Account of the Discoveries At Pompeii Communicated to the Society of Antiquari
Account of the Discoveries At Pompeii Communicated to the Society of Antiquari
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Fragments of columns.
F. F. Uncleared rubbilh over the city.
Plate VIII.
View of the ruins of the houfes on the right-hand fide of the ftreet as you enter the gate.
A. The firfl houfe was thought to have been an Inn. The bones of horfes were found in the flables ; and in the cellar large e^then vefl'els for wine.
Through flones of the foot-pavement B. B. B. Are holes bored, which probably ferved to pafs the halters of horfes or mules, while they ftood at the doors of the houfes.
C. The next hou...fe feemed, by what was found in the (hop, to have been that of an apothecary.
D. The Priapus, cut in floue, and placed in a niche on the outfide wall of this houfe, is called here the fign of the Brothel, which they fuppofe to have been kept in the houfe; but it has more probably been placed there in honour of the Deity fo called, in the fame manner as we fee frequently now, againft the houfes of this country, a' St, Francis, a St. Antony, &c. It is evident, from the very public fituation, that fuch a re- prefentation did not in thofe days convey any indecent idea.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Fragments of columns.
F. F. Uncleared rubbilh over the city.
Plate VIII.
View of the ruins of the houfes on the right-hand fide of the ftreet as you enter the gate.
A. The firfl houfe was thought to have been an Inn. The bones of horfes were found in the flables ; and in the cellar large e^then vefl'els for wine.
Through flones of the foot-pavement B. B. B. Are holes bored, which probably ferved to pafs the halters of horfes or mules, while they ftood at the doors of the houfes.
C. The next hou...fe feemed, by what was found in the (hop, to have been that of an apothecary.
D. The Priapus, cut in floue, and placed in a niche on the outfide wall of this houfe, is called here the fign of the Brothel, which they fuppofe to have been kept in the houfe; but it has more probably been placed there in honour of the Deity fo called, in the fame manner as we fee frequently now, againft the houfes of this country, a' St, Francis, a St. Antony, &c. It is evident, from the very public fituation, that fuch a re- prefentation did not in thofe days convey any indecent idea.
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