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

Excavated 1764, 1766 and from 1781. (Strada del Tempio d’Iside 2)

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VIII.7.28 Pompeii. May 2010. Entrance. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

 

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. May 2006. Entrance.

 

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. 1804. Drawing of view into entrance.

See Piranesi, F, 1804. Antiquites de la Grande Grece: Tome II. Paris: Piranesi and Le Blanc. (plate 61).

 

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. May 2006. Inscription to N Popidius N F Celsinus.

 

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. Inscription in honour of Numerius Popidius Celsinus:

N(VMERIVS) POPIDIVS N(VMERII) F(ILIVS) CELSINVS

AEDEM ISIDIS TERRAE MOTV CONLAPSAM

A FVNDAMENTO P(ECVNIA) S(VA) RESTITVIT. HVNC DECVRIONES OB LIBERALITATEM

CVM ESSET ANNORVM SEXS ORDINI SVO GRATIS ADLEGERVNT.

Numerius Popidius Celsinus, son of Numerius, at his own expense restored from its foundations the Temple of Isis, which had collapsed in the earthquake.

Because of his generosity, although he was six years old, the councillors enrolled him into their number without fee.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum.

See CIL X 846, and Cooley, A.E. and M.G.L., 2004, Pompeii, A Sourcebook, London and New York, Routledge, p. 31, no. C5.

 

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. May 2006. North east corner of colonnade from entrance.

 

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. North east corner of colonnade from entrance.

Photographed 1970-79 by Günther Einhorn, picture courtesy of his son Ralf Einhorn.

 

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. March 2009. Metal grid above a pit where the refuse from the sacrifices was put.

 

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. May 2010. Looking south west across temple from entrance.

Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

 

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. 1870. Looking south west across temple from entrance. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

 

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. Old postcard of unknown date. Looking south west across temple from entrance.

Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

 

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. 1854. View of the inside of the Temple of Isis.

See Niccolini F, 1854. Le case ed i monumenti di Pompei: Volume Primo. Napoli. (Tav. 1).

 

VIII.7.28 Pompeii. 1838. View of the inside of the Temple of Isis.

See Mazois, F., 1838. Les Ruines de Pompei: Quatrieme Partie. Paris: Didot Freres. (plate VIII).

 

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

 

 

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