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PP028

House of Vulcanus B (I. iii. 8)

Cult Space Type:

Shrine

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Date:

79 A.D.

Associated
Cult Spaces: 

PP029

Structural type:

Niche

Room function:

Peristyle/Portico

Description:

Within the east wall of the peristyle was a niche. It was reported that a terracotta statuette of Minerva was found in the niche, wearing a helmet with a shield on her left arm and holding a patera in her right. The niche no longer survives.

References:

Fiorelli 1873, pp. 72-73; Fiorelli 1875, pp. 52-53; Boyce 1937, p. 24 (#22); Giacobello 2008, p. 134 (#5)

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