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THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF
Roman Domestic Religion
PP536
IX. viii. 4
Cult Space Type:
Cult Painting
Date:
79 A.D.
Features:
Wall Painting
Associated
Cult Spaces:
-
Room function:
Commercial space (Hospitality)
Description:
On the north wall of the shop was a cult painting. It featured the Genius with a single serpent below him on the right side of a doorway, with Mercury, a rooster, and an omphalos on the left side. The painting does not survive today.
References:
Boyce 1937, p. 90 (#449)
Image reference:
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