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PP228

House of the Vestals (VI. i. 7 and 25)

Cult Space Type:

Shrine

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Date:

79 A.D.

Associated
Cult Spaces: 

PP227

Structural type:

Niche

Room function:

Unknown

Description:

Located on the north wall of the room located near the kitchen was an arched niche that sat 1.60m above the floor. The interior of the niche was coated in fine white stucco and decorated in colourful spots of green and red. The niche was set near the east end of the wall, directly opposite the entrance. As the shrine is not preserved today, the exact location of this shrine is not certain.

References:

Boyce 1937, p. 43 (#134); Giacobello 2008, p. 290 (C10)

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