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Roman Domestic Religion
THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF
PP371
House of the Coloured Capitals (VII. iv. 31 and 51)
Cult Space Type:
Shrine
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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