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PP523

IX, vi, g

Cult Space Type:

Shrine

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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)

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