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Roman Domestic Religion
THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF
PP508
IX, v, 2 and 22
Cult Space Type:
Shrine
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)
Image reference:
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