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THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF
Roman Domestic Religion
PP596
I. x. 5
Cult Space Type:
Shrine
Date:
79 A.D.
Features:
Niche
Associated
Cult Spaces:
-
Room function:
Corridor/Passage way
Description:
Located in the west wall of the stairway which leads from the street to the first-floor apartment was an arched niche. The niche sat 1.22m above the third step. The interior of the niche had been covered in successive layers of stucco, with the latest being white stucco decorated with red and yellow flowers with a green garland. As the first floor of the property is no longer preserved, the wider context of this cult space is uncertain.
References:
Boyce 1937, p. 29 (#54)
Image reference:
Pompeii in Pictures 2007
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