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Roman Domestic Religion
THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF
PP518
IX, vi, 4
Cult Space Type:
Shrine
Date:
79 A.D.
Associated
Cult Spaces:
PP519
Structural type:
Niche
Room function:
Courtyard
Description:
In the south wall of a small courtyard off the tablinum was an arched niche. The niche sat 2.10m above the floor. In the ceiling vault was a hole. It was referred as a small niche of the Penates by the excavation report.
References:
Not. Scavi 1879, p. 20; Boyce 1937, p. 86 (#429)
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