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PP396

VII. vii. 17 and 23

Cult Space Type:

Shrine

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Date:

79 A.D.

Features:

Altar, Wall Painting

Associated
Cult Spaces: 

-

Room function:

Peristyle/Portico

Description:

On the west wall of the peristyle was a cult painting. The painting depicted a single large serpent coiling towards a yellow altar which was furnished with offerings. The altar stood among plants. On the floor below stood a small masonry altar. The altar was coated in stucco and its upper surface was concave. The shrine does not survive today.

References:

Boyce 1937, p. 68 (#301)

Image reference:

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