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THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF
Roman Domestic Religion
PP060
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, PP058, PP059
Room function:
Culina/Kitchen
Description:
On the west wall of a kitchen off the service atrium was a cult painting. The painting was conducted using bright colours, and depicted the Genius and the Camillus on a white background near a round altar, with a trace of a Lar on the left. The scene was framed by garlands, two in the upper register and one on the left. Under the central group was a fragment of colour, suggested to have been a serpent. The cult painting dates to the 3rd style and was probably not in use at the time of eruption. The painting has largely disappeared today.
References:
Boyce 1937, p. 28 (#53); Giacobello 2008, p. 147 (#19)
Image reference:
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