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Roman Domestic Religion
THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF
PP203
House of the Silver Wedding (V. ii. I)
Cult Space Type:
Cult Painting
Date:
79 A.D.
Associated
Cult Spaces:
PP204
Structural type:
Wall Painting
Room function:
Culina/Kitchen
Description:
Above the hearth on the west wall of the kitchen was a cult painting. This scene depicted a cylindrical altar with a serpent coilder around. On top of the altar were offerings of a pine cone. On each side of the altar stood a Lar. To the right behind a Lar, a man could be seen pulling a hog. The lower register was not well preserved by the time of Boyce’s recording with only traces of plants remaining. It no longer survives today.
References:
Not. Scavi 1896, p. 430; Boyce 1937, pp. 37-38 (#109); Giacobello 2008, p. 166 (#39)
Image reference:
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