On the east and south walls of the kitchen was a shrine. It consisted of a cult painting and a square tufa altar. The painting was carried out in two registers. The upper register contained the sacrificial scene with the Genius standing in the centre beside an altar, holding a cornucopia and pouring a libation from a patera onto the altar. Beside the Genius were two camilli holding acerrae, with the tibicen. On either side of this group were the Lares carrying rhyton and situla. Across the top of the scene stretched a green garland. The lower register featured a serpent which coiled towards the tufa altar which stood in the corner. The altar was decorated with a moulded base and top, with a cornice running around its top. The two free sides of the altar were adorned with a moulded stucco garland. Around the corner, on the south wall of the kitchen, was a painting of Vesta holding a torch and pouring a libation onto a cylindrical altar. Beside her was a donkey. In the space below was another serpent, matching the one in the corresponding scene. A single plant was present beside the serpent. The cult space had been dated to after 62 A.D. following the earthquake. The decoration of the shrine has largely disappeared today.