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THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF
Roman Domestic Religion
PP554
IX. ix. c
Cult Space Type:
Shrine
Date:
79 A.D.
Features:
Aediucla, Niche, Stucco Relief
Associated
Cult Spaces:
PP555
Room function:
Atrium
Description:
In the pillar that separated doors on the north side of the atrium was a rectangular niche. The niche sat 1.38m above the floor and was adorned with a stucco aedicula façade. While largely destroyed, the façade consisted of two engaged columns supporting a pediment. The tympanum was painted blue with a patera painted in the centre. The interior of the niche was coated in stucco and fragments of a stucco cornice are visible in photographs of the niche. Only fragments of the façade survive today.
References:
Boyce 1937, p. 93 (#467); Giacobello 2008, p. 287 (V85)
Image reference:
Pompeii in Pictures 2009
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