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PP278

VI. xi. 19

Cult Space Type:

Shrine

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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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