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

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Temple cella

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. May 2006. Temple consisting of an oblong cella, with a portico on the east side with six columns.

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. April 2016. There is now a reproduction marble bust of Isis at the rear of the temple cella.

Photo courtesy of Benjamín Núñez González (Own work) via Wikimedia Commons. [Use subject to CC BY-SA 4.0].

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. May 2010. Temple steps leading up to portico and cella. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. 1944. Temple steps leading up to portico and cella. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. May 2015. Looking west to temple steps leading to cella. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. August 27, 1904. Looking west towards cella. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. 1804 drawing by Piranesi of temple front view, showing also the portico mosaic.

See Piranesi, F, 1804. Antiquités de la Grande Grèce: Tome II. Paris: Piranesi and Le Blanc, pl. LXVI.

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. June 2019.

Looking towards steps to portico and cella. Model now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. August 2021. Temple steps leading up to portico and cella.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. 1784. Temple steps leading up to portico and cella.

From Temple of Isis model made in 1784 by Giovanni Altieri.

Formerly in Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Sweden, inventory number NM Drh Sk 281. Now deaccessioned.

Photo by Margareta Sjöblom. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Sweden.

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. March 2009. Temple steps leading up to portico and cella.

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. August 2021. Looking east from cella entrance doorway across portico towards east wall.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. August 2021.

Looking west towards cella entrance doorway at top of steps, with remains of decorative stucco on front wall.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. May 2015.

Looking west towards cella, with remains of decorative stucco on front wall on both sides of doorway. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. September 2018. Stucco decoration at south side of doorway.

Foto Anne Kleineberg, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. September 2018. Stucco decoration on north side of doorway.

Foto Anne Kleineberg, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. September 2015. Looking towards south-west side of portico and cella.

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. September 2018. Looking north across podium at top of stairs to cella.

Foto Anne Kleineberg, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. September 2015. Looking towards south-west side of cella from portico.

According to Mau -

a base of masonry about six feet high extended across the rear of the cella, on which there were two pedestals of tufa, for the statues of Isis and Osiris.

See Mau, A., 1907, translated by Kelsey F. W. Pompeii: Its Life and Art. New York: Macmillan. (p.172).

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. May 2015. Detail of upper south wall of cella. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. September 2018. Detail of remaining stucco in upper south-west corner.

Foto Anne Kleineberg, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. September 2018. Looking towards south wall in upper south-west corner.

Foto Anne Kleineberg, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. September 2018. Detail of remaining stucco in south-west corner of cella.

Foto Anne Kleineberg, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. September 2015. Cella. Detail of rear wall of masonry, on south-west side.

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. September 2015. Looking towards north-west side of portico and cella.

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. September 2015. Looking towards north-west side of cella from portico.

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. September 2018.

Looking through cella doorway towards north-west corner, with doorway.

Foto Anne Kleineberg, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. September 2018. Doorway in north-west corner of cella.

Foto Anne Kleineberg, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. September 2018. Detail of north-west corner of cella.

Foto Anne Kleineberg, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. September 2018. Looking towards north wall of cella.

Foto Anne Kleineberg, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VIII.7.29 Pompeii. June 2019.

Detail of decorated flooring of portico and cella. Model now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. 1804 drawing of temple portico mosaic floor by Piranesi.

See Piranesi, F, 1804. Antiquités de la Grande Grèce: Tome II. Paris: Piranesi and Le Blanc, pl. LXXI.

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. 1804 drawing of mosaic floor of cella by Piranesi.

See Piranesi, F, 1804. Antiquités de la Grande Grèce: Tome II. Paris : Piranesi and Le Blanc, pl. LXX.

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. Between 1819 and 1832, sketches by William Gell from Temple of Isis including flooring.

See Gell, W. Pompeii unpublished [Dessins de l'édition de 1832 donnant le résultat des fouilles post 1819 (?)] vol II, pl. 60.

Bibliothèque de l'Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art, collections Jacques Doucet, Identifiant numérique Num MS180 (2).

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VIII.7.28 Pompeii. May 2015. Looking towards north-west side of cella. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. September 2015. Detail of cella rear wall of masonry and capital, on north-west side.

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. Gold ornament found in a wooden box in the temple cella.

It has a small ring on the top which would allow it to be worn by priests or attached to statues, such as the head of Isis (6290), which had been prepared to take them. Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 24668.

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. June 2019. Gold ornament found in a wooden box in the temple cella.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 24668. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. Bronze amulet of Harpocrates found in a wooden box in the cella.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 5334.

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. April 2019. Bronze amulet with Harpocrates, on left, which was found in a wooden box in the cella.  

Egyptian funeral figurine found in a pit in the courtyard, on right. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum.

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. Found in another wooden box in the temple cella. Two similar but not identical bronze candelabra.

The tops are lotus flowers and the feet have lion’s paws with palm leaves between. The decoration of the stems differs on each.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory numbers 72192 and 72193.

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. June 2019. Found in another wooden box in the temple cella. Two similar but not identical bronze candelabra.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory numbers 72192 and 72193. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VIII.7.28 Pompeii.

Drawing by Giovanni Battista Casanova of various items including lamps and candelabra from temple.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number ADS 927.

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VIII.7.28 Pompeii. Limestone Egyptian style herm found in the temple enclosure.

It shows a bearded Dionysus, in the archaic iconographic tradition, covered with hieroglyphic motifs and with Pharaonic headgear.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 6516.

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. June 2019. Limestone Egyptian style herm found in the temple enclosure.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 6516. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. June 2019. Egyptian style small herm, from the temple enclosure.

Glass jug, from the temple courtyard, the lower part being decorated with a Victory with crown and palm.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. Square, blue, glass bottle with large rim, found in the courtyard.

The bottom is decorated with the goddess of victory Vittoria who walks to the left bearing a crown and a palm tree.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 13072.

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