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Roman Domestic Religion
THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF
PP169
House of the Greek Epigrams (V. I. 11 and 18)
Cult Space Type:
Shrine
Date:
79 A.D.
Associated
Cult Spaces:
PP168, PP170
Structural type:
Niche
Room function:
Unknown
Description:
On the west wall of a room in the southwest room of the servant’s quarters was an arched niche, sitting 1.50m above the ground. The interior of the niche had remnants of plaster.
References:
Boyce 1937, p. 32 (#76); Giacobello 2008, pp. 162-163.
Image reference:
The Swedish Pompeii Project 2005 (Via Pompeii in Pictures)
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