THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF
Roman Domestic Religion
PP302
House of M. Pupius Rufus (VI. xv. 4/5)
Cult Space Type:
Cult Room
Date:
79 A.D.
Features:
Altar, Niche, Stucco Relief, Wall Painting
Associated
Cult Spaces:
PP303
Room function:
Sacrarium/Cult Room
Description:
Off the east side of the atrium was a small recess that served as a cult room. The back wall was largely taken up by a big rectangular niche. On either side were pillars decorated with a polychrome frieze and dentate moulded architraves. Inside the niche were three smaller arched niches with two masonry altars standing in front. These altars were coated in yellow stucco and there were traces of paintings on one of the altars. The interior of the niches were coated in red stucco.
References:
Boyce 1937, pp. 54-55 (#212); Wallace Hadrill 1994, p. 215; Bassani 2008, pp. 180-181; Giacobello 2008, pp. 242-243 (A21)
Image reference:
Pompeii in Pictures 2009