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PP490

IX, ii, 19-21

Cult Space Type:

Altar

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Date:

79 A.D.

Associated
Cult Spaces: 

PP489, PP491

Structural type:

Altar, Unknown

Room function:

Peristyle/Portico

Description:

Located in the peristyle 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 recording, however photographs of the house today indicate that they 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.

References:

Bull. Inst. 1871, p. 183; Fiorelli 1875, pp. 386-387; Boyce 1937, p. 81 (#401)

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