Isis-Fortuna between Lunus and Hesperus
Fresco from Pompeii (IX. 3. 15).CIL IV 882. Inv. No. 8836.Naples, National Archaeological Museum, Hall LXXVPhoto by Sergey Sosnovskiy
Isis-Fortuna between Lunus and Hesperus.
Fresco from Pompeii (IX. 3. 15).
CIL IV 882.
CIL IV 882.
Inv. No. 8836.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum, Hall LXXV
(Napoli, Museo archeologico nazionale, Sala LXXV).
Origin:
Pompeii, IX. III. 15, House of Philocalus, the north wall of a cubiculum, 1847, or, according to another version, IX. 3. 7, Shop of Philocalus, north wall.
Description:
Iside Fortuna alata, con la cornucopia e un sistro, tra Lunus a cavallo, con l’ascia nella sinistra e Hesperos con una lunga fiaccola.
Museum inscription (2008)
According to other versions, the rider is Helios or Harpocrates-Helios.
Above the garland at the top of the painting was a painted inscription (CIL IV 882), now partially lost, whose reading was long disputed:
P(h)ilo(ca)lus votum sol(vit) libe(n)s merito.
Credits:
(сс) 2008. Photo: Sergey Sosnovskiy (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Text: museum inscription to the fresco (1, 2).
2021. Add. information: https://www.pompeiiinpictures.com.
Text: museum inscription to the fresco (1, 2).
2021. Add. information: https://www.pompeiiinpictures.com.
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