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PP438

House of the Geometric Mosaics (VIII. ii. 16)

Cult Space Type:

Cult Room

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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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