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Roman Domestic Religion
THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF
PP378
VII. iv. 59
Cult Space Type:
Shrine
Date:
79 A.D.
Associated
Cult Spaces:
-
Structural type:
Niche, Wall Painting
Room function:
Culina/Kitchen
Description:
On the wall of the kitchen was a niche which sat 1.40m above the floor. The interior walls of the niche were decorated with spots of many colours. On the wall beside the niche was a painted Lar carrying a rhyton and situla. Behind the Lar was Vulcan holding his tongs and resting upon a shield. The figures on the left side of the niche had disappeared. The exact location of this cult space is uncertain.
References:
Boyce 1937, p. 66 (#283)
Image reference:
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