VIII.7.28 Pompeii. Temple of
Isis or Tempio di Iside.
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Sacrarium
VIII.7.28 Pompeii. July 2010. Irregular shaped sacred room. Looking east from west end.
This room is entered through the arched entrance in the south-west corner of the portico.
Mau referred to it as a sacred room and as the Hall of Initiation.
See Mau, A., 1907, translated by Kelsey F. W. Pompeii: Its Life and Art. New York: Macmillan. (p.170 and 181). Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
VIII.7.28 Pompeii. September 2015.
Looking west into the irregular shaped sacred room, through arched entrance in the south-west corner of the portico.
VIII.7.28 Pompeii. April 2019. Front parts of two marble feet found in the Sacrarium.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number s. n. 5. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
VIII.7.28 Pompeii. September 2015. Doorway in west wall of sacred room.
VIII.7.28 Pompeii. July 2010.
Looking towards south-west corner of the irregular shaped sacred room. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
VIII.7.28 Pompeii. July 2010. South wall in south-west corner. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
VIII.7.28 Pompeii. September 2015. West wall and north-west corner of the sacred room or Hall of initiation.
VIII.7.28 Pompeii. Sacrarium west wall as found on 9th November 1765.
Drawing by
Giovanni Battista Casanova and engraved by Nicola Fiorillo.
Isis and Osiris are seated between trees, among symbols such as a scarab, cobras and a lion.
According to PPM, it was already in poor condition, so much so that it was necessary for Canart to fix it with 60 nails.
See Carratelli,
G. P., 1990-2003. Pompei: Pitture e Mosaici: Vol. VIII. Roma: Istituto della enciclopedia
Italiana, p. 819.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 351737.
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VIII.7.28 Pompeii. West wall of sacrarium. Painting of god Osiris on a throne and with cobras.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 8927.
VIII.7.28 Pompeii. April 2019. West wall of sacrarium. Painting of god Osiris on a throne and with cobras.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 8927. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
VIII.7.28, Pompeii. May 2015.
Looking towards niche in north-west corner of the sacred room or Hall of initiation. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VIII.7.28 Pompeii. May 2017. Niche in north-west corner of the sacred room or Hall of initiation. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VIII.7.28 Pompeii. May 2017. Niche with reproduction pottery sphinx in north-west corner of the sacred room or Hall of initiation.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 22572.
Also in the niche is a reproduction marble statue of Venus Anadyomene (Venus drying her hair after a bath).
Found against the west wall of the portico in the south west corner.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 6298. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VIII.7.28 Pompeii. April 2019. Clay sphinx found in the Sacrarium.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 22572. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
VIII.7.28 Pompeii. September 2015. Niche on north wall of the sacred room.
VIII.7.28 Pompeii. July 2010. Irregular shaped sacred room. North wall.
Mau described a sacred room that seems to have been used for secret ceremonies.
It was entered from the portico by a narrow door which could be securely fastened.
On the north side is a niche that apparently formed part of a small shrine.
See Mau, A., 1907, translated by Kelsey F. W. Pompeii: Its Life and Art. New York: Macmillan. (Page 181).
The water filled plastic bottles are stabilisers for the lighting towers used in the large theatre. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
VIII.7.28 Pompeii. October 2023.
Niche set into north wall of irregular shaped sacred room. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VIII.7.28 Pompeii. July 2010.
Niche in north wall of irregular shaped sacred room. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
VIII.7.28 Pompeii. 18th century engraving by Giovanni Casanova of north wall of irregular shaped sacred room.
The decoration is conserved in several parts in Naples Museum.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 351779.
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VIII.7.28 Pompeii. April 2019. Ptolemaic era. Found in the niche on the north wall of the sacrarium.
Egyptian statue in faience representing a crouched male divinity covered in a mantle.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 430. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
VIII.7.28 Pompeii. Ptolemaic era. Found in the niche on the north wall of the sacrarium.
Egyptian statue in faience representing a crouched male divinity covered in a mantle.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 430.
VIII.7.28 Pompeii. Statuette of a squatting Egyptian male deity found in niche adjacent to the north wall of the Sacrarium.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 430.
VIII.7.28 Pompeii. April 2019. Arrangement of paintings from north wall of Sacrarium.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
VIII.7.28 Pompeii. April 2019. Found on north wall of the sacrarium. Painting of lion.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 8564. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
VIII.7.28 Pompeii. April 2019. Found on north wall of the sacrarium. Painting of sacred ibis.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 8562. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
VIII.7.28 Pompeii. Found on north wall of the sacrarium. Painting of sacred ibis.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 8562.
VIII.7.28 Pompeii. 1978. Found on north wall of the sacrarium.
Wall painting of sacred ibis. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 8562.
VIII.7.28 Pompeii. April 2019. Found on north wall of the sacrarium.
Ship of Isis, transporting Osiris, and busts of river (Nile?) gods.
Two serpents are moving towards a basket which has a crescent moon symbol on it.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 8929. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
VIII.7.28 Pompeii. Found on north wall of the sacrarium.
Ship of Isis, transporting Osiris, and busts of river (Nile?) gods.
Two serpents are moving towards a basket which has a crescent moon symbol on it.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 8929.
VIII.7.28 Pompeii. April 2019. Found on north wall of the sacrarium. Painting of Bes.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 8916. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
VIII.7.28 Pompeii. April 2019. Lower part of north wall of sacrarium. Painting of sacred cobra.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number MDXII. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
VIII.7.28 Pompeii. April 2019. Animal painting found on east wall of the sacrarium.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 8533.
See Carratelli, G.
P., 1990-2003. Pompei:
Pitture e Mosaici: Vol. VIII. Roma: Istituto della enciclopedia italiana, p. 817-8.
Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
VIII.7.28 Pompeii. April 2019. Painting of sacred bull found on east wall of sacrarium.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 8565. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
VIII.7.28 Pompeii. Three marble busts of women found in the Sacrarium.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory numbers 6285, 6284 and 6289.
VIII.7.28 Pompeii. Found in the sacrarium or Ekklesiasterion.
The Museum label says the Ekklesiasterion, but the Museum website says the sacrarium.
Ivory plaque of male figure with hands tied behind his back.
The presence of a wing, suggested by a ripple on the top-left margin, leads us to believe that this is a Cupid, represented according to the iconography of Eros punished, with the hands tied.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number s. n. 7.
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