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PP270

VI. x. 1

Cult Space Type:

Cult Painting

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Date:

79 A.D.

Features:

Wall Painting

Associated
Cult Spaces: 

-

Room function:

Commercial space (Hospitality)

Description:

On the western wall, beneath the stepped display counter in the northwestern corner of the shop, was a small cult painting. This scene depicted a single serpent about to eat its offerings of an egg and a pine cone which were on top of an altar. The cult space does not survive today.

References:

Boyce 1937, p. 50 (#180)

Image reference:

Gell ca. 1830 (Via Pompeii in Pictures)

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