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Roman Domestic Religion
THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF
PP455
VIII. v. 2-7
Cult Space Type:
Cult Room
Date:
79 A.D.
Associated
Cult Spaces:
PP456, PP457
Structural type:
Sacrarium
Room function:
Sacrarium/Cult Room
Description:
A small room off the northern end of the atrium served as a cult room. The room had a rectangular layout, open on its southern aspect to the atrium. In the centre of the room, against the north wall, stood a tufa altar coated in white stucco.
References:
Boyce 1937, p. 76 (#365); Bassani 2008, p. 193 (Scheda 14)
Image reference:
Pompeii in Pictures 2009
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