VIII.7.28 Pompeii. Temple of Isis or Tempio di Iside.

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VIII.7.28 Pompeii. December 2007. Open arches leading to Ekklesiasteron (dining area).

 

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. December 2007. North-west corner of the colonnade.

 

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. December 2007. West wall of north-west corner of colonnade where statue of Isis was found.

 

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. 1906. Statue of Isis in situ on north wall.

 

VIII.7.28 Pompeii.

Marble statue of Isis holding a sistrum in her right hand (now missing) and key of the Ankh (the key of life or the Nile) in her left.

The key was originally gilded and coloured.

The pilaster on which the key leans has the inscription of the freedman L(ucius) Caecilius Phoebus.

Found in the north east corner of the portico.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum.

 

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. Marble statue of Isis found in the north east corner of the portico.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum.

 

VIII.7.28 Found in Temple of Isis or Tempio di Iside on 4^th March 1766.

Marble pedestal under statue of Isis: see CIL X 849, and Cooley, A.E. and M.G.L., 2004, Pompeii, A Sourcebook, London and New York, Routledge, p. 87, no. E5; now

in Naples Archaeological Museum.

L(VCIVS) CAECILIVS PHOEBVS POSVIT

L(OCO) D(ATO) D(ECRETO) D(ECVRIONVM)

Lucius Caecilius Phoebus placed (this statue here) with its location granted by decree of the city councillors.

 

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. 1854. Painting of statue of Isis.

See Niccolini F, 1854. Le case ed i monumenti di Pompei: Volume Primo. Napoli. (Tav. VI).

 

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. December 2007. Looking east along north portico.

 

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. March 2009. Altar in north portico.

 

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking east along north portico.

 

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. May 2006. Niche in north wall.

 

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. March 2009.

Doorways in south wall of colonnade, leading to the priest’s accommodation.

 

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. March 2009.

Doorway to priest’s cubiculum or bedroom.

 

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. March 2009. East wall of cubiculum.

 

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. March 2009. South wall of cubiculum.

 

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. March 2009. West wall of cubiculum.

 

 

 

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