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Roman Domestic Religion
THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF
PP004
House of Queen Caroline (VIII. iii. 14)
Cult Space Type:
Shrine
Date:
79 A.D.
Associated
Cult Spaces:
PP003, PP005, PP006
Structural type:
Aediucla, Niche, Altar
Room function:
Viridarium/Garden
Description:
Located in the northwest corner of the garden was a large aedicula shrine with a smaller niche shrine located on the north wall immediately beside. The façade was made of two mistmatched rectangular pilasters which supported a large pediment. An altar originally stood before the structure.
References:
Bull. Inst. 1841, p. 121; Boyce 1937, p.75 (#351)
Image reference:
Cooper 2019
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