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Roman Domestic Religion
THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF
PP039
Officina coriariorum of M. Vesonius Primus (I. v. 2)
Cult Space Type:
Shrine
Date:
79 A.D.
Associated
Cult Spaces:
-
Structural type:
Aediucla; Wall painting
Room function:
Peristyle/Portico
Description:
On the north wall of the eastern portico of the peristyle were the remains of a cult space. A solid podium stood against the wall, its three sides painted in imitation marble veneer, with an aedicula painted on the wall above the podium. All that remains today is a pile of rubble.
References:
Fiorelli 1875, pp. 451-452; Boyce 1937, p. 25 (#33); Campbell 2021, pp. 59-60; ; Jashemski 1979, p. 198.
Image reference:
Baker 2010 (Via Pompeii in Pictures)
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