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Roman Domestic Religion
THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF
PP449
VIII. iv. 2-6
Cult Space Type:
Shrine
Date:
79 A.D.
Associated
Cult Spaces:
PP450
Structural type:
Aediucla, Niche
Room function:
Culina/Kitchen
Description:
In the east wall of the kitchen was an arched niche. The niche sat 1.60m above the floor and was adorned with an aedicula façade. The niche was placed above a masonry basin.
References:
Boyce 1937, p. 76 (#358); Giacobello 2008, p. 199 (#89)
Image reference:
Durand 2018 (Via Pompeii in Pictures)
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