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Roman Domestic Religion
THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF
PP497
IX, iii, 5/24 (House of M. Lucretius)
Cult Space Type:
Shrine
Date:
79 A.D.
Associated
Cult Spaces:
PP498
Structural type:
Aediucla
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 moudling. Today only the base and columns survive with remnants of paint and stucco moulding on its back wall.
References:
Boyce 1937, p. 83 (#408); Giacobello 2008, p. 249 (A38)
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