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THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF
Roman Domestic Religion

PP384
VII. vi. 7
Cult Space Type:
Shrine




Date:
79 A.D.
Features:
Niche
Associated
Cult Spaces:
PP383
Room function:
Peristyle/Portico
Description:
On the south wall of the peristyle, near the southwest corner, was a square niche. The niche sat 1.0m above the ground and its interior walls were coated with successive layers of red, green, and yellow stucco. The building was badly damaged in WWII and so the shrine does not survive today.
References:
Boyce 1937, p. 67 (#289)
Image reference:
Pompeii Sites 1909
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