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PP359

VII. iii. 11/12

Cult Space Type:

Shrine

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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)

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