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Roman Domestic Religion
THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF
PP244
VI. v. 14
Cult Space Type:
Shrine
Date:
79 A.D.
Associated
Cult Spaces:
-
Structural type:
Aediucla, Niche
Room function:
Peristyle/Portico
Description:
Against the west wall of the peristyle stood a masonry aedicula shrine. The structure sat on a solid podium with two walls forming a rectangular niche with a gable roof on top with a simple pediment. The interior of the structure was covered in unpainted white stucco. In the floor was an embedded piece of black marble in which was cut a rectangular square hole as if to hold the pivot of a door at the front of the shrine.
References:
Boyce 1937, p. 46 (#154); Giacobello 2008, p. 269 (V43)
Image reference:
Warscher ca. 1930s (Via Pompeii in Pictures)
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