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THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF
Roman Domestic Religion
IB094
House of the Mosaic of the Medusa
Cult Space Type:
Shrine
Building Name:
House of the Mosaic of the Medusa
Site Name:
Palencia
Date:
2nd c. A.D., 3rd c. A.D., 4th c. A.D.
Country:
Spain
Associated
Cult Spaces:
Room Function:
-
Triclinium/Dining Room
Features:
Aediucla, Stucco Relief
Description:
Located in the triclinium were the remains of the stucco decorations of a possible cult space believed to have been an aedicula. The fragments included a small marble column and stucco fragments decorated with small painted triangles similar to decoration seen on shrines at Pompeii. Small corbels were also found which may have belonged to this cult space. A statuette of Isis Fortuna was found nearby in the house and may have once stood in the shrine.
References:
GutiƩrrez Behemerid and Crespo Mancho 2020, pp. 7-12, 20-29.
Image Reference:
GutiƩrrez Behemerid and Crespo Mancho 2020
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