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East wall
Left a pear in this context may signify Demeter (Cereus) the mother of Persephone (see below)
Lower Centre an incense burner signifying food for the gods
Upper centre laurel leaves signifying apotheosis
Right a pomegranate denoted the presences of the partial underworld divinity Persephone
and was also a symbol of betrothal, fecundity and rebirth
Villa di P. Fannius Synistor, Boscoreale - cubiculum M, lateral walls