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Roman Domestic Religion
THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF
PP523
IX, vi, g
Cult Space Type:
Shrine
Date:
79 A.D.
Associated
Cult Spaces:
PP522
Structural type:
Aediucla, Niche
Room function:
Cubiculum/Bedroom
Description:
In the small room off the north west corner of the peristyle, in the centre of the west wall, was an arched niche. The niche sat 1.42m above thef loor and was adorned with an aedicula façade. This consisted of engaged half columns which supported a cornice which ran around the interior of the niche. The interior walls were decorated with small irregular blobs of red paint on a white background. The lower half the columns were red while the upper half were white.
References:
Boyce 1937, p. 87 (#435)
Image reference:
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