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PP471

IX. i. 12

Cult Space Type:

Shrine

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Date:

79 A.D.

Features:

Altar, Wall Painting

Associated
Cult Spaces: 

PP589

Room function:

Culina/Kitchen

Description:

On the south wall of the kitchen was a cult space. This consisted of a fragmentary painting on a white background featuring the bottom portion of the Lares and of Venus Pompeiana, who could be seen to be holding a sceptre and rudder. At her side stood Amor. In the lower zone, two serpents met at an altar. Below the painting was a masonry altar which was against the wall. The shrine is badly preserved today.

References:

Boyce 1937, p. 79 (#383); Giacobello 2008, p. 204 (#96)

Image reference:

Pompeii in Pictures 2007

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