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

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North portico

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. South, west and north porticos in model of temple in Naples Museum. Photo courtesy of Giampiero Bevagna.

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. August 2021. Looking east along north portico, on left, and south along west portico, on right.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VIII.7.28, Pompeii. April 2019. North portico looking towards the arches of the Ekklesiasterion in the west portico.

A reproduction statue of Isis is now in place. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. August 2021. Looking east along north portico from north-west corner.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. September 2015. Looking east along north portico.

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. August 2021.

Looking east along north portico towards east portico.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. December 2007. Looking towards north, on left, and west, on right, rear walls of temple cella looking south-east.

VIII.7.28, Pompeii. May 2015. Altar in north-west corner. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VIII.7.28, Pompeii. May 2015. Looking east along north portico, towards entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

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

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

VIII.7.28, Pompeii. May 2015. Looking towards north portico, and niche in north wall. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. North portico wall on cork model of temple made by Giovanni Altieri in 1784.

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

Photo by Margareta Sjöblom. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Sweden.

See http://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/object/4072359

See Kockel V., 2004. Towns and Tombs: Three-Dimensional Documentation of Archaeological Sites in The Kingdom of Naples in the Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries, fig. 2.

VIII.7.28. August 2021. Niche set into north wall of north portico.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

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

VIII.7.28, Pompeii. May 2015.

Looking from north-east corner of portico towards the square niche in south portico, on left. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. North portico from north-east corner of portico at entrance.

Old undated photograph by Amodio no. 2960, album dated c.1873. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. August 2021. Looking west along north portico.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. April 2019. Arrangement of painted panels from portico. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

The panel on the left is from the right of the south wall.

In the centre is inv. 8518. On the right is inv. 8519. These are both from centre of north wall.

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. 2010. North part of portico. Top right is a fresco with a continuous sequence of scrolls and acanthus scrolls.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 8549.

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. Drawing (Ambito Napoletano) of wall decoration of part of north portico.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 394944.

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VIII.7.28 Pompeii. April 2019. Arrangement of painted panels from north portico.

At the top is a fresco with a continuous sequence of scrolls and acanthus scrolls. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. Centre of north portico, immediately east of the centre panel (8519).

Marine landscape with a three-sided villa and long porticoed building.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 9505.

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. East part of north wall of portico.

Priest reading ritual formulae from a papyrus scroll held in his hands.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 8925.

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. From east part of north portico. Naval scene.

It was part of an architectural panel, which was left in situ, probably due to its poor condition.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 8590.

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. East part of north wall of portico. Sacred landscape.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 9495.

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. From centre of north wall of portico.

Panel with architectural painting with naval scene and frieze of scrolls.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 8519.

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. From centre of north wall of portico. Detail of naval scene.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 8519.

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. Panel immediately left of the panel in the centre of the north portico.

Panel with architectural painting and sacred landscape scene.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 8518.

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. Panel immediately left of the panel in the centre of the north portico. Detail of sacred landscape scene.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 8518.

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. Naval scene. Found on architectural feature on west part of north wall.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 8554.

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. Sacred landscape found in second panel on the left of north portico.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 9475.

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. April 2019. West part of north portico.

Top is fresco with a continuous sequence of scrolls and acanthus scrolls.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 8553.

Large panel to the right is a naval scene in architectural setting.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 8529.  Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. 2010. West part of north portico.

Top is fresco with a continuous sequence of scrolls and acanthus scrolls.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 8553.

Large panel to the right is a naval scene in architectural setting.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 8529.

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. Naval scene. Found on feature on west part of north wall.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 8552.

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. 1819-1832. Painting by Gell of naval scene. Found on feature on west part of north wall.

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

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. On 1st March 1766, three fragments were found on the ground at the west end of the north portico.

According to P.P.M., these were reassembled to form a square on the upper part of the western section of the north wall.

In addition to the picture with landscape also preserved is part of the decorative context in which it was inserted.

The picture shows in the foreground a small island on which there is a building with two storeys of porticoes erected on a high podium and closed at the back by a row of cypress trees.

On the right, toward the shore, there are five cloaked figures and two others on the left, next to an ithyphallic statue. In the background are some arcaded buildings on stilts.

At the top of the fresco, resting on the picture frame, is a pediment with scrolls.

Below the picture frame is a dark red panel with the head of a goat.

To the side of the red panel is a tight garland on a white background.

The remarkable freshness of the colours and the legibility of the picture were probably the reasons that led the excavators to recover the three fragments.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 9490.

See Carratelli, G. P., 1990-2003. Pompei: Pitture e Mosaici: Vol. VIII. Roma: Istituto della enciclopedia italiana, p. 742.

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. April 2019. Extreme west part of the north portico. The painting is in a bad state of preservation.

