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PP294

VI. xiv. 33/34

Cult Space Type:

Shrine

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Date:

79 A.D.

Associated
Cult Spaces: 

-

Structural type:

Stucco relief

Room function:

Commercial space (Industrial and Other)

Description:

On the west wall of the bakery facing the oven was a red panel that contained two serpents in stucco relief. One of the serpents was coiled around an altar while the other approached the altar from the right. Across the top of the panel ran a stucco cornice.

References:

Boyce 1937, p. 53 (#204); Wallce Hadrill 1994, p. 213; Monteix et al. 2013

Image reference:

Warscher ca. 1930s (Via Pompeii in Pictures)

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