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THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF
Roman Domestic Religion

PP142
Caupona of Hermes (II. i. 1 and 13)
Cult Space Type:
Cult Painting




Date:
79 A.D.
Features:
Wall Painting
Associated
Cult Spaces:
PP139
Room function:
Culina/Kitchen
Description:
Located on the southeast corner of the kitchen was a cult painting. Now completely disappeared, the cult painting consisted of two registers. In the upper, below a garland, were large Lares holding rhyta and situla and pouring wine between them. Between them was an altar on which was painted a dedication. On the right side was a pig's head. In the lower register, among shrubs, was a serpent beside a ham.
References:
Orr 1972, p. 169 (#54); PPM Vol III 1991, pp. 1-4; Giacobello 2008, p. 161 (#31)
Image reference:
PPM Vol III 1991 (Via Pompeii in Pictures)
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