THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF
Roman Domestic Religion
PP462
VIII. vi. 4-6
Cult Space Type:
Shrine
Date:
79 A.D.
Features:
Aediucla, Altar, Niche, Stucco Relief
Associated
Cult Spaces:
-
Room function:
Viridarium/Garden
Description:
In the southwest corner of the garden stood an aedicula shrine. This aedicula sat on a masonry podium with a central arched niche. The aedicula sat on an angle and had plain pilasters on either side of the niche. The interior was a pentagonal shape, and its floor was paved with red stucco with inset white stones. A plain stepped cornice ran around the back wall and sides of the niche. At the top ran a simple moulded stucco cornice on which sat the pediment. In the centre of the tympanum was a yellow star, however, remaining structure was left white. Before the shrine stood a small masonry altar which was originally coated in stucco.
References:
Not. Scavi 1884, pp. 280, 396; Boyce 1937, p. 78 (#374); PPM Vol VIII 1998, pp. 695-702; Giacobello 2008, p. 283 (V74)
Image reference:
Deutsches Archäologisches Institut 1931 (Via Pompeii in Pictures)