Roman Domestic Religion
THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF
PP066
House of Aufidius Primus (I. x. 18)
Cult Space Type:
Cult Painting
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)