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THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF
Roman Domestic Religion

PP058
House of Menander (I. x. 4 and 16)
Cult Space Type:
Cult Painting



Date:
79 A.D.
Features:
Wall Painting
Associated
Cult Spaces:
PP002, PP056, PP057, PP059, PP060
Room function:
Culina/Kitchen
Description:
Located on the west wall of a kitchen was a cult painting. This painting consisted of a white stucco panel bordered in red within which a serpent was painted. It no longer survives.
References:
Boyce 1937, p. 28 (#51); Giacobello 2008, p. 147 (#18)
Image reference:
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