- Classical Archaeology, Pompeii (Archaeology), Instrumentum domesticum, Pompeii, Roman Domestic Space, Roman Pottery, Roman Small Finds, and 9 moreRoman Bronze Vessels, Roman Archaeology, Roman Women, Domestic Space, Material Culture & Materiality, Archaeology of Roman Religion, Roman Jewellery, Greco-Roman cosmetics, and Landscape Archaeologyedit
- Currently I am director of the Finnish Institute in Rome (Institutum Romanum Finlandiae), leading a research project ... moreCurrently I am director of the Finnish Institute in Rome (Institutum Romanum Finlandiae), leading a research project on emotive, sensorial and material approaches to living with nature in ancient Rome, in particular, on nature-culture intefaces in domestic space. In general, my research interests focus on Pompeii, gender archaeology, archaeology of Roman domestic space and domestic objects, materiality and functions of everyday objects, and Roman mirrors.edit
The present paper offers a series of case studies on statuettes, plastic vases and lamps from Ostia antica, studied in the framework of the project “Segregated or Integrated? Living and Dying in the Harbour City of Ostia, 300 BCE – 700... more
The present paper offers a series of case studies on statuettes, plastic vases and lamps from Ostia antica, studied in the framework of the project “Segregated or Integrated? Living and Dying in the Harbour City of Ostia, 300 BCE – 700 CE”, that has examined the cultural forms of coexistence of Roman and non-Roman inhabitants of the harbour city. This article focuses on the grotesque and sexualized representations of foreigners in minor arts, and analyses their uses and meanings as apotropaia. The discussion starts with a series of Priapus’ herms, continues with phallic lamps in human form and a statuette of so-called pseudo-Baubo of Egyptian origin. In the second part, a particular erotic lamp, imported to Ostia from the Athenian workshop of Preimos, and probably found in a funerary context, is analysed more in detail.
Abstract From the bars and inns (thermopolia, cauponae, and hospitia) of Roman Pompeii, destroyed in the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 CE, a variety of different types of jewellery has been found. The bars have been excavated both inside the... more
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From the bars and inns (thermopolia, cauponae, and hospitia) of Roman Pompeii, destroyed in the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 CE, a variety of different types of jewellery has been found. The bars have been excavated both inside the perimeter of the ancient city and in its harbour suburb. In particular, the complete gold parure found in a river-side caupona at Moregine (building B), featuring body-chains, bracelets and anklets, gives rise to the hypothesis that this kind of parure of abundant gold jewellery, plausibly worn on the nude body, may have been less typically owned by elite matrons, and been more distinctive of sub-elite women working in bars, and even connected with sex work. This hypothesis is tested by questioning the multiple multisensorial ways in which jewellery could attract attention to the wearer’s body and, concomitantly, signal non-elite status. Among the more ephemeral and rarely considered features are the visibility of the jewellery, depending not only on its dimensions and material, but on its placing on intimate areas of the body, its mobility, and perhaps also the tinkling sounds produced by its movements. As a conclusion, a connection can be conjectured between abundant use of jewellery of high visual impact, auditive qualities referring to dance, and the hospitality business in the inns of Pompeii.
Keywords: Pompeii, jewellery, anklets, body-chains, thermopolia
From the bars and inns (thermopolia, cauponae, and hospitia) of Roman Pompeii, destroyed in the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 CE, a variety of different types of jewellery has been found. The bars have been excavated both inside the perimeter of the ancient city and in its harbour suburb. In particular, the complete gold parure found in a river-side caupona at Moregine (building B), featuring body-chains, bracelets and anklets, gives rise to the hypothesis that this kind of parure of abundant gold jewellery, plausibly worn on the nude body, may have been less typically owned by elite matrons, and been more distinctive of sub-elite women working in bars, and even connected with sex work. This hypothesis is tested by questioning the multiple multisensorial ways in which jewellery could attract attention to the wearer’s body and, concomitantly, signal non-elite status. Among the more ephemeral and rarely considered features are the visibility of the jewellery, depending not only on its dimensions and material, but on its placing on intimate areas of the body, its mobility, and perhaps also the tinkling sounds produced by its movements. As a conclusion, a connection can be conjectured between abundant use of jewellery of high visual impact, auditive qualities referring to dance, and the hospitality business in the inns of Pompeii.
