Pompeii. Street shrine at IX.2.12.
IX.2.11 and IX.2.12 Pompeii, on left. December 2018.
Looking north at junction of Via Stabiana, on left, and Vicolo di Balbo, on right.
The street shrine at IX.2.12, can be seen on north wall of Vicolo di Balbo, centre right. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.
Street shrine at IX.2.12, on north wall of Vicolo di Balbo between IX.2 and IX.1. December 2005.
Street altar on SW side of IX.2.12 on Vicolo di Balbo, looking east from Via Stabiana. Pre-1943.
Photo by Tatiana Warscher.
See Warscher, T. Codex Topographicus Pompeianus, IX.2. (1943), Swedish Institute, Rome. (no.43.), p. 102.
Street altar on south wall of IX.2.12 on Vicolo di Balbo, December 2018.
Looking towards north wall of roadway. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.
Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Street shrine at IX.2.12, Pompeii. December 2005.
According to Breton, at the entry to the vicolo was a painting of two serpents, the most beautiful and the best preserved in Pompeii.
The painting is surmounted by a small lararium and many inscriptions.
See Breton,
Ernest. 1855. Pompeia, decrite et dessine
: Seconde édition. Paris, Baudry. (p. 315).
Street shrine at IX.2.12, Pompeii. March 2019. Looking west on
Vicolo di Balbo, towards north-west corner and junction with Via Stabiana.
Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Street shrine at IX.2.12, Pompeii. March 2019. Looking north
towards street altar.
Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Street shrine at
IX.2.12, Pompeii. October 2018. Detail of street altar, looking north.
Foto Taylor Lauritsen, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Street shrine at IX.2.12, Pompeii. 1966.
Looking north-west to remains of painted altar. 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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Vicolo di Balbo between IX.2 and IX.1. Painted street altar at IX.2.12 on north side. Photo by Tatiana Warscher.
Street shrine at IX.2.12 Pompeii. 1929 photo of lararium.
DAIR 1929.8764. Photo © Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom, Arkiv.
According to Fiorelli, at this point was a painting of two large serpents approaching a niche hollowed out of the wall.
Underneath was the effigy of the altar among luxurious plants.
Above the painting and continuing on the same wall, there remained various electoral programmes.
See Pappalardo,
U., 2001. La Descrizione di Pompei per
Giuseppe Fiorelli (1875). Napoli: Massa Editore. (p. 142).
See Fröhlich, T.,
1991. Lararien und Fassadenbilder in den
Vesuvstädten. Mainz: von Zabern. (F61).
See Helbig, W., 1868. Wandgemälde der vom Vesuv verschütteten Städte Campaniens. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel. (29).
Street shrine at IX.2.12, with detail of remains of niche on north wall. December 2018. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.
Street shrine at IX.2.12, with remains of niche on north wall. December 2007.
Street altar (on left) on SW side of IX.2.12 on Vicolo di Balbo looking east from Via Stabiana.