 Pompeii. October 2018. Looking south-east towards altar on south side of Vicolo dei Soprastanti.

Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VII.7.22 Pompeii. October 2018. Looking south-west towards altar on south side of Vicolo dei Soprastanti.

Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VII.7.22 Pompeii. September 2005. Street altar.

VII.7.22 Pompeii. October 2018. Looking south to street altar.

Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VII.7.22 Pompeii. September 2005. Street altar.

According to Mau, above the altar was a stucco relief representing a sacrifice; at the sides of the relief were pilasters.

Above the relief was a gable, in which an eagle could be seen.

The eagle indicated that the shrine was dedicated to Jupiter.

See Mau, A., 1907, translated by Kelsey, F. W., Pompeii: Its Life and Art. New York: Macmillan, (p. 235).

VII.7.22 Pompeii. Street altar. “Ara Jovis” or Altare di Giove.

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

VII.7.22 Pompeii. June 2012. Looking south across Vicolo dei Soprastanti to Jupiter altar.

VII.7.22 Pompeii. 1832 drawing by Gell. Looking south across Vicolo dei Soprastanti to Jupiter altar.

See Gell, W, 1832. Pompeiana: Vol 1. London: Jennings and Chaplin, plate XI, p. 37.

VII.7.22 Pompeii. c.1819. Drawing by Wilkins, described as a “View of a small road near the Forum.”

Looking south on Vicolo dei Soprastanti towards altar with stucco relief above it.

See Wilkins H, Suite des Vues Pittoresque des ruines de Pompei, 1819, p. 15 e pl. XVI.

VII.7.21/22 Pompeii. Street Altar as painted by Mazois.

According to Mau two pilasters supported an aedicula in which an eagle was seen.

This indicated that the shrine was dedicated to Jupiter.

Above the altar was a stucco relief representing a sacrifice.

Fiorelli described it as Ara Iovis with a Genius sacrificing, with two Lares and underneath a table and serpents.

See Mau, A., 1907, translated by Kelsey F. W. Pompeii: Its Life and Art. New York: Macmillan. (p. 235).

See Pappalardo, U., 2001. La Descrizione di Pompei per Giuseppe Fiorelli (1875). Napoli: Massa Editore. (p.100)

VII.7.22 Pompeii. October 2018. Looking west along Vicolo dei Soprastanti, with altar, on left.

Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VII.7.22 Pompeii, on left. May 2005.                   Vicolo dei Soprastanti, looking west.                     VII.6 on right.

VII.7.22 Pompeii. September 2005. Vicolo dei Soprastanti, looking west.