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PP416

VII. xii. 26

Cult Space Type:

Cult Painting

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Date:

79 A.D.

Features:

Wall Painting

Associated
Cult Spaces: 

-

Room function:

Peristyle/Portico

Description:

At the western end of the northern portico was a cult painting. This was carried out on a white background and featured the Genius in the centre pouring a libation from a patera upon an altar and holding a cornucopia. Flanking either side were the Lares holding their rhyton and patera. The lower register of the scene featured two serpents meeting at an altar. The painting does not survive today.

References:

Fiorelli 1875, pp. 289-290; Boyce 1937, p. 71 (#321); Giacobello 2008, p.194 (#80)

Image reference:

Pompeii in Pictures 2005

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