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PP153

House of the Garden of Hercules (II. viii. 6)

Cult Space Type:

Shrine

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Date:

79 A.D.

Associated
Cult Spaces: 

-

Structural type:

Aediucla

Room function:

Viridarium/Garden

Description:

Located on the east wall of the garden was an aedicula shrine. It consisted of an open-sided aedicula façade on a masonry podium, with a quadrangular altar in front. The interior of the structure was coated in plaster. Near the cult space, a statuette of Hercules was found, repaired in ancient times, which had a hole in its back to affix to the cult space. Two votive statuettes were also found next to the cult space, an unidentified draped figure, and a statuette of Eros.

References:

Jashemski 1979, p. 121-122, 279, 282-287; Giacobello 2008, p. 263 (V26)

Image reference:

Pompeii Sites 1987 ('[D00076983] - Pompei, II, 8, 6 Casa del Giardino di Ercole - Larario' Accessed 31/08/24 at https://open.pompeiisites.org/)

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