Keywords: Pompeii, jewellery, anklets, body-chains, thermopolia
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The starting point of this discussion are two identical bronze amphorae held in the storerooms of the Archaeological Museum of Naples which were recently identified as part of the original furnishings of the House of M. Lucretius on the... more
The starting point of this discussion are two identical bronze amphorae held in the storerooms of the Archaeological Museum of Naples which were recently identified as part of the original furnishings of the House of M. Lucretius on the Via Stabia in Pompeii. This pair of vases gives rise to a more substantial analysis of the use of vase pairs in the Roman culture, in particular twin vessels for pouring liquids, amphorae and jugs which were commonly present during Roman banqueting services. First, the Pompeian bronze jugs, which were found together in identical couples, are mapped and analysed typologically, on the basis of S. Tassinari’s publication on Pompeian bronzes. Secondly, their symbolical significance and practical functions will be discussed. It is possible that these jugs were exhibited symmetrically on the cartibulum table in the atrium on special occasions, together with the all the most prestigious argentum potorium of the house, echoing the axial and symmetrical architecture of the domus itself. Hypothetically, they could also have been used in performative ways during the banquet in a specular serving choreography, thus mirroring the symmetry of the triclinium setting.
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The article discusses the various practical and amuletic functions of Roman decorated hairpins and includes the catalogue of the bone hairpins with figurative finials from Pompeii.
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This paper discusses Roman gold jewels as markers of status. The study focuses on bracelets consisting of a chain carrying a series of hemispherical hollow gold beads. These are considered to be among the most iconic jewels worn by the... more
This paper discusses Roman gold jewels as markers of status. The study focuses on bracelets consisting of a chain carrying a series of hemispherical hollow gold beads. These are considered to be among the most iconic jewels worn by the well-to-do matrons of the Vesuvian area, where 28 specimens of such jewels have been unearthed, mostly found in couples. However, of their find contexts, only three are larger elite domus, and on the contrary, six can be interpreted as sub-elite taverns or inns. Two find contexts are small urban houses and two suburban villae. Others were carried by fugitives or come from unidentified contexts.
Furthermore, an alternative reading suggests that these relatively long, heavy and flexible chains, closable with a clasp, may have been anklets rather than bracelets. Accepting this hypothesis radically changes their social significance, as anklets were not jewels typically worn by elite matrons. Instead, the provenience of many such jewels from tavern and thermopolium contexts is compatible with more subaltern and meretrician connotations. In conclusion, this paper proposes to distinguish a Roman ‘matronly parure’ of gold jewellery concentrating around the areas of the head and hands, and the ‘Venerean parure’, consisting of gold jewels worn on the nude body, upper arms and legs.
Furthermore, an alternative reading suggests that these relatively long, heavy and flexible chains, closable with a clasp, may have been anklets rather than bracelets. Accepting this hypothesis radically changes their social significance, as anklets were not jewels typically worn by elite matrons. Instead, the provenience of many such jewels from tavern and thermopolium contexts is compatible with more subaltern and meretrician connotations. In conclusion, this paper proposes to distinguish a Roman ‘matronly parure’ of gold jewellery concentrating around the areas of the head and hands, and the ‘Venerean parure’, consisting of gold jewels worn on the nude body, upper arms and legs.
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Abstract The grain measure modius was not only an important instrument of Roman economy, it was also an efficient visual symbol of international commerce. Even though only a few modii have been preserved in the archaeological record,... more
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The grain measure modius was not only an important instrument of Roman economy, it was also
an efficient visual symbol of international commerce. Even though only a few modii have been
preserved in the archaeological record, their pictorial representations are relatively numerous:
in this article, 22 depictions of modii from Ostia are discussed. The images of modii clearly
depict vessels of variable size and form; not only the standard capacity unit (8.7 l), but also its
multiples and fractions.
