A guide to the exhibition illustrating Greek and Roman life (1920)
British Museum. Dept. of Greek and Roman Antiquities · London, British Museum · leaf 127
ame shelf as the pan for baking cakes, is abronze frying-pan (No. 322), with a spout at one corner. Insteadof butter, fat, or dripping, the Romans, like the inhabitants ofsouthern countries at the present day, were accustomed to use oil infrying. The shelf above the pans is occupied with ladles,… … Fig. 121. Bronze Candlestickfrom Syria (No. 317). 11G GREEK AND ROMAN LIFE. duck, swan, or dog. One wine dipper (No. 323) is hinged so as tofold for the pocket. On the next shelf above are two painted platesof about the beginning of the third century B.C. They belong to a well marked class (cf.…
Civilization, Greek and Roman · Classical antiquities
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