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THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF
Roman Domestic Religion
PP349
VII. ii. 25
Cult Space Type:
Cult Painting
Date:
79 A.D.
Features:
Wall Painting
Associated
Cult Spaces:
PP348
Room function:
Culina/Kitchen
Description:
Located within the kitchen was a cult painting. While the scene is no longer preserved, it depicted the Genius beside an altar with a tibicen on the left. On each side of this group were the Lares. In the lower zone, two serpents met at an altar with garlands above and plants around them.
References:
Boyce 1937, p. 63 (#255); Giacobello 2008, p. 191 (#74)
Image reference:
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