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PP409

VII. xii. 10

Cult Space Type:

Cult Painting

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Date:

79 A.D.

Associated
Cult Spaces: 

-

Structural type:

Wall Painting

Room function:

Culina/Kitchen

Description:

On the west wall of the kitchen was a cult painting. The scene was located above the hearth and featured the Genius being assisted by the tibicen, popa, and camillus. Of the popa, only a foot survived, visible under a hog. Only the right side of the painting survived to be recorded. On the far right was a Lar holding rhyton and situla (a matching Lar was presumably originally present on the opposite site). A garland hung above the figures. In the lower register, there was an altar and a single serpent. On the other side were depictions of various objects such as an eel, two hams, and a bird. The painting does not survive today.

References:

Boyce 1937, p. 70 (#314); PPM 1996 Vol VII, pp. 484-485

Image reference:

Gargiulo 1865 (Via Pompeii in Pictures)

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