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THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF
Roman Domestic Religion
PP334
VII. i. 36/37
Cult Space Type:
Cult Painting
Date:
79 A.D.
Features:
Wall Painting
Associated
Cult Spaces:
PP335
Room function:
Unknown
Description:
Within this building was a cult painting. The scene depicted an altar in the centre with Vesta standing on the right holding a sceptre and pouring a libation on the altar. At her side stood a donkey. On the left of the altar was Bacchus, holding a bunch of grapes and a thyrsus. On each side of this group stood a Lar, holding rhyton and patera. Below two serpents met at an altar. The exact location of this cult painting is unknown as it is no longer preserved.
References:
Boyce 1937, pp. 60-61 (#240)
Image reference:
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