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PP541

IX, ix, 1/2

Cult Space Type:

Shrine

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Date:

79 A.D.

Associated
Cult Spaces: 

PP540

Structural type:

Niche, Wall Painting

Room function:

Peristyle/Portico

Description:

In the west wall of the peristyle was an arched niche. The niche sat 1.27m above the ground and the wall around the niche showed traces of a painting. In the floor of the niche was a hole, presumably for a stauette base, and consisted of a projecting tile. The wall below the niche was marked off by red stripes and within the panel was a cult painting. This featured an altar in the centre with an offering of an egg. On the left was a serpent coiling among plants wiith red flowers. On the right of the altar was the Genius with the camillus and popa carrying a knife and leading a hog to the altar.

References:

Boyce 1937, pp. 90-91 (#454); Giacobello 2008, p.213 (#110)

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