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THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF
Roman Domestic Religion
PP291
VI. xiv. 25
Cult Space Type:
Shrine
Date:
79 A.D.
Features:
Niche, Wall Painting
Associated
Cult Spaces:
-
Room function:
Culina/Kitchen
Description:
On the west wall of the kitchen was an arched niche. The niche sat 0.65m above a hearth, and possessed a projecting floor. The interior was coated in white stucco. A fragmentary cult painting was reported initially however it has completely disappeared.
References:
Boyce 1937, p. 53 (#201); Wallace Hadrill 1994, p. 213; Giacobello 2008, pp. 178-179 (#60)
Image reference:
Giacobello 2008, p. 179
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