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Roman Domestic Religion
THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF
PP554
IX, ix, c
Cult Space Type:
Shrine
Date:
79 A.D.
Associated
Cult Spaces:
PP555
Structural type:
Aediucla, Niche
Room function:
Atrium
Description:
In the pillar that seperated 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 photogrpahs of the niche.
References:
Boyce 1937, p. 93 (#467); Giacobello 2008, p. 287 (V85)
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