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PP009

House of the Etruscan Columns (I. ii. 3)

Cult Space Type:

Shrine

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Date:

79 A.D.

Features:

Niche, Stucco Relief, Wall Painting

Associated
Cult Spaces: 

PP010

Room function:

Atrium

Description:

Located on the south wall of the atrium was a rectangular niche shrine. Its interior was painted as imitation yellow marble, with a recessed area at the back wall for a statuette to be placed. It sat 1.6m from the ground. On the wall below the niche were two serpents meeting at an altar, which was constructed from stucco on a rectangular panel of red. Above and below the niche ran a stucco cornice. An associated painting of a genius with a cornucopia and patera was recorded nearby; however, it is uncertain exactly where this was as it had disappeared long before Boyce's time. The shrine was heavily damaged during WWII.

References:

Fiorelli 1875, p. 37; Boyce 1937, p. 21 (#3); Bassani 2008, p. 171; Giacobello 2008, p. 132 (#1)

Image reference:

Warscher 1912 (Via Pompeii in Pictures)

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