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Roman Domestic Religion
THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF
PP471
IX, I, 12
Cult Space Type:
Shrine
Date:
79 A.D.
Associated
Cult Spaces:
PP589
Structural type:
Wall Painting, Altar
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.
References:
Boyce 1937, p. 79 (#383); Giacobello 2008, p. 204 (#96)
Image reference:
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