II.7.9 Pompeii. Palaestra or
Palestra.
Excavated 1814 to 1816, 1933 and 1935 to 1939.
(Originally when excavated, this was numbered as Reg. II, Insula 10).
II.7.9 Pompeii. June 2019. Looking west across pool towards
entrance, in centre. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
II.7.3 Pompeii. Palaestra. May 2010.
View of west side and Piscina or swimming pool, from entrance doorway at II.7.3. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
II.7.3 Pompeii. Palaestra. December 2006. Looking towards west side and Piscina or swimming pool.
II.7.3 Pompeii. 1970.
Looking across from II.7.3 towards II.7.9 on west side. 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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II.7.9 Pompeii. June 2019. Looking south-west across palestra
towards entrance. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
II.7 Pompeii. Palaestra. December 2006. Looking towards entrance at II.7.9 on west side.
II.7.9 Pompeii. 1972.
Looking west across palestra towards altar against west wall. 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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Palaestra Pompeii. 1970.
Looking across casts of tree-roots towards north-west side, with II.7.9 on left. 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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II.7.9 Pompeii. Palaestra. July 2021. Looking north along west side.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
II.7 Pompeii. June 2019. Looking east from west side near II.7.9.
Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
II.7 Pompeii. June 2019. Stone block. Photo courtesy of Buzz
Ferebee.
II.7. Pompeii.
April 2022. Looking east across palaestra towards area of swimming pool. Photo
courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
II.7 Pompeii. August 2021. Looking east across palestra towards
pool and amphitheatre. Photo courtesy of Robert Hanson.
II.7 Pompeii. June 2019. Looking east across palestra from doorway
at II.7.9. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
II.7.9 Pompeii. December 2006. Looking east across palestra.
II.7.9 Pompeii. Palaestra. December 2006. Looking east across pool in palestra towards amphitheatre.
II.7.9 Pompeii. Palaestra. July 2021. Looking north along west side near II.7.9.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
II.7.9 Pompeii. Palaestra. July 2021. Looking north-west across area.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
II.7.9 Pompeii. Palaestra. April 2022. Exhibition of items from Oplontis, held in the Palaestra. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
II.7.9 Pompeii. Palaestra. Some items on display
in exhibition in Palaestra entitled – “L’altra Pompei, vite comuni all’ombra
del Vesuvio”.
March 2024.
No.3 – Bronze wall sconces with theatre masks, from Pompeii.
No.4 – Terracotta theatre masks (2), from Pompeii.
No.5 – Plaque with theatre masks from I.9.13.
No.6 – Oil lamp with theatre masks from I.9.9.
No.7 – Bronze statuette of an actor from I.8.17.
No.8 – Bronze cymbals from Pompeii.
No.9 – Oil lamp with Pan from I.13.2.
Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
II.7.9 Pompeii. Palaestra. Rear of above cabinet, on display in exhibition in Palaestra entitled – “L’altra Pompei, vite comuni all’ombra del Vesuvio”. March 2024.
On left, No.8 – Bronze cymbals from Pompeii.
In centre, rear of No.7 - Bronze statuette of an actor from I.8.17.
On right, No.4 – one of two Terracotta theatre masks from Pompeii.
Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
II.7.9 Pompeii. On display in exhibition in Palaestra entitled – “L’altra Pompei, vite comuni all’ombra del Vesuvio”. March 2024.
Detail of No.4 - Terracotta theatre masks (2) Pompeii – provenance not known, but from Pompeii. (Ist century AD).
Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
II.7.9 Pompeii. Palaestra.
On display in exhibition in Palaestra entitled – “L’altra Pompei, vite comuni all’ombra del Vesuvio”. March 2024.
Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
No.3, lower left – Bronze wall sconces with theatre masks, provenance not known, but from Pompeii. (Ist century AD).
No.4 – Terracotta theatre masks Pompeii – provenance not known, but from Pompeii. (Ist century AD).
No.5 – Plaque with theatre masks, (Ist century BC – Ist century AD), from I.9.13.
No.6 (number hidden, but beneath No.7) – Oil lamp with theatre masks, from I.9.9.
On display in exhibition in Palaestra entitled –
“L’altra Pompei, vite comuni all’ombra del Vesuvio”.
II.7.9 Pompeii. Palaestra. March 2024. Photo
courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
On display in exhibition in Palaestra entitled –
“L’altra Pompei, vite comuni all’ombra del Vesuvio”.
No.6 – Oil lamp with theatre masks (1st century AD), from I.9.9.
No.7 – Bronze statuette of an actor (1st century AD), from I.8.17.
No.8 – Bronze cymbals (1st century AD), provenance not known but from Pompeii.
No.9 – Oil lamp with Pan (1st century AD), from I.13.2.
II.7.9 Pompeii. Palaestra. March 2024.
Information card for a cabinet on display in exhibition in Palaestra entitled
– “L’altra Pompei, vite comuni all’ombra del
Vesuvio”. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
(for items with a specific provenance, see those locations).
II.7.9 Pompeii. Palaestra. March 2024. Display stand and items on display in exhibition in Palaestra entitled
– “L’altra Pompei, vite comuni all’ombra
del Vesuvio”. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
II.7.9 Pompeii. Palaestra. March 2024. Information card for display cabinet. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
(for items with a specific provenance, see those locations).
II.7.9 Pompeii. Palaestra. March 2024.
Display case in exhibition in Palaestra. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
II.7.9 Pompeii. Palaestra. March 2024.
Information
card for display cabinet. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
II.7.9 Pompeii. Palaestra. March 2024.
