Wanderings in the Roman campagna . A more detailed view of the triangular altar liefore the trapdoor marked A, B, C, D was lifted image of a young Isis, which I believe to l)e an originalEgyptian work worthy of having come out of one of thestudios of the Saitic school; while others consider it animitative work of the time of Hadrian. The statue (cut 17C WANDERINGS IN THE RO]VIAN CAMPAGNA in black basalt) must have been knocked off its altar orpedestal by a heavy blow on the forehead, disfiguringthe nose and the lips, and breaking the body into fiveor six pieces, which, however, were piously co
Wanderings in the Roman campagna . A more detailed view of the triangular altar liefore the trapdoor marked A, B, C, D was lifted image of a young Isis, which I believe to l)e an originalEgyptian work worthy of having come out of one of thestudios of the Saitic school; while others consider it animitative work of the time of Hadrian. The statue (cut 17C WANDERINGS IN THE RO]VIAN CAMPAGNA in black basalt) must have been knocked off its altar orpedestal by a heavy blow on the forehead, disfiguringthe nose and the lips, and breaking the body into fiveor six pieces, which, however, were piously collected bysome one and buried in the apse of one of the smallerchapels. I believe not one is missing. The finds described in the preceding paragraphs, in-teresting as they are from the archaeological point ofview, have been almost cast into oblivion by thosewhich have revealed to us some of the secrets of theplace. In the sancta sanctorum of the main chapel, withinthe high altar and right under the feet of the Jupiter-Baal, a hidi
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