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PP237

House of Music (VI. iii. 6-7)

Cult Space Type:

Shrine

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Date:

79 A.D.

Features:

Niche, Wall Painting, Altar

Associated
Cult Spaces: 

PP603

Room function:

Viridarium/Garden

Description:

Located high up on the east wall of the garden was an arched niche. It sat 2.05m above the ground with a masonry square altar standing below it. The niche was recorded as being undecorated however the altar was coated in red stucco and the wall behind the altar possessing a panel of white stucco which served as the background for a cult painting. On the wall behind the altar was the Genius sacrificing at a circular altar, towards which two crested serpents were moving within bushes. Behind the Genius were two trimmed trees. Only the niche is preserved today.

References:

Boyce 1937, p. 45 (146); Giacobello 2008, p. 172 (#49)

Image reference:

Mazois 1810 (Via Pompeii in Picture)

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