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THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF
Roman Domestic Religion
PP418
House of Ganymede (VII. xiii. 4)
Cult Space Type:
Shrine
Date:
79 A.D.
Features:
Aediucla, Niche
Associated
Cult Spaces:
-
Room function:
Peristyle/Portico
Description:
On the west wall of the peristyle was a rectangular niche. The niche sat 1.60m above the floor and appeared to have originally had an aedicula stucco façade. The interior of the niche was coated in white stucco with a stucco cornice. The exact location of this shrine is uncertain as it has not been photographed.
References:
Boyce 1937, p. 71 (#323)
Image reference:
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