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THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF
Roman Domestic Religion
HC064
III. 11 (House of the Wooden Screen)
Cult Space Type:
Altar
Date:
79 A.D.
Features:
Altar
Associated
Cult Spaces:
-
Room Function:
Peristyle
Description:
Found in the northeast corner of the portico was a tufa altar. This was reportedly decorated with red paint on its sides with pink on its upper surface and feet. As the altar is no longer in situ, its fate following its excavation in 1871 is unknown.
References:
Ruggiero 1885, pp. 607, Tav XII (#35); Wallace-Hadrill 1994, p. 199; De Kind 1998, p. 108.
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