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PP075

Caupona and Domus of Euxinus (I. xi. 10/12)

Cult Space Type:

Cult Painting

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Date:

79 A.D.

Features:

Wall Painting

Associated
Cult Spaces: 

PP074, PP076, PP077, PP078

Room function:

Viridarium/Garden

Description:

Located on the exterior wall of the latrine in the northwest corner of the garden was a cult painting. The panel depicted a yellow serpent approaching a cylindrical altar. Offerings of an egg, a pine cone, and two fruits could be seen on the altar. Green plants decorated this upper panel in between the curves of the serpent’s body. A painted masonry dado served as the lower portion of the painting.

References:

Ruddell 1964, p. 79; Jashemski 1967; Orr 1972, p. 154 (#9); Jashemski 1979, pp. 120-121; Fröhlich 1991, p. 258 (L22)

Image reference:

Cooper 2019

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