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THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF
Roman Domestic Religion
PP053
I. x. 1
Cult Space Type:
Cult Painting
Date:
79 A.D.
Features:
Wall Painting
Associated
Cult Spaces:
PP054
Room function:
Atrium
Description:
In the north wall of the atrium, just to the left of the entrance, was a fragmentary panel of white stucco bordered in red paint. Within this panel was a cult painting that depicted two figures believed to be the Genius with a cornucopia, and a Lar holding a rhyton and patera. The figures were standing beneath red garlands. The cult painting is badly preserved today.
References:
Boyce 1937, p. 26 (#26); Giacobello 2008, p. 145 (#15)
Image reference:
Durand 2018 (Via Pompeii in Pictures)
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