Roman Domestic Religion
THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF
PP592
IX, vii, ?
Cult Space Type:
Shrine
Date:
79 A.D.
Associated
Cult Spaces:
PP591
Structural type:
Aediucla
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, 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 depicted Asclepius, Bacchus, an unrecognisable female deity, a fragmented statue suggested to depict Minerva, and a dove standing on a cylindircal base.
References:
Boyce 1937, p. 89 (#446)
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