Pompeii. Street Altar at I.6.12.

Street altar at corner near I.6.12 on south side of Via dell’Abbondanza, December 2018. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

According to Maiuri –

At the corner of the shop at no.12, and therefore at the crossroads formed by the intersection of the Via dell’Abbondanza with the roadway between Insulae IV and VI of Reg. I, and Insulae I and VII of Reg. IX (so-called Vicolo di Tesmo), there is the usual masonry altar (height 1.06m) which would have been brought to light at the beginning of the new excavations on the Via dell’Abbondanza.

Only a few insignificant traces of the sacred figuration remain painted on the plaster above the altar.

See Notizie degli Scavi, 1929, (p. 428-9).

(Ara Compitale –

Presso l’angolo della bottega n.12 ed in corrispondenza perciò del quadrivio formato dall’incrocio della Via dell’Abbondanza con il vicolo fra le insulae IV e VI della Reg. I e le insulae I e VII della Reg. XI (cd. Vicolo di Tesmo) non manca la consueta ara compitale in muratura (alt. m. 1.06) che dove essere messa in luce fin dall’inizio dei nuovi scavi sulla Via dell’Abbondanza. Non restano che poche ed insignificanti tracce della figurazione sacra dipinta sull’intonaco al disopra per piano dell’ara.)

Street altar at corner near I.6.12 on south side of Via dell’Abbondanza, May 2005.

Street altar at corner near I.6.12 on Via dell’Abbondanza. December 2018.

Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

Street altar at corner near I.6.12 on Via dell’Abbondanza, December 2005.