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THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF
Roman Domestic Religion
PP051
I. vii. 19
Cult Space Type:
Shrine
Date:
79 A.D.
Features:
Aediucla, Niche
Associated
Cult Spaces:
PP050
Room function:
Peristyle/Portico
Description:
Located in the west wall of the northern portico of the peristyle was an arched niche, which sat 1.40m above the ground. The base of the niche projected slightly from the wall. A simple aedicula façade was painted around the opening of the niche in red. Beside the niche was a figure of a boar in red, with traces of older paintings on the wall below that were no longer visible.
References:
Not. Scavi 1929, pp. 369-372; Boyce 1937, p. 26 (#43); Jashemski 1979, pp.57-58, 125; Allison 2004, p. 210; Giacobello 2008, p. 256 (V10)
Image reference:
Durand 2018 (Via Pompeii in Pictures)
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