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Roman Domestic Religion
THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF
PP166
V. I. 13
Cult Space Type:
Shrine
Date:
79 A.D.
Associated
Cult Spaces:
-
Structural type:
Niche
Room function:
Corridor/Passage way
Description:
Located on the south wall of the corridor was an arched niche. The niche sat 1.45m above the ground. In the back wall of the niche, there was a small vaulted recess with a hole in the floor for a statuette base to sit.
References:
Bull. Inst. 1877, pp. 135-137; Boyce 1937, p. 32 (#73, footnotes)
Image reference:
Monteix 2003 (Via Pompeii in Pictures)
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