Items in display case in exhibition entitled – “L’altra Pompei, vite comuni all’ombra del Vesuvio”. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
No.1, 2 and 3, on right – from the Isiac Lararium at Civita Giuliana, Imperial Villa.
No. 4, on left, Statuettes of Isis/Fortuna, from Villa della Pisanella, Boscoreale.
No. 5, centre rear – Hand of Sabazios, from Magic Rites Complex, II.1.12 Pompeii.
No. 6, rear left – Statuette of Attis, from II.1.3 Pompeii.
II.7.9 Pompeii. Palaestra. March 2024.
Items in display case in exhibition entitled – “L’altra Pompei, vite comuni all’ombra del Vesuvio”. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
II.7.9 Pompeii. Palaestra. March 2024.
Information
card of items in display cabinet. Photo courtesy of
Giuseppe Ciaramella.
II.7.9 Pompeii. On display in exhibition in Palaestra entitled – “L’altra Pompei, vite comuni all’ombra del Vesuvio”. March 2024.
Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
1 - Bust of young satyr, Terracotta, First half of 1st century BC., from Doric temple, VIII.7.31.
1
- (Busto di giovane satiro, Terracotta, prima meta I sec. a.C. Tempio
Dorico. VIII.7.31.)
2
– 7 Iron farming tools (Strumenti agricoli i ferro) – See description card
below (Vedi la scheda descrittiva qui sotto).
II.7.9
Pompeii. Palaestra. March 2024. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Information card of items in display cabinet from –
Doric Temple, Gragnano, villa near Carmiano, and Sant’Antonio Abate, villa in the locality of Cala Salese.
On display in exhibition entitled – “L’altra Pompei, vite comuni all’ombra del Vesuvio”.
II.7.9 Pompeii. March 2024. Looking towards display from the slaves’ room, Civita Giuliana, in exhibition in the Palaestra entitled –
“L’altra
Pompei, vite comuni all’ombra del Vesuvio”. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
II.7.9 Pompeii. Palaestra. July 2021. Looking west towards entrance doorway at II.7.9, centre right.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
II.7.9 Pompeii. Palaestra. July 2021. Looking west towards altar.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
II.7.9 Pompeii. June 2019. Looking towards west wall with altar.
Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
II.7.9 Pompeii. June 2019. Looking towards
altar against west wall, and doorway at II.7.9. Photo courtesy of Buzz
Ferebee.
II.7.9 Pompeii. June 2019.
Looking towards altar against west wall, and doorway at II.7.9
leading west. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
II.7.9 Pompeii. June 2019. Marble base at south end of altar.
Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
II.7.9 Pompeii. June 2019. Marble base at north end of altar.
Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
II.7.9 Pompeii. June 2019. Looking south from north end of altar.
Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
II.7.9 Pompeii. June 2019. Looking south from north end of altar.
Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
II.7.9 Pompeii. June 2019. Looking north from south end of altar.
Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
II.7.9 Pompeii. June 2019. Looking north at remains of
marble clad base against west wall. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
II.7.9 Pompeii. Palaestra. December 2006. Looking north at remains of marble clad altar base against west wall.
II.7.9 Pompeii. Palaestra. December 2006. Looking south to north-west exterior corner in vicolo, with II.9.1, on right.
II.7.9 Pompeii. Palaestra. October 2023.
Entrance doorway
looking east from vicolo. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
II.7.9 Pompeii. Palaestra. December 2006. Entrance doorway looking east from vicolo.
II.7.9 Pompeii. Palaestra. December 2006. Looking south through doorway into other rooms at II.7.9a.
Via della Palestra between II.8 and II.9. June 2019.
Looking west from doorway at II.7.9, towards Via di Nocera. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
II.7.9 Pompeii. Palaestra. Found May 15 1936. Silver cup with scenes of the cult of Isis found in Palaestra.
One of two (6044 and 6045) found near the body of a man in the Palestra, possibly an initiate of the Isis cult.
According to the Naples Archaeological Museum web site, the scene depicts the cult of Isis.
A bald priest is carrying a container (urnula) holding sacred water from the Nile to Isis.
The goddess is depicted with her head facing backwards.
Isis holds a sistrum in one arm, which is raised and bent, while with the other arm, held by her side, she holds a situla.
On the pedestal is the bull Apis, while on another base is the crocodile Sobek, who holds an oinochoe (jug).
Between the two is an altar.
These two cups represent an example of sacred, rather than household, furnishings.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 6044.
II.7.9 Pompeii. Palaestra. Found May 15th 1936. Silver cup with scenes of the cult of Isis.
One of two (6044 and 6045) found near the body of a man in the Palaestra, possibly an initiate of the Isis cult.
The goddess is depicted here with her head facing backwards.
Isis holds a sistrum in one arm, which is raised and bent, while with the other arm, held by her side, she holds a situla.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 6044.
The second silver cup (6045), not pictured here, shows a bald priest carrying a container (urnula), holding sacred water from the Nile, to the goddess Isis.
Isis carries in her bent arm a statuette of the Falcon god Seker or Sokaris, depicted standing on a small base.
In front of her, on an altar, there is a vase upon which there is the god Horus.
An arch supported by naked Caryatids, through which it is possible to see a series of steps with palms representing the sacred area, completes the scene.
These two cups represent an example of sacred, rather than household, furnishings.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 6045.
II.7.9 Pompeii. Palaestra. December 2006. Looking north-east.
II.7.9 Pompeii. Palaestra. 1972. Looking north-east. 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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II.7.9, Pompeii, 4th December 1971. Looking south towards II.7.9,
left of centre, on west side of Palaestra.
Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer, from Dr George Fay’s slides
collection.