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PP508

IX, v, 2 and 22

Cult Space Type:

Shrine

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Date:

79 A.D.

Associated
Cult Spaces: 

PP509

Structural type:

Niche, Wall Painting

Room function:

Unknown

Description:

In the west wall of an upper floor room was a rectangular niche. On the back wall of the niche was a painting of Vesta seated on a donkey holding a patera. An earlier layer of stucco could be seen underneath, showing two standing figures with the appearance of the Lares. Below the niche were two serpents confronting at an altar (although not recorded by all sources).

References:

Boyce 1937, p. 85 (#420); Giacobello 2008, pp. 206-207 (#100)

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