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Roman Domestic Religion
THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF
PP267
House of the Dioscuri (VI. ix. 6-7)
Cult Space Type:
Cult Painting
Date:
79 A.D.
Associated
Cult Spaces:
PP266, PP268, PP269
Structural type:
Niche, Wall Painting
Room function:
Culina/Kitchen
Description:
Located on the south wall of the rear kitchen was a cult painting. It depicted Fortuna holding a rudder on a globe, and below her, two serpents meeting at an altar. While there is no trace of this painting now, there is a shallow niche in the room which may have also been a part of this cult space.
References:
Boyce 1937, p. 50 (#177); Giacobello 2008, p. 176 (#55)
Image reference:
Warscher (Date Unknown) (Via Pompeii in Pictures)
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