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Roman Domestic Religion
THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF
PP403
VII. x. 3 and 14
Cult Space Type:
Cult Painting
Date:
79 A.D.
Associated
Cult Spaces:
PP402
Structural type:
Wall Painting
Room function:
Latrine
Description:
On the west wall of the kitchen, within the latrine, was a cult painting. This was carried out on a white background and featured Fortuna holding a rudder with a globe at her feet. Her right arm appeared to have been holding something but has disappeared. The painting was incomplete at the time of the eruption and showed signs that more figures were to be added. Only the plaster that the painting was on has survived today.
References:
Boyce 1937, p. 69 (#308)
Image reference:
Pompeii in Pictures 2005
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