top of page

PP191

House of Orion (V. ii)

Cult Space Type:

Shrine

NO mapavailable png shrine01-01-01.png
NO mapavailable png shrine01-01-01.png
NO immage available png serpent-01.png
NO immage available png serpent-01.png
Date:

79 A.D.

Associated
Cult Spaces: 

PP192

Structural type:

Aedicula, Altar, Wall Painting

Room function:

Peristyle/Portico

Description:

Located on the north wall of the peristyle was a shrine comprised of a cult painting and an altar. On a panel of white stucco was a blue, yellow, red, and green painted aedicula. Within the aedicula was the figure of Jupiter, seated upon a kline, holding a sceptre and a thunderbolt. Beside him was an eagle. Against the wall below the painting stood a masonry altar that was coated in stucco.

References:

Boyce 1937, p. 35 (#96); Giacobello 2008, p. 266 (V36); Ossana et all 2019.

Image reference:

Pompeii in Pictures (Date Unknown)

bottom of page