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

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VIII.7.28 Pompeii. Found 19 July 1766. Cubiculum 7.

Round painted medallion of Paris with cupid.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 8988.

See Bragantini, I and Sampaolo, V., Eds, 2009. La Pittura Pompeiana. Verona: Electa. p. 521, Scheda 301.

See Prisciandaro, R., 2006. Studio sulle provenienze degli oggetti rinvenuti negli scavi borbonici del regno di Napoli: Una lettura integrata, coordinata e commentata della documentazione Volume 1. Naples : Nicola Longobardi. (p. 57).

See Helbig, W., 1868. Wandgemälde der vom Vesuv verschütteten Städte Campaniens. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel. (1271).

 

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. Found 19 July 1766. Cubiculum 7.

Round painted medallion with head of satyr drinking from a silver kantharos.

The presence of a rudder on the left shoulder identifies him with a river god possibly the Nile or Sarno.

This may be a reference to Fortuna who was associated with Isis.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 8877.

See Bragantini, I and Sampaolo, V., Eds, 2009. La Pittura Pompeiana. Verona: Electa. p. 521, Scheda 300.

See Prisciandaro, R., 2006. Studio sulle provenienze degli oggetti rinvenuti negli scavi borbonici del regno di Napoli: Una lettura integrata, coordinata e commentata della documentazione Volume 1. Naples : Nicola Longobardi. (p. 57).

See Helbig, W., 1868. Wandgemälde der vom Vesuv verschütteten Städte Campaniens. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel. (1013).

 

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to priest’s dining room.

 

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. March 2009. South wall of priest’s dining room.

 

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. March 2009. East wall of priest’s dining room.

 

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. March 2009. West wall of priest’s dining room.

 

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. March 2009. Doorway to Priest’s Kitchen.

 

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking south into Priest’s Kitchen.

 

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. March 2009. Priest’s Kitchen.

Door in west wall leading to Dining room.

 

VIII.7.28 Pompeii . September 2005. Looking west. Taken from entrance in VIII.7.27.

 

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. March 2009. Priest’s Kitchen. Hearth.

 

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. March 2009. Priest’s Kitchen. Hearth.

 

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. March 2009. Kitchen. Looking north.

 

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. March 2009. Remains of structure against west wall in Kitchen.

 

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. March 2009. Remains of structure against west wall in Kitchen.

 

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. December 2007. Kitchen area looking north into the temple.

 

 

 

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