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THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF
Roman Domestic Religion
PP268
House of the Dioscuri (VI. ix. 6-7)
Cult Space Type:
Cult Painting
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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