It still shows the silhouette of the priest holding in one hand a palm branch and the other a bundle of herbs.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number MCCCXLIII.  Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. 2010. Extreme west part of the north portico. The painting is in a bad state of preservation.

It still shows the silhouette of the priest, with his skull shaved and dressed in a long white robe.

He is moving towards the right, holding in one hand a palm branch and the other a bundle of herbs.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number MCCCXLIII.

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. North part of the portico. Painting with peacocks, candelabra and landscape.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 8577.

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. North part of the portico. Painting with two peacocks perched on candelabra and with a landscape.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 8577.

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. Part of the portico? Painting with two peacocks perched on candelabra with a landscape below.

Upper part of the Temple of Isis, Pompeii.

This fresco features two peacocks perched on stylized chandeliers and, at the bottom, a picture with a landscape.

Now in the Museu Nacional/UFRJ Brazil.

Following the disastrous fire at the Museum on 3rd September 2018 this may have been destroyed.

Parte superior do Templo de Ísis, Pompéia.

Este afresco apresenta dois pavões empoleirados em candelabros estilizados e, na parte inferior, um quadro com uma paisagem.

See http://www.museunacional.ufrj.br/dir/exposicoes/arqueologia/culturas-mediterraneo/arqcmed013.html

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. Part of the portico? Painting with basket, two birds and a landscape.

In the upper part a basket is suspended between two garlands, possible allusion to one of the rites of the cult to Bacchus, in which sacred objects were transported in baskets.

At the bottom are two birds delicately landed in branches.

The frame with a landscape placed in the centre was added later, perhaps to fill the space then empty.

Now in the Museu Nacional/UFRJ Brazil.

Following the disastrous fire at the Museum on 3rd September 2018 this may have been destroyed.

Este afresco aproxima-se estilisticamente das pinturas de Herculanum e de Stabies. Apresenta na parte superior um cesto suspenso entre duas guirlandas, possível alusão a um dos ritos do culto a Baco, em que objetos sagrados eram transportados em cestos. Na parte inferior estão dois pássaros delicadamente pousados em ramagens. O quadro com uma paisagem colocado no centro foi acrescentado posteriormente, talvez para preencher o espaço então vazio.

See http://www.museunacional.ufrj.br/dir/exposicoes/arqueologia/culturas-mediterraneo/arqcmed004.html

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. April 2019. Water container decorated with medallions with themes of Isis.

Found in the north-east corner of the portico still connected to lead pipe with its stop key.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 78594. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. Water container decorated with themes of Isis.

Found in the north-east corner of the portico still connected to lead pipe with its stop key.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 78594.

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. Water container decorated with themes of Isis. Found in the north-east corner of the portico.

Similar containers are frequent both in Pompeii and Herculaneum even in private contexts, where, in the vast majority of cases, they are adorned with Roman subjects. Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 78594.

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. Water container decorated with themes of Isis. Found in the north-east corner of the portico.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 78594.

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. Water container decorated with themes of Isis. Found in the north-east corner of the portico.

Drawing by Giovanni Battista Casanova, engraved by Raffaele Aloja, showing flattened view of pattern.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number ADS 929.

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VIII.7.28 Pompeii. Lead water container decorated with themes of Isis. Found in the north-east corner of the portico.

Drawing by Giovanni Battista Casanova showing reconstruction of pattern.

The engraving depicts a lead cist decorated with medallions with the Isiac triad, man-headed bull, lovebirds and Uraeus (sacred asps) on the sides of a lotus flower.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number ADS 930.

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

VIII.7.28, Pompeii. May 2015. Looking towards north-west corner of the portico. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

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

VIII.7.28, Pompeii. August 2021. North-west corner of north portico with reproduction statue of Isis.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. May 2017.

North-west corner of portico with reproductions of the statue of Isis and a candelabra fresco. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VIII.7.28, Pompeii. April 2019.

North-west corner of portico with reproduction of the statue of Isis. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. May 2017. North-west corner of portico. Reproduction of the statue of Isis. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

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. Inventory number 9976.

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

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 9976.

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. April 2019. Detail of marble statue of Isis found in the north-east corner of the portico.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 9976. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. June 2019. Detail from marble statue of Isis found in the north-east corner of the portico.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 9976. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. June 2019. Detail from marble statue of Isis found in the north-east corner of the portico.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 9976. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

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

Marble pedestal from under statue of Isis with inscription recording its donation.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 9976.

L(VCIVS) CAECILIVS

PHOEBVS

POSVIT L(OCO) D(ATO) D(ECRETO) D(ECVRIONVM)       [CIL X 849]

According to Cooley this translates as

Lucius Caecilius Phoebus erected (this statue); space granted by decree of the town councillors.

See Cooley, A.E. and M.G.L., 2004, Pompeii, A Sourcebook, London and New York, Routledge, p. 87, no. E5.

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).

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