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Roman Domestic Religion
THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF
PP322
VI. xvii (Ins. Occ.). 42
Cult Space Type:
Cult Painting
Date:
79 A.D.
Associated
Cult Spaces:
PP323, PP588
Structural type:
Wall Painting
Room function:
Culina/Kitchen
Description:
Located on the north wall of the kitchen (on the lower floor) was a cult painting. This scene is now only fragmentary but appeared to depict the lower portion of a Genius holding a cornucopia and a Camillus holding a plate of offerings.
References:
Fröhlich 1991, p. 282 (L78); Ciardiello 2006, pp. 73-74, 78-80, 160; Giacobello 2008, p. 186 (#70)
Image reference:
Pompeii in Pictures 2009
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