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Roman Domestic Religion
THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF
PP305
VI. xv. 6
Cult Space Type:
Shrine
Date:
79 A.D.
Associated
Cult Spaces:
PP304
Structural type:
Niche
Room function:
Culina/Kitchen
Description:
On the north wall of the kitchen was a rectangular niche, sitting 1.20m above the floor. Tiles flanked the niche's opening, with a third acting as its base. Few traces indicate that the interior was initially coated in plaster.
References:
Not. Scavi, 1897, p. 31; Wallace Hadrill 1994, p. 215; Giacobello 2008, p. 182 (#65)
Image reference:
Warscher pre-1937 (Via Pompeii in Pictures)
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