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Roman Domestic Religion
THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF
PP461
VIII. v. 39
Cult Space Type:
Cult Painting
Date:
79 A.D.
Associated
Cult Spaces:
-
Structural type:
Wall Painting
Room function:
Culina/Kitchen
Description:
On the south wall of the kitchen was a cult painting. It was carried out on a background of white plaster that was bordered by red lines. It featured Isis-Fortuna with a lotus flower on her forehead holding a cornucopia and a rudder, which was resting on a globe. Flanking the goddess were bushes with red flowers and above were red and yellow taeniae.
References:
Boyce 1937, p. 78 (#372)
Image reference:
Discanno (Date Unknown) (Via Pompeii in Pictures)
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