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Roman Domestic Religion
THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF
PP023
Officina libraria of Acilius Cedrus (I. ii. 24-26)
Cult Space Type:
Shrine
Date:
79 A.D.
Associated
Cult Spaces:
PP022
Structural type:
Aediucla, Niche
Room function:
Peristyle/Portico
Description:
In the east wall of the peristyle was a simple aedicula shrine. All that remains today is the rectangular masonry base and part of the vaulted structure of the niche in the wall above.
References:
Fiorelli 1875, pp. 46-48; Viola 1879, pp. 13-14; Boyce 1937, p. 23 (#17); Ruddell 1964, pp. 72-73
Image reference:
Lauritsen 2017 (Via Pompeii in Pictures)
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