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PP468

IX. i. 4

Cult Space Type:

Cult Painting

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Date:

79 A.D.

Features:

Wall Painting

Associated
Cult Spaces: 

-

Room function:

Commercial space (Hospitality)

Description:

On the east wall of the shop was a cult painting. This was carried out on a stucco panel and featured two red serpents meeting at an altar. In the wall below their heads was an embedded tile for offerings. Today the scene is not preserved.

References:

Sogliano 1879, p. 17; Boyce 1937, p. 79 (#380)

Image reference:

Warscher pre 1943 (Via Pompeii in Pictures)

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