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Description: | Sepia photograph taken from Savile's original glass plate negatives of the excavations at The Temple of Diana, Nemi, Italy in 1885. This image depicts 'N.E. angle of the "Artemisium," with Medieval enclosure and ruined chapel. (LLL on Plan).' This refers to the site plan. The image is bounded by a card border, on to which the label is stuck. The reverse of the image is stamped with the 'Corporation of Nottingham Art Museum' crest in purple ink, below it in pencil '5,' and below that in blue biro '= BM. Copy no 23,' referring to copies at The British Museum. See also NCM 1890-1357/9 which shows the same trench from a different angle. 'On opening a trench to the south outside the enclosure and consequently close to the entrance of the temple, a number of interesting objects in bronze were found, among them a large sacrificial ladle (NCM 1890-1355/636), the weight of a steelyard (NCM 1890-1355/657) and 36 bronze statuettes, several of considerable beauty, chiefly on nymphs or votaries of Diana, and one rude presentation of Diana Lucifera with a torch in one hand and a bow in the other and a quiver on her shoulder… The bronze sole of a sandal (NCM 1890-1355/680) was also found here and several large rings,’ possibly dog collars according to Prof. Henzen, or armlets. (Area L on the plan in Wallis’s catalogue).
Accession number: NCM 1890-1357/23 | Subjects: | religion stonework archaeology religious architecture Roman buildings mythology antiquities architecture health | Temporal: | 1885 | Source: | Nottingham City Museums and Galleries | Creator: | excavator/photographer Savile Lumley/Lord John | Identifier: | http://media.culturegrid.org.uk/mediaLib... | Go to resource |
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