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Roman Domestic Religion
THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF
PP528
IX, vii, 20 (House of Fortuna)
Cult Space Type:
Shrine
Date:
79 A.D.
Associated
Cult Spaces:
PP527
Structural type:
Niche
Room function:
Culina/Kitchen
Description:
On the west wall of the kitchen was an arched niche. The interior niche was coated in stucco however, the niche had been walled up and plastered over prior to the eruption so was not in use by the last occupants of the house.
References:
Boyce 1937, p. 88 (#440); Giacobello 2008, p. 210 (#107)
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