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THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF
Roman Domestic Religion
PP479
IX. ii. 6
Cult Space Type:
Cult Painting
Date:
79 A.D.
Features:
Wall Painting
Associated
Cult Spaces:
-
Room function:
Triclinium/Dining Room
Description:
On the west wall of the rear room was a cult painting. It consisted of a white stucco panel which was bordered by a red stripe and featured a single red serpent coiling among plants. The painting was already fragmentary by the time of Boyce’s recording and does not survive today.
References:
Boyce 1937, p. 80 (#391)
Image reference:
Warscher (Date Unknown) (Via Pompeii in Pictures)
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