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PP225

V. iv. c

Cult Space Type:

Shrine

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Date:

79 A.D.

Features:

Niche

Associated
Cult Spaces: 

-

Room function:

Viridarium/Garden

Description:

On the northern end of the western wall of the garden was an arched niche. The niche sat 1.30m above the ground and was placed at the end of a passage that led to the atrium. The niche had a heavy projecting base constructed from a roof tile with raised edges coated in stucco. The back wall of the niche was painted a blue-green and was decorated with plants.

References:

Not. Scavi 1905, pp. 128, 138; Boyce 1937, p. 42 (#130); Giacobello 2008, pp. 267-268 (V38)

Image reference:

Jashemski 1961 (Via Pompeii in Pictures)

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