La sala culto pagana di Lullingstone villa romana, Kent, Inghilterra, Regno Unito, con un pozzo centrale e ninfe muro dipinto: Una stanza profonda costruita intorno al AD100
4970 x 3751 px | 42,1 x 31,8 cm | 16,6 x 12,5 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
9 novembre 1995
Ubicazione:
Lullingstone Roman Villa, Eynsford, Sevenoaks, Kent, England, UK
Altre informazioni:
The pagan cult room At Lullingstone Roman villa, Kent, England, UK, with a central well & wall painting. Constructed around AD100 this cellar or 'Deep Room' honoured female water deities, three of whom feature in the painting in the niche in the S wall (L): the central nymph has reeds in or growing from her hair & blue water flowing from her breasts. Four pots were sunk into the floor to receive libations for the souls of the dead. Two busts of bearded men in Roman dress were placed on the blocked up steps in the NW corner. The men were related, possibly father & son, suggesting some form of ancestor worship. In the late C4th the rooms above this one were converted to a Christian 'house church' suggesting that the old & new faiths were being practised at the same time. Lullingstone is one of seven Roman villas known in the valley of the River Darent. Eventually the Roman economic system collapsed & the villa was destroyed in a fire around AD420.
