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PP053

I. x. 1

Cult Space Type:

Cult Painting

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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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