THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF
Roman Domestic Religion
PP359
VII. iii. 11/12
Cult Space Type:
Shrine
Date:
79 A.D.
Features:
Niche
Associated
Cult Spaces:
PP357, PP358
Room function:
Culina/Kitchen
Description:
On a wall in the kitchen was a shrine, consisting of a niche and a now destroyed cult painting. The painting had two registers. The upper register featured a burning altar in the centre with the Genius holding a cornucopia and patera. Beside the Genius stood the camillus carrying garlands and taeniae while also leading a hog. On the left side of the scene were the tibicen and a popa carrying his sacrificial knife and a malleus. On each side of the group was a Lar with rhyton and situla. The lower zone of the painting featured two serpents meeting at an altar with offerings of eggs and fruit on top.
References:
Boyce 1937, p. 64 (#265); Giacobello 2008, pp. 191-191 (#75)
Image reference:
Schulz 1867 (Via Pompeii in Pictures)