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PP568

II, ix, 1

Cult Space Type:

Cult Painting

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Date:

79 A.D.

Associated
Cult Spaces: 

PP569

Structural type:

Wall Painting

Room function:

Corridor/Passage way

Description:

On a pillar in the opening between a corridor and the summer triclinium was a cult painting. The painting was present on all four sides of the pillar and was carried out on a white background. On the north side were the attributes relating to Mercury. At the bottom was a line of small plants on which two cornucopias stood, with a caduceus between then. On the east side were the symbols of Apollo, included kithara (lyre like instrument), and a raven standing on a omphalos. On the southern side was Bacchus holding his thyrsus and a bunch of grapes with a panther beside him. On the west side was Priapus dressed in yellow, holding his large phallus. At the top of each side was a garland with taeniae. Fröhlich dated this painting to the third style, likely the age of Augustus or Caligula.

References:

Fröhlich 1991, p. 266 (L41)

Image reference:

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