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Roman Domestic Religion
THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF
PP494
IX, ii, 27
Cult Space Type:
Shrine
Date:
79 A.D.
Associated
Cult Spaces:
Structural type:
Aediucla, Niche, Altar
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.
References:
Boyce 1937, p. 82 (#405); Giacobello 2008, p. 284 (V77)
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