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PP592

IX. vii. ? (Unnumbered property bordering IX. vii. 20)

Cult Space Type:

Shrine

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Date:

79 A.D.

Features:

Aediucla, Niche

Associated
Cult Spaces: 

PP591

Room function:

Viridarium/Garden

Description:

According to Boyce, two aedicula shrines were located against the centre of the west wall of the garden. These flanked a nymphaeum. They both had a simple form made from masonry, featuring a rectangular niche in the centre which rested upon a rectangular base. A simple pediment was present at the top of the structures. The bases were coated with red stucco and the upper section with white including the interior of the niche. The back wall of the niche was outlined with a green border. Within the niche of the aedicula on the right of the nymphaeum were terracotta statuettes depicting Asclepius, Bacchus, an unrecognisable female deity, a fragmented statue suggested to depict Minerva and a dove standing on a cylindrical base. The property is not fully excavated so the wider context of the shrines is uncertain.

References:

Boyce 1937, p. 89 (#446)

Image reference:

Pompeii in Pictures 2007

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