Roman Domestic Religion
THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF
PP153
House of the Garden of Hercules (II. viii. 6)
Cult Space Type:
Shrine
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/)