In the Piazzale delle Corporazioni, modii are depicted in the mosaics of 12 stationes, and they
can be divided into three main types:
1) Small (h. 30–45 cm), handle-less containers (stationes 5, 21, 38, 56), that in two cases appear
as twin vessels of slightly different size (stationes 21, 38). Such twin vessels are often found in
depictions of bakeries, and probably refer to retail trade of various products, not only grain.
2) Large containers (h. 60–100 cm) with handles, similar to the barrel depicted in the mosaic
of the Aula dei Misuratori del Grano, containing at least 10 modii (stationes 7, 17, 53, 55), and
probably referring to bulk imports of grain.
3) Smaller vessels with quadrangular, solid handles, decorated with a rectangular shape and
two white dots (stationes 33, 34). One of these belongs to the navicularii of Curubis in Tunis. In
consequence, such images do not depict the Imperial standard modius shown on Roman coins,
but the individual measuring vessels that were also emblems of the foreign trading guilds.
The grain measure modius was not only an important instrument of Roman economy, it was also
an efficient visual symbol of international commerce. Even though only a few modii have been
preserved in the archaeological record, their pictorial representations are relatively numerous:
in this article, 22 depictions of modii from Ostia are discussed. The images of modii clearly
depict vessels of variable size and form; not only the standard capacity unit (8.7 l), but also its
multiples and fractions.
In the Piazzale delle Corporazioni, modii are depicted in the mosaics of 12 stationes, and they
can be divided into three main types:
1) Small (h. 30–45 cm), handle-less containers (stationes 5, 21, 38, 56), that in two cases appear
as twin vessels of slightly different size (stationes 21, 38). Such twin vessels are often found in
depictions of bakeries, and probably refer to retail trade of various products, not only grain.
2) Large containers (h. 60–100 cm) with handles, similar to the barrel depicted in the mosaic
of the Aula dei Misuratori del Grano, containing at least 10 modii (stationes 7, 17, 53, 55), and
probably referring to bulk imports of grain.
3) Smaller vessels with quadrangular, solid handles, decorated with a rectangular shape and
two white dots (stationes 33, 34). One of these belongs to the navicularii of Curubis in Tunis. In
consequence, such images do not depict the Imperial standard modius shown on Roman coins,
but the individual measuring vessels that were also emblems of the foreign trading guilds.
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This paper discusses female toiletry items found in seven Pompeian houses, which all contain two distinct deposits of such objects; one, presumably, in storage, and the other in its place of use. The placing of the latter, mostly... more
This paper discusses female toiletry items found in seven Pompeian houses, which all contain two distinct deposits of such objects; one, presumably, in storage, and the other in its place of use. The placing of the latter, mostly collocated in oeci flanking the tablinum, is analysed as an indication of the locus of female space in the Roman house.
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Research Interests: Pompeii (Archaeology), Roman Iconography, Pompeii, Gender and sexuality (Roman), Roman Wall Painting, and 6 moreHermaphrodite, Hermaphrodite, Salmakis, Hermaphrodites History, The Linguistic Expression of Feminine Gender In English-into-Romance Translation, Ancient Greek and Roman Hermaphroditism and Transgenderism, and Hermaphroditos
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ISBN 978-3-902666-74-1
ISBN 978-3-902666-74-1
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Research Interests: Pompeii (Archaeology), Ancient Graffiti (Archaeology), Roman Glass, Roman Bronze Vessels, Roman Sculpture, and 8 moreInstrumentum domesticum, Roman Economy and Society - Pompeii, Pompeii, Roman Domestic Space, Roman Domus, Pompeii (History of excavations), Roman medical equipment, Roman household, and Roman Archaeology
The subject of the study is the classical Latin concept'mundus muliebris', usually translated simply as women's toiletry items. The task of the research is, on one hand, to find a more... more
The subject of the study is the classical Latin concept'mundus muliebris', usually translated simply as women's toiletry items. The task of the research is, on one hand, to find a more accurate and comprehensive literary definition for the concept as used in the early ...
