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PP279

House of the Faun (VI. xii. 2)

Cult Space Type:

Shrine

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Date:

79 A.D.

Associated
Cult Spaces: 

PP280

Structural type:

Aedicula, Niche, Stucco Relief

Room function:

Peristyle/Portico

Description:

Located on the north wall of the second peristyle was a shrine. This comprised two rectangular niches, which sat 1.75m above the ground. Each niche had an aedicula façade done in stucco in the first style, consisting of two pilasters and a pediment above. Around the pediments ran a dentate stucco frieze. The floor of the niches projected slightly from the wall, with the edge of this shelf painted in red and yellow imitation marble. During excavation, a statue was found within one of the niches, believed to be a Genius. Found on the ground in front of the niches during excavation were two bronze tripods, two bronze candelabra, terracotta lamps, iron tongs, and a laurel branch.

References:

Boyce 1937, pp. 51-52 (#189); Giacobello 2008, p. 273 (V49)

Image reference:

Ferebee 2015 (Via Pompeii in Pictures)

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