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PP266

House of the Dioscuri (VI. ix. 6-7)

Cult Space Type:

Shrine

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Date:

79 A.D.

Associated
Cult Spaces: 

PP267, PP268, PP269

Structural type:

Aediucla, Altar, Wall Painting

Room function:

Peristyle/Portico

Description:

Against the east wall of the northern peristyle stood an aedicula shrine. It sat on a rectangular masonry podium, with two Doric columns and two engaged pilasters supporting an architrave and pediment. The tympanum was painted blue and surrounded by a moulded red stucco architrave, matching the back wall of the shrine. The ceiling was painted yellow with the base also yellow with red stripes. In the base of the aedicula was embedded with a marble block with two holes cut into it, likely to support large statues. On the front of the podium was a depiction of a panther, raising its head towards a garland of grapes that continue around the sides of the podium. Before the aedicula stood an altar made of two rectangular stones on top of each other. The structure dates to the last phase of the house and is believed to have been intended for the worship of Bacchus.

References:

Boyce 1937, p. 50 (#176); Giacobello 2008, pp. 271-272

Image reference:

Eber 2023 (via Pompeii in Pictures)

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