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THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF
Roman Domestic Religion
PP528
House of Fortuna (IX. vii. 20)
Cult Space Type:
Shrine
Date:
79 A.D.
Features:
Niche
Associated
Cult Spaces:
PP527
Room function:
Culina/Kitchen
Description:
On the west wall of the kitchen was an arched niche. The interior niche was coated in stucco however, the niche had been blocked up and plastered over prior to the eruption so was not in use by the last occupants of the house.
References:
Boyce 1937, p. 88 (#440); Giacobello 2008, p. 210 (#107)
Image reference:
Pompeii in Pictures 2005
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