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PP268

House of the Dioscuri (VI. ix. 6-7)

Cult Space Type:

Cult Painting

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Date:

79 A.D.

Features:

Wall Painting

Associated
Cult Spaces: 

PP266, PP267, PP269

Room function:

Culina/Kitchen

Description:

Located in the kitchen near the entrance of the house was a cult painting. This was located in the northwest corner of the room above a hearth and depicted two red and yellow serpents meeting at an altar. A garland hung across the top of the scene.

References:

Boyce 1937, p. 50 (#178); Giacobello 2008, p. 176 (#56)

Image reference:

Eber 2023 (Via Pompeii in Pictures)

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