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HC023

V. 17/18

Cult Space Type:

Shrine

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Date:

79 A.D.

Features:

Aedicula

Associated
Cult Spaces:

HC052

Room Function:

Cubiculum

Description:

Against the western wall of the first-floor rear room was a wooden aedicula shrine, carbonised during the eruption. The wooden structure had two Corinthian columns with capitals and a pediment with simple moulding. A section of four panels made up the front of the shrine, of which three survive today. The second panelled section from the right was originally a door, the hinges of which were not preserved. The right side of the structure was also panelled. The shrine sat below a square niche, on a base that has not been preserved.

References:

Orr 1972, pp. 197-198 (#23); Wallace Hadrill 1994, pp. 110-111, 202; Andrews 2006 Vol. 2, p. 237; Mols 2020; pp. 190-192, Fig. 138.

Image reference:

Mols 2020

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