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PP240

VI. iii. 27 and 28

Cult Space Type:

Cult Painting

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Date:

79 A.D.

Associated
Cult Spaces: 

-

Structural type:

Wall Painting

Room function:

Commercial space (Industrial and Other)

Description:

On the west wall of the bakery was a cult painting. Now disappeared, a description survives showing that the scene comprised a sacrificial scene of the Genius and assistants grouped around an altar, with a Lar on each side. According to Mazois, the figure on the left was not a Lar but the goddess Fornax, also suggesing that it was Vesta depicted in the centre rather than a Genius. In the lower register, two serpents meet at an altar. On each side of the scene were panels of a bird. A niche was present below the painting but it is uncertain if this was used as part of the cult space. The painting does not survive today.

References:

Boyce 1937, p. 45 (#149); Fröhlich 1991, p. 275

Image reference:

Mazois 1824 (Via Pompeii in Pictures)

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