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PP083

I. xii. 3

Cult Space Type:

Cult Painting

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Date:

79 A.D.

Features:

Wall Painting

Associated
Cult Spaces: 

-

Room function:

Culina/Kitchen

Description:

On the west wall of the kitchen was a cult painting. The painting sat 1.15m above the floor. The scene contained two registers. The top register depicted Lares on either side of a cylindrical altar painted in red and yellow imitation marble. Plants decorated the background. Each Lar poured wine from a rhyton into a situla. Above the Lares was a garland with taeniae. Three holes in the wall indicated that real garlands were also hung there. A red border separated the top register from the bottom. The lower register consisted of two confronting serpents, facing a cylindrical altar with foliage. An offering of a pine cone and egg sat on the altar. The front of the altar possessed a herm.

References:

Ruddell 1964, p. 79; Orr 1972, p. 156 (#17)

Image reference:

Durand 2018 (Via Pompeii in Pictures)

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