
THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF
Roman Domestic Religion

PP366
VII. iv. 24/25
Cult Space Type:
Cult Painting



Date:
79 A.D.
Features:
Wall Painting
Associated
Cult Spaces:
-
Room function:
Culina/Kitchen
Description:
On the west wall of the kitchen was a cult painting. The painting sat above the hearth and consisted of two registers on a white background. The upper register featured the Genius holding a cornucopia and pouring a libation onto an altar. On each side of him stood the Lares carrying rhyta and paterae. Instead of the typical serpents below, the lower register featured another sacrificial scene, of which only the popa remained. He was seen holding a knife and grasping a hog. The hog was adorned with a red band around its belly and a garland. The painting does not survive today.
References:
Boyce 1937, p. 65 (#272); PPM 1996 Vol VI, p. 989; Giacobello 2008, p. 193 (#78)
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