A small arched shrine niche fixed to a street wall - a household lararium turned outwards for the neighborhood's lares compitales. Period: Roman antiquity, 1st c. BCE - 3rd c. CE.
Roman streets were dotted with miniature shrines at crossroads (compita) and on the walls of shops and homes, where passersby left wine, bread, or oil for the genius of the place. This piece sculpts a small arched niche with a tiny lamp and bowl fused inside the recess - one mountable unit, no surrounding wall tile.
Painting tips
- Niche interior: warm cream or red plaster.
- Frame: stone or stucco tone matching your wall.
- Lamp + bowl: terracotta, soot at the lamp spout.
Historical sources & further reading
- Pompeii lararium reliefs
- Ovid, Fasti V (compitalia)
⚠ Small parts. Not suitable for children under 14.





