THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF
Roman Domestic Religion
PP489
IX. ii. 19-21
Cult Space Type:
Cult Room
Date:
79 A.D.
Features:
Altar, Podium, Wall Painting
Associated
Cult Spaces:
PP490, PP491
Room function:
Sacrarium/Cult Room
Description:
The central room off the southeast side of the atrium served as a cult room. The room was originally used as a cubiculum but had been transformed into a cult room at a later date. The room had a square plan with a square brick base/podium present against its southern wall opposite the entrance to the room. A depression was present on the top of the base of a statue base. A square brick altar was present before the base. The walls of the room were painted across three levels. The bottom and upper panels were colourless. A panel of yellow was present in the centre of the southern wall, with the side panels painted red. These side panels were said to have contained images of birds and fish.
References:
Bull. Inst. 1871, p. 183; Fiorelli 1875, pp. 386-387; Boyce 1937, p. 81 (#400)
Image reference:
Pompeii in Pictures 2009