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THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF
Roman Domestic Religion
PP490
IX. ii. 19-21
Cult Space Type:
Altar
Date:
79 A.D.
Features:
Altar, Unknown
Associated
Cult Spaces:
PP489, PP491
Room function:
Peristyle/Portico
Description:
Located in the peristyle garden was an altar. Preliminary reports suggest that there was also a statue base, however, later reports only mention the altar. Boyce noted that nothing was visible of these structures at the time of his recording, however, photographs of the house today indicate that these structures have survived. The altar appears to have been made from tufa, while the statue base was masonry. These sat close to the west wall of the peristyle. No decoration has survived on the structures.
References:
Bull. Inst. 1871, p. 183; Fiorelli 1875, pp. 386-387; Boyce 1937, p. 81 (#401)
Image reference:
Pompeii in Pictures 2009
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