THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF
Roman Domestic Religion
PP539
IX. viii. c
Cult Space Type:
Shrine
Date:
79 A.D.
Features:
Niche, Wall Painting
Associated
Cult Spaces:
-
Room function:
Culina/Kitchen
Description:
In the west wall of the kitchen was a rectangular niche. The niche sat 1.0m above the floor and was surrounded by cult paintings. These paintings included a flaming tripod adorned with garlands beside which stood the Genius holding a cornucopia and patera. On the left of the Genius stood the tibicen, with the camillus on the right holding taeniae. On either side of this group were the Lares. On the back wall of the niche were the two serpents, one red and one yellow, with an altar of imitation marble in between them. Traces of earlier unidentifiable figures were visible through fallen plaster. As the shrine is not photographed, and the property is not fully excavated or mapped, the location of this shrine is uncertain.
References:
Boyce 1937, p. 90 (#452)
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