From dmeadows@idirect.com Fri Sep 6 03:04:37 2002 Received: from mailscan5.cac.washington.edu (mailscan5.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.14]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW01.12/8.12.1+UW02.08) with SMTP id g86A4W97103842 for ; Fri, 6 Sep 2002 03:04:32 -0700 Received: FROM mxu4.u.washington.edu BY mailscan5.cac.washington.edu ; Fri Sep 06 03:04:32 2002 -0700 Received: from twiddle.look.ca (twiddle.look.ca [207.136.80.125]) by mxu4.u.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW01.12/8.12.1+UW02.06) with ESMTP id g86A4Vs8014464 for ; Fri, 6 Sep 2002 03:04:32 -0700 Received: from on-ham-a53-05-123.look.ca ([216.154.54.123]) by twiddle.look.ca with esmtp (Exim 4.05) id 17nFyW-0003Sh-00 for classics@u.washington.edu; Fri, 06 Sep 2002 06:04:29 -0400 Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2002 06:07:07 -0400 From: dmeadows@idirect.com X-Mailer: The Bat! (v1.60q) Personal Reply-To: dmeadows@idirect.com X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <742794543.20020906060707@idirect.com> To: classics@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: Market scenes in Roman art In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Salve, On Friday, September 6, 2002, 5:49:00 AM, "Dr. Thomas Rüfner" scripsit: > Dear list, > I have been asked for help by someone looking for a picture showing Roman > traders going about their business - to be used as an illustration in a text > book. I would greatly appreciate it if anyone on the list could provide me > with information on appropriate works - or with a reference to a book or web > site that could be helpful in finding Roman works of art depicting a given > subject. > Someone told me there was a mural from Pompeii showing a market scene, but I > have been unable to find obtain further information. > Many thanks in advance > Thomas Ruefner Presumably referring to this image: http://depthome.brooklyn.cuny.edu/classics/dunkle/romnlife/baking.htm which here is identified as a baker selling bread, although I've seen it elsewhere described as a politician handing out free bread ... dm ================================================================ David Meadows Libertas inaestimabilis res est. ================================================================ mailto:dmeadows@idirect.com http://www.atrium-media.com ================================================================ .