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Gell, William; Gandy, John P.
Pompeiana: the topography, edifices and ornaments of Pompeii (Band 2) — London, 1824

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POMPEIANA. 251

over the door, in stucco relievo, is a vase, with a
figure on each side, in the act of adoration. Before
this building was the only altar upon which sacrifice
had been offered ; its top was burnt, and the bones
of the victims remained; while the wall of the
adjoining building was discoloured with the smoke.
Opposite this is the place for depositing the ashes of
the victims.
There are several other altars, or pedestals, within this
enclosure: on two, flanking the steps which ascend
to the temple, were found the basalt Isiac tables,
with hieroglyphics, now in the Royal Museum.
The area, in the midst of which the temple is placed, is
surrounded by a covered portico of brick columns,
of a species of Doric order, stuccoed. At their
bases runs a gutter, to convey away the water
falling from the roof. In an angle, a beautiful
marble statue, about two feet high, of Isis, was dis-
covered upon its pedestall. The drapery was
painted a tender purple, and some parts were gilt.
She held a sistrum of bronze in the right hand; in
her left, the Egyptian symbol,—the key of the
sluices of the Nile. In a niche was also found a
statue, usual to such temples, Harpocrates, his fore
finger upon bis lip. Varro says, such statues were
in all temples of Isis, to admonish that silence was

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