Roman Domestic Religion
THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF
PP097
House of Sutoria Primigenia (I. xiii. 2)
Cult Space Type:
Shrine
Date:
79 A.D.
Associated
Cult Spaces:
PP096, PP098, PP099
Structural type:
Aediucla, Niche
Room function:
Viridarium/Garden
Description:
On the south wall of the garden was a cult space comprised of a niche with an aedicula façade that sat 1.30m above the ground. The shrine has been heavily restored. The interior of the niche was coated in white plaster and painted in imitation marble. The pediment was also coated in plaster and was decorated with a triangle outlined in red, with a red circle at the base of the triangle. Inside the niche, a bronze statuette of Minerva wearing a helmet was found. The goddess held a spear in her left and a dove in her right. On the wall around the niche was a red border. The cult space has been dated to the last phase of the house, after 62 A.D.
References:
Orr 1972, p. 161 (#31); Giacobello 2008, pp. 258-259 (V18)
Image reference:
Eber 2018 (Via Pompeii in Pictures)