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PP267

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

Cult Space Type:

Cult Painting

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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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