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PP041

I. vi. 1

Cult Space Type:

Shrine

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Date:

79 A.D.

Features:

Niche

Associated
Cult Spaces: 

-

Room function:

Commercial space (Hospitality)

Description:

In the west wall of the front commercial space was a rectangular niche, which sat 0.80m above ground. The interior of the niche was coated with white stucco and decorated with painted red, green, and yellow leaves and fruit. Fragments of paint at the top of the back wall indicate it was outlined by a dark-coloured border.

References:

Not. Scavi 1913, pp. 476-478; Boyce 1937, p. 25 (#35).

Image reference:

Durand 2018 (Via Pompeii in Pictures)

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