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PP156

House of Aulus Trebius Valens (III. ii. 1)

Cult Space Type:

Shrine

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Date:

79 A.D.

Associated
Cult Spaces: 

PP155

Structural type:

Niche

Room function:

Unknown

Description:

Located in a room off the west side of the peristyle on the west wall was an arched niche, sitting 1.0m above the floor. The interior of the niche was plastered. In the exedra to the south, three bronze statuettes were found believed to be associated with the shrine. These depicted Mercury with petasos, caduceus, and a small ram; Hercules with lion skin and skyphos; and Venus Andromeda.

References:

Not. Scavi 1916, pp. 191-122; Boyce 1937, p. 30 (footnotes); Giacobello 2008, p. 263 (V27)

Image reference:

Pompeii in Pictures 2009

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