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THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF
Roman Domestic Religion
PP442
House of Severus (VIII. ii. 29)
Cult Space Type:
Shrine
Date:
79 A.D.
Features:
Niche, Wall Painting
Associated
Cult Spaces:
PP441
Room function:
Culina/Kitchen
Description:
On the west wall of the kitchen was a cult space. This consisted of three arched niches, badly preserved, which sat 1.30m above the floor. On the south wall was an accompanying cult painting showing the Genius with the Lares, with serpents below. This cult space was not well recorded by excavators and has since disappeared.
References:
Boyce 1937, p. 74 (#347); PPM Vol VIII 1998, pp. 241-263; Giacobello 2008, p. 196 (#84)
Image reference:
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