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The digital presentation and posters can be found on the conference web site.
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The digital presentation and posters can be found on the conference web site.
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Sesto seminario Ostiense, Ostie-Portus, hub de l'empire romain, 10-11/4/2019, École Française de Rome & Parco Archeologico di Ostia Antica... more
Sesto seminario Ostiense, Ostie-Portus, hub de l'empire romain, 10-11/4/2019, École Française de Rome & Parco Archeologico
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https://www.ostiaantica.beniculturali.it/ups/2019/06/14/20190531-riassunti-sesto-seminario-doc000614.pdf
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https://www.ostiaantica.beniculturali.it/ups/2019/06/14/20190531-riassunti-sesto-seminario-doc000614.pdf
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In this paper fifteen artifact assemblages containing an exceptionally large number of female toiletry items, found in Pompeian houses, are presented and analyzed in their wider architectonic and cultural context.
7th Arachne Conference Women, Power and Agency in Antiquity, Tampere, Finland, 22-24 October 2014 Ria Berg Institutum Romanum Finlandiae Custos domi – Women as managers in Roman domestic economy This paper will concentrate on... more
7th Arachne Conference
Women, Power and Agency in Antiquity, Tampere, Finland, 22-24 October 2014
Ria Berg
Institutum Romanum Finlandiae
Custos domi – Women as managers in Roman domestic economy
This paper will concentrate on the female role in Roman domestic economy, and discuss, in particular, women as managers of the economies of private households and, below the elite, small scale economic enterprises, such as shops. Women are often described in Roman funerary eulogy and in funerary inscriptions as guardians of the household, with the definition custos domi and its variants. Rather than a generic praising remark, on basis on other literary, epigraphic and iconographic sources, I interpret this epithet as a concrete economic role, typical of the mater familias of a household. The epithet custos domi would define matrona as an important agent in the management of daily economic activities of the household, responsible for the influx, conservation and distribution of goods that maintained the vital activities of the family. These would have included, importantly, the compilation of account books and other documents that exercised control over all economic movements of the household or a small scale business. The particular organization of the Roman household, as a large scale storage system, where the objects were in continuous movement between the place of use and the closed room or cupboard where they were stored, made the role of the controller of this movement particularly important. As further evidence for this key role in the domestic economy I will discuss the series of images portraying women, in particular below the elite status, with tabulae ceratae and styli in their hands, in domestic or shop contexts.
Women, Power and Agency in Antiquity, Tampere, Finland, 22-24 October 2014
Ria Berg
Institutum Romanum Finlandiae
Custos domi – Women as managers in Roman domestic economy
This paper will concentrate on the female role in Roman domestic economy, and discuss, in particular, women as managers of the economies of private households and, below the elite, small scale economic enterprises, such as shops. Women are often described in Roman funerary eulogy and in funerary inscriptions as guardians of the household, with the definition custos domi and its variants. Rather than a generic praising remark, on basis on other literary, epigraphic and iconographic sources, I interpret this epithet as a concrete economic role, typical of the mater familias of a household. The epithet custos domi would define matrona as an important agent in the management of daily economic activities of the household, responsible for the influx, conservation and distribution of goods that maintained the vital activities of the family. These would have included, importantly, the compilation of account books and other documents that exercised control over all economic movements of the household or a small scale business. The particular organization of the Roman household, as a large scale storage system, where the objects were in continuous movement between the place of use and the closed room or cupboard where they were stored, made the role of the controller of this movement particularly important. As further evidence for this key role in the domestic economy I will discuss the series of images portraying women, in particular below the elite status, with tabulae ceratae and styli in their hands, in domestic or shop contexts.
XVIII Congresso Associazione Internazionale di Archeologia Classica, Centre and Periphery in the Ancient World, Merida 13-17.5.2013 The paper discusses the organization of objects in Pompeian houses. Most studies on artefacts in domestic... more
XVIII Congresso Associazione Internazionale di Archeologia Classica, Centre and