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Roman Domestic Religion
THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF
PP129
I. xi. 17
Cult Space Type:
Cult Painting
Date:
79 A.D.
Associated
Cult Spaces:
-
Structural type:
Wall Painting
Room function:
Culina/Kitchen
Description:
Located on the east wall of the kitchen was a cult painting, placed above the hearth. While mostly destroyed, two lares can just be seen holding rhyta and situlae. In the centre of the Lares was an unrecognisable green object, likely an altar. This painting is noted to be unusual as it only used a limited colour palette of red, green, and yellow.
References:
Fröhlich 1991, p. 258 (L23); Giacobello 2008, pp. 151-152 (24)
Image reference:
Pompeii in Pictures 2007
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