A guide to the exhibition illustrating Greek and Roman life (1920)
British Museum. Dept. of Greek and Roman Antiquities · London, British Museum · leaf 188
Fig. 210.—Wine being Decocted (No. 518). L. 1 ft. 9 in. vertical handle. This type of plough is exactly described by Virgilin the Geonjics.] The ploughman was followed by the sower, who is representedon the vase mentioned above (No. 514) with a basket from whichhe scatters the seed in the furrow.… … AGRICULTURE. 177 in the Case, from Lycia in Asia Minor (No. 515). Winnowing thegrain was accomplished either by means of a shovel or a basket ofpeculiar shape (Kucvov, vannus) ; on a terracotta relief in theMuseum (D 525, Case 75, Terracotta Room Annexe) the infantDionysos is being rocked in one of…
Civilization, Greek and Roman · Classical antiquities
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