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PP500

IX. iii. 10-12

Cult Space Type:

Cult Painting

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Date:

79 A.D.

Features:

Wall Painting

Associated
Cult Spaces: 

PP499

Room function:

Commercial space (Industrial and Other)

Description:

Opposite the oven in the bakery space was a rectangular pillar coated in stucco with 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 onto an altar from a patera. Wrapped around the altar was a serpent. Offerings were present on top of the altar. The tail of the serpent continued around to the left side of the pillar where there was a large tree painted. 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 had been dated to the fourth style. It does not survive today.

References:

Boyce 1937, p. 83 (#410); Fröhlich 1991, p. 295 (L103)

Image reference:

Annali dell’Instituto di Corrispondenza Archeologica 1872 (Via Pompeii in Pictures)

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