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PP494

IX. ii. 27

Cult Space Type:

Shrine

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Date:

79 A.D.

Features:

Aediucla, Altar, Niche

Associated
Cult Spaces: 

-

Room function:

Peristyle/Portico

Description:

On the west wall of the peristyle was a simple aedicula shrine. This consisted of a low podium and two enclosing walls making a rectangular niche. The roof and floor did not survive. The interior walls of the structure were painted blue and outlined in red. On the ground in front of the aedicula stood a square masonry altar, which is not preserved today.

References:

Boyce 1937, p. 82 (#405); Giacobello 2008, p. 284 (V77)

Image reference:

Haug 2019 (Via Pompeii in Pictures)

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