Pompeii, its history, buildings, and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations, and also an itinerary for visitors . ostly monuments ofpublic magnificence. The annexed cut, from a terra-cottabas-relief, representing two men carrying an amphora, pro-bably served as the sign of a wine shop. Another, foundupon a shop which belonged to the baths, represents a goat,and is said, we know not with how much propriety, to havedenoted that the owner was a milkman. Both these signswere made of baked clay, and coloured; and
Pompeii, its history, buildings, and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations, and also an itinerary for visitors . ostly monuments ofpublic magnificence. The annexed cut, from a terra-cottabas-relief, representing two men carrying an amphora, pro-bably served as the sign of a wine shop. Another, foundupon a shop which belonged to the baths, represents a goat,and is said, we know not with how much propriety, to havedenoted that the owner was a milkman. Both these signswere made of baked clay, and coloured; and they wereformed in a mould, which seems a proof of their common POSITION OF POMPEII. 85 recurrence, and therefore furnishes some reason to supposethat they were emblems of some trade, not merely ensignsassumed at the whim of a tradesman. Near the Gate ofHerculaneum was a large statue of Priapus, supposed to haveindicated the shop of an amulet maker. The protectingcare which that deity exercised, not only over gardens butover the human frame, is notorious, and his image was con-stantly worn as a charm to keep off the evil eye. The esta-blishment of a fencing master, or keeper of gladiators, is. Bas-relief of a Goat over a ALUk-skop. marked by a rude painting of two persons fighting, while themaster looks on, holding a laurel crown; this is in the islandof the baths, opposite the west end of the Forum. In therecently discovered Street of the Lupanar an inn was denotedby the painted sign of an elephant. The catalogue may beclosed with a painting of one boy horsed on anothers back,undergoing a flagellation; an ominous indication to truantsand idlers that the schoolmaster was at home. Fountains were numerous both in the streets and houses ofPompeii, but it is not known by what means the city was soprofusely supplied with water. Being situated on a rock oflava, no springs of course could be found, and the inhabit-ants must have been completely dependent upon suppliesbrought from a d
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