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PP524

IX, vii, 16

Cult Space Type:

Cult Painting

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Date:

79 A.D.

Associated
Cult Spaces: 

Structural type:

Wall Painting

Room function:

Culina/Kitchen

Description:

In the north west corner of the kitchen was a cult painting. The painting on the north wall featured the Genius standing beside an altar, pouring a libation from a patera. Assisting the Genius was the tibicen and camillus carrying a shallow dish and taeniae. Behind the Genius stood the popa, holding a knife to the belly of a hog. On each side of the group were the Lares. In the lower zone were two yellow serpents confronting at an altar. On the west wall, the painting featured kitchen objects including a hearth, a hog's head, and a pot on a fire. Traces of earlier cult paintings underneath were visible at the time of excavation.

References:

Boyce 1937, p. 87 (#436); Giacobello 2008, p. 209 (#105)

Image reference:

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