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Roman Domestic Religion
THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF
PP278
VI. xi. 19
Cult Space Type:
Shrine
Date:
79 A.D.
Associated
Cult Spaces:
-
Structural type:
Altar, Wall Painting
Room function:
Atrium
Description:
Located on the east wall of the atrium, to the left of the entrance, was a shrine consisting of a tufa altar and cult paintings. The altar was originally coated in stucco. On the wall above the altar was a painting of two serpents meeting at an altar with a pine cone on top. The painting no longer survives.
References:
Boyce 1937, p. 51 (#188); Giacobello 2008, p. 242 (A19)
Image reference:
Warscher (Date Unknown) (Via Pompeii in Pictures)
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