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PP045

House of the Priest Amandus (I. vii. 7)

Cult Space Type:

Shrine

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Date:

79 A.D.

Features:

Aediucla, Niche

Associated
Cult Spaces: 

-

Room function:

Viridarium/Garden

Description:

In the west wall of the garden was an arched niche, sitting 1.5m above the ground. The niche had a stucco aedicula façade, with a cornice running around the interior walls. The niche sat within a larger red-painted panel which matched the wider decoration of the room. The niche had a heavy projecting base. Now largely faded, a simple aedicula was painted around the niche as if to frame the shrine. Its flat roof was painted a yellow-ochre colour which is still visible today.

References:

Not. Scavi 1927, p. 18-27; Boyce 1937, p. 25 (#39); Wallace Hadrill 1994, pp. 169, 190; Giacobello 2008, p. 254 (V7)

Image reference:

Haug 2019 (Via Pompeii in Pictures)

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