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PP634

VI. xvii (Ins. Occ.). 3-4

Cult Space Type:

Shrine

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Date:

79 A.D.

Features:

Niche

Associated
Cult Spaces: 

PP618

Room function:

Commercial space (Hospitality)

Description:

Located on the south wall of the main commercial room was a rectangular niche. Recent photographs show the niche in a poor state , with the only decoration surviving belonging to remnants of a marble base, which would have originally projected. An etching from 1771 showed the niche possessed a simple façade, with plain backets to support the projecting base. The top portion of the façade was already destroyed by this time, however, it likely extended into a simple pediment, forming an aedicula. Today only an impression of the façade in the stucco around the opening of the niche survives.

References:

Pompeii in Pictures 2003, 2018

Image reference:

Antichità di Ercolano: Tomo Sesto: Bronzi 2 – Statue, 1771, vignette, p. 393 (Via Pompeii in Pictures)

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