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PP497

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

Cult Space Type:

Shrine

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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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