Roman Domestic Religion
THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF
PP500
IX, iii, 10-12
Cult Space Type:
Cult Painting
Date:
79 A.D.
Associated
Cult Spaces:
PP499
Structural type:
Wall Painting
Room function:
Commercial space (Industrial and Other)
Description:
Opposite the oven in the bakery space was a rectangular pillar coated in stucco on which a cult painting. The paintings were present on all three sides of the pillar. On the central face was the Genius holding a cornucopia while pouring a libation from a patera onto a cylindrical altar. Around the altar coiled a serpent. Offerings were present on top of the altar. The tail of the serpent continues around to the left side of the pillar where there was a large tree. Another tree was present on the central face, on the other side of the altar. On the right side was the figure of the Genius again, standing upon a ship. He was unusually depicted holding a cornucopia while also holding the rudder of the ship. The painting dates to the fourth style.
References:
Boyce 1937, p. 83 (#410); Fröhlich 1991, p. 295 (L103)
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