Illustrations of school classics, arranged and described (1903)
Hill, George Francis, Sir, 1867-1948 · London, Macmillan · leaf 354
a -2 z e . a, F -i ANTIQUITIES 305 376. Scene at an inn.Wall painting from Pompeii.Of two women, to whom a servant brings drink, one saysHOC, the other NON MIA EST, to which the servantreplies QVI VOL, SVMAT. OCIIANE (not OCIINNE, as inthe illustration), VIINI, BIBII : i.e. thats it; it is notmine;… … On the left is a stall, the objects on which are probablysea-urchins ; in baskets below are shell-fish. Others havedescribed this stall as that of a fruiterer. In the centre isa boiling cauldron standing in a pan which holds the fire;the cook holds with a pair of tongs a vessel which he hasjust…
Classical antiquities
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