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Roman Domestic Religion
THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF
PP265
House of the Centaur (VI. ix. 5)
Cult Space Type:
Shrine
Date:
79 A.D.
Associated
Cult Spaces:
-
Structural type:
Altar, Wall Painting
Room function:
Culina/Kitchen
Description:
Located in the subterranean kitchen was a shrine. Initially, the cult space possessed a cult painting on the north wall which disappeared prior to Boyce’s recording. In front of the painting sat an altar. As the layout of the underground rooms is not mapped, the exact location of this cult space is not certain.
References:
Boyce 1937, p. 50 (#175); Giacobello 2008, p. 175
Image reference:
Pompeii in Pictures 2009
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