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Looking west from counter to rear room and corridor to rear.

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VI.16.12 Pompeii. December
2007. South wall of shop and corridor to rear.

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VI.16.12 Pompeii. March 2009. First rear room. North wall.

VI.16.12 Pompeii. March 2009. First rear room. North wall, east end with remains of
structure.

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There used to be 2
painted snakes, one either side of the altar.
A painted pine cone
was on the wall above the altar.
See Warscher, T., 1925. Pompeji: Ein Führer durch die Ruinen. Berlin und Leipzig: de
Gruyter. (p.102, abb 21).

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According to Boyce,
the altar was painted to represent coloured marble.
Painted above it on
the wall were a pine cone, egg and fruit.
See Boyce G. K., 1937.
Corpus of the Lararia of

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According to Boyce,
there was a panel of white stucco bordered in red.
The lower half was
filled with painted green plants with some red leaves.
Two huge serpents,
each with red crest and beard, were on either side of the small stone altar
which is embedded into the wall.
See Boyce G. K., 1937.
Corpus of the Lararia of

VI.16.12 Pompeii. December
2007.
Looking across rear
room to rear north-west corner and projecting masonry altar.

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