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PP497

House of M. Lucretius (IX. iii. 5/24)

Cult Space Type:

Shrine

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Date:

79 A.D.

Features:

Aediucla, Stucco Relief

Associated
Cult Spaces: 

PP498

Room function:

Atrium

Description:

Against the west wall of the atrium stood an aedicula shrine. This consisted of a rectangular podium on which two columns sat supporting a roof. The podium was coated in stucco and painted in imitation marble. In the centre of each side was a painted wreath. The whole structure was heavily ornamented with stucco moulding. Today only the base and bottom sections of the columns survive with remnants of paint and stucco moulding on its back wall.

References:

Boyce 1937, p. 83 (#408); Giacobello 2008, p. 249 (A38)

Image reference:

Durand 2018 (Via Pompeii in Pictures)

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