top of page
Roman Domestic Religion
THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF
PP377
VII. iv. 29 and 57
Cult Space Type:
Shrine
Date:
79 A.D.
Associated
Cult Spaces:
PP619
Structural type:
Aediucla, Niche
Room function:
Peristyle/Portico
Description:
Against the western wall of the peristyle, between two engaged columns, was a simple aedicula shrine. It comprised a masonry base on which two plain solid walls flanked a rectangular niche and would have supported a now-lost pediment. The interior of the shrine was plastered. The shrine is badly preserved today.
References:
Boyce 1937, p. 66 (#282); Giacobello 2008, p. 281 (V68)
Image reference:
Warscher ca. 1930s (Via Pompeii in Pictures)
bottom of page