Pompeii. House of the Vettii. Lararium. Two Lares, holding a rhyton, flank a genius with a libation bowl and incense box, his head covered for a sacrifice. The snake, associated with the prosperity, approaches an altar. The tympanum shows a patera, an ox skull and a sacrificial knife. Italy.

1ST CENTURY A. D. • 1ST CENTURY AD • 1ST CENTURY • ALTAR • ANATOMY: HEAD • ANATOMY: SKULL • ANCESTRAL GENIUS • ANCESTRAL • ANCIENT AGE • ANCIENT ROMAN • ANCIENT ROMANS • ANCIENT ROME • ANCIENT WORLD • ANIMAL • ANIMAL: SNAKE • ANTIGUEDAD • ANTIQUITIES • ANTIQUITY • APARTMENT • ARTFORM: FRESCO • BEAKER, DRINKING • BOWL • BOX • BULLOCK • CAMPANIA • CATCH • CENSER • CHEST • COFFER • COLUMN • COLUMNS • COVERED • CRANEO • CRANEOS • CRANIUM • CRANIUMS • CULT • CULTURED • DECOR • DECORATION • DECORATIONS • DECORATIVE • DETAIL • DOMUS • DRINKING HORN RHYTON • DRINKING, RHYTON, HORN • DWELLING • EMBLEM • EMPIRE • EPOCA • EPOCH • ERA • EUROPE • EUROPEA • EUROPEAN • FAMILIAR • FAMILY • FLANK • FLOOR • FORNICULA • FRANKINCENSE • FRESCO • FRESCOES • FRESH • GENIE • GENIUS • GOD • HABITATION • HEAD (ANATOMY) • HEAD (BODY) • HEAD • HERITAGE SITE • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORY • HOLD • HOLDING • HOME • HORN, DRINKING • HOUSE OF THE VETTII • HOUSE • HOUSING • INCENSE • INDOOR • INSIDE VIEW • INSIDE • INTERIOR • ITALIA • ITALIAN • ITALY • KNIFE • LAR • LARARIO • LARARIUM • LARES • LIBATION • MURAL PAINTING • MURAL • MYTHOLOGICAL • MYTHOLOGY • OFFERING • OFFERINGS • ORNAMENT • ORNAMENTATION • ORNAMENTS • OX • PAINT • PAINTING • PATERA • PICTORIAL • PILAR • PILLAR • POMPEIAN • POMPEII • POMPEIIAN = POMPEIAN • POMPEIIAN • PROSPERITY • PROTECTION • PROTECTIVE • REPTILE: SNAKE • RHYTON • RHYTON, DRINKING HORN • RITE • RITUAL • ROMAN EMPIRE • ROMAN RELIGION HISTORY • ROMAN SOCIETY • ROMAN • ROMANO • ROMANS • ROME ANCIENT • SACRIFICE SCENE • SACRIFICE • SACRIFICES • SACRIFICIAL • SIMBOLOS • SKULL • SKULL, ANATOMY • SKULLS • SNAKE SNAKE • SNAKE • SNAKES • SUN • SUNSHINE • SYMBOL • TEMPLET • THEATER BOX • THEATRE BOX • TRIANGULAR • TWO • TYMPANON • TYMPANUM • UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE • UNESCO • VETTII • WALL PAINTING • WALLPAINTING • WATER • WORLD HERITAGE SITE • WORSHIP