top of page
Roman Domestic Religion
THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF
PP123
Taberna of Niraemius (I. vii. 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 north and west walls of the kitchen was a cult painting. The painting depicted a Genius holding a patera and a cornucopia, sacrificing on a cylindrical altar. The altar was painted in imitation marble with palm trees behind it. To the left was a Lar standing on a rock holding a patera and rhyton. A ham hung to the right of the altar. A garland framed the top of the scene.
References:
PPM Vol I 1990, pp. 730-749; Giacobello 2008, pp.138-139 (#11).
Image reference:
Pompeii Sites (Date unknown)
bottom of page