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THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF
Roman Domestic Religion
PP486
IX. ii. 17
Cult Space Type:
Cult Painting
Date:
79 A.D.
Features:
Wall Painting
Associated
Cult Spaces:
PP485, PP487
Room function:
Peristyle/Portico
Description:
On the south side of a half wall between columns of the peristyle was a cult painting. The painting faced the open garden area and consisted of a simple aedicula structure with the pediment painted in red. Within the structure were two yellow serpents meeting at an altar. The painting does not survive today.
References:
Boyce 1937, p. 81 (#397)
Image reference:
Warscher (Date Unknown) (via Pompeii in Pictures)
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