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PP066

House of Aufidius Primus (I. x. 18)

Cult Space Type:

Cult Painting

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Date:

79 A.D.

Associated
Cult Spaces: 

-

Structural type:

Wall Painting

Room function:

Culina/Kitchen

Description:

Located on the south wall of the kitchen was a fragmentary cult painting. The painting contained two registers on a white background outlined in red stripes. In the upper register, the Genius stood in the centre holding a cornucopia with a Lar to the right holding a rhyton and situla. Another object, likely a rhyton, was depicted further to the right. In the lower register, beneath garlands, was the tail of a black and yellow serpent among plants. Below the serpent was a series of kitchen objects including a hog's head, a ham suspended on a nail, and an eel on a spit. The painting has been dated to the third style.

References:

Boyce 1937, p. 29 (#60); Fröhlich 1991, p.257 (L18); Allison 2007, pp. 368-370 ; Giacobello 2008, p. 150 (#22)

Image reference:

Pompeii Sites (Date unknown)

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