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Roman Domestic Religion
THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF
PP438
House of the Geometric Mosaics (VIII. ii. 16)
Cult Space Type:
Cult Room
Date:
79 A.D.
Associated
Cult Spaces:
PP437
Structural type:
Sacrarium
Room function:
Sacrarium/Cult Room
Description:
A room (room y) under the peristyle served as a cult room. It consisted of a room carved into the rock with masonry seats and a rectangular masonry altar inside. A terrcacotta altar, two clay lamps, and a marble sphere were found in the room. One of the lamps featured a relief depicting Jupiter with an eagle. The room had a mosaic floor. The room could be dated to the last phases of the house. It is not preserved today.
References:
Boyce 1937, p. 74 (#344); Bassani 2008, pp. 190-191 (Scheda 12)
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