Gell, William: Pompeiana: the topography, edifices and ornaments of Pompeii ; the result of excavations since 1819 ; in two volumes (Band 1) (London, 1832)

POMPEIANA. 37

little distance from the Forum, may be seen
an altar, probably consecrated to Jupiter,
placed against the wall of a house upon
the raised footpath. It is represented in
Plate XL, and is not without interest. It
has been engraved by Mazois, to whose
work a copy of the original drawing was
presented by the author, but not acknow-
ledged in the text. The eagle alone, in
the painted tympanum, seems to indicate
Jupiter as the presiding deity. The remains
of a basso relievo in stucco are too much
mutilated to be traced with precision.

On quitting the Forum, by the triumphal
arch on the east side of the temple of
Jupiter, the street, now called that Qf For-
tune from the temple of the goddess, pre-
sents itself, terminated at the extremities
by triumphal arches, which, though now
sufficiently lofty, were probably still more
elevated, as, before the excavation, their
present summits were on a level with the
soil of the vineyard. It is possible the
statues on that of the Forum were removed
after, the destruction of the city, and pro-
bable that those of the other arch were