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PP371

House of the Coloured Capitals (VII. iv. 31 and 51)

Cult Space Type:

Shrine

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Date:

79 A.D.

Associated
Cult Spaces: 

PP372, PP373

Structural type:

Aediucla, Niche

Room function:

Ala

Description:

Against the west wall of an ala stood an aedicula shrine. This sat on a high masonry podium. The walls of the structure enclosed a rectangular niche, the sides of which were said to have originally been marble. No decoration survives on the structure today.

References:

Boyce 1937, p. 66 (#277); PPM 1996 Vol VI, pp. 996, 1004 Giacobello 2008, pp. 244-245 (A26)

Image reference:

Pompeii in Pictures 2009

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