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THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF
Roman Domestic Religion
PP300
House of the Scientists (VI. xiv. 43)
Cult Space Type:
Shrine
Date:
79 A.D.
Features:
Niche
Associated
Cult Spaces:
PP299, PP301
Room function:
Culina/Kitchen
Description:
On the west wall of a kitchen space was an arched niche. The niche sat 1.50m above the floor and sat opposite a hearth. The niche does not appear to survive today.
References:
Boyce 1937, p. 54 (#210); Wallace Hadrill 1994, p. 213; Giacobello 2008, p. 180 (#63)
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