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Roman Domestic Religion
THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF
PP183
House of the Triclinium (V. ii. 4)
Cult Space Type:
Cult Painting
Date:
79 A.D.
Associated
Cult Spaces:
PP181, PP182
Structural type:
Wall Painting
Room function:
Viridarium/Garden
Description:
In the southeast corner of the garden was a cult painting. This painting depicted two serpents, one on each wall, with an altar in between them. The serpents were brown and yellow and sat below taeniae.
References:
Boyce 1937, p. 34 (#88); Giacobello 2008, p. 265 (V34)
Image reference:
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