Pompeiana : the topography, edifices, and ornaments of Pompeii . red 1817. It is placedwithin an enclosure, about 58 feet square; thewall of which is formed in brick-work, to receivea stucco exterior. Steps , at the rear, led upto the adytum, or cell, placed upon a podium,9 feet high; and within is the pedestal for thestatue. The altar, the only part perfect, is ofwhite marble, the whole about 4 feet 6 incheshigh: some have imagined the sculpture upon itto represent Cicero sacrificing, from a supposedjesemblance in the principal figure to that greatorator. The victim is led by the popa, naked
Pompeiana : the topography, edifices, and ornaments of Pompeii . red 1817. It is placedwithin an enclosure, about 58 feet square; thewall of which is formed in brick-work, to receivea stucco exterior. Steps , at the rear, led upto the adytum, or cell, placed upon a podium,9 feet high; and within is the pedestal for thestatue. The altar, the only part perfect, is ofwhite marble, the whole about 4 feet 6 incheshigh: some have imagined the sculpture upon itto represent Cicero sacrificing, from a supposedjesemblance in the principal figure to that greatorator. The victim is led by the popa, naked tothe waist, with his malleus and tucked-up sacrificator is a magistrate, or augustal,with his lictors and fasces; a boy follows, withthe simpulum, patera, and sacred vitta. In the See plan of Forum, Plate 43—4. 232 POMPEIANA. back ground is the temple, decorated with gar-lands. On the east, or opposite side, is an oakwreath, with olives: on the north, under a fes-toon, some implements of sacrifice; and on thesouth, a suspended vitta, and i POMPEIANA. 233
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