VIII.7.29 Pompeii. Samnite
Palaestra or Palestra Sannitica.
Excavated 1747, 1768, 1797 and
1813. (Strada del Tempio d’Iside 1).
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VIII.7.29 Pompeii. March 2009. Entrance doorway.
VIII.7.29 Pompeii. September 2005. Entrance.
VIII.7.29 Pompeii. April 2019. Looking south from entrance. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
VIII.7.29
Pompeii. 2017/2018/2019. Looking south from entrance. Photo
courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
VIII.7.29 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking south from entrance.
VIII.7.29 Pompeii. March 2009. Small high niche or recess in east wall in south-east corner.
VIII.7.29 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking south-east from entrance.
VIII.7.29 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking south at east end.
VIII.7.29 Pompeii. April 2019. Looking south-west from entrance. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
VIII.7.29 Pompeii. May 2015. Looking south, from entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VIII.7.29 Pompeii. May 2015. Looking south from entrance doorway towards table, pedestal and steps. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
VIII.7.29 Pompeii. April 2019. Looking towards south-west end. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
VIII.7.29 Pompeii. Found 3rd June 1797. An important Samnite tablet was found embedded in one of the internal walls of this building.
VIII.7.29.
Area et porticus Vinicii. Un'importante lapide sannitica fu rinvenuta il 3
giugno 1797, incastrata una delle interne pareti di questo edifizio.
See Pappalardo,
U., 2001. La Descrizione di Pompei per Giuseppe Fiorelli (1875). Napoli:
Massa Editore. (p.135).
See De Jorio, A., 1836. Guida di Pompei. Napoli: Fibrena, tav. IV, 5.
This limestone tablet, (inv. 2542, Vetter 11), written in the Oscan alphabet, from right to left, reads –
“V(ibius) Adanus
(son of) Vibius left this money as inheritance to the Pompeian vereia. With
that money V(ibius) Vinicius (son of) M(araius), Pompeian quaestor, had this
building made by decree of the assembly. He himself approved”.
(“V(ibio) Adirano (figlio di) Vibio questo danaro
alla vereia pompeiana lasciò in testament. Con quel denaro V(ibio) Vinicio
(figlio di) M(araio), questore pompeiano, questo edificio per delibera
dell’assemblea fece si che si facesse. Egli stesso aprovò.”)
According to the information card in Naples Archaeological Museum –
“The Palestra Sannitica, behind the cavea of the Great Theatre and adjacent to the area of the Temple of Isis, is too small to have been a real gymnasium. It must rather have been a meeting place for the Pompeian vereia, which, in this period, had clearly become a civic institution under the control of the town authorities.”
(“Le Palestra Sannitica, alle spalle della cavea
del Teatro Grande, e adiacente all’area del Tempio di Iside, è troppo piccola
per essere un impianto sportivo vero e proprio: dovette piuttosto essere un
luogo di riunione della vereia pompeiana, chiaramente diventata un’istituzione
civica sottoposta al controllo delle autorità cittadine”.)
VIII.7.29 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking south-west.
VIII.7.29 Pompeii. September 2005. Looking south-west from entrance.
VIII.7.29 Pompeii. March 2009. Sarno Canal grating on north side.
VIII.7.29 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking east, along north side.
VIII.7.29 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking east along north side.
VIII.7.29 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking south-east.
VIII.7.29 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking north-east along south side.
VIII.7.29 Pompeii. March 2009. Looking north-east along south side.
VIII.7.29 Pompeii. April 2023.
Found at the foot of one of the columns on the south side.
Marble statue of Doryphorus (spear carrier) on display in “Campania Romana” gallery
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 6011.
Photo courtesy of
Giuseppe Ciaramella.
VIII.7.29 Pompeii. April 2023. Information description card. Photo courtesy
of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
VIII.7.29 Pompeii. April 2023.
Rear of marble statue of Doryphorus (spear carrier) on display in “Campania Romana” gallery
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 6011.
Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
VIII.7.29 Pompeii. Found at the foot of one of the columns on the south side.
Statue of the Doryphoros (lance- bearer), a Roman replica of the Greek masterpiece in bronze by Polycletus or Polycleitus. (450 B.C.).
See Mau, A., 1907, translated by Kelsey F. W. Pompeii: Its Life and Art. New York: Macmillan. (p.166-7).
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 6011.
VIII.7.29 Pompeii. Found at the foot of one of the columns on the south side.
Statue of the Doryphoros of Polycletus or Polycleitus.
See Mau, A., 1907, translated by Kelsey F. W. Pompeii: Its Life and Art. New York: Macmillan. (p.166-7).
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 6011.
VIII.7.29 Pompeii. March 2009. North side of table, pedestal and steps, on south side of the Colonnade.
VIII.7.29 Pompeii. March 2009. East side of table, pedestal and steps on south side of the Colonnade.