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PP500

IX, iii, 10-12

Cult Space Type:

Cult Painting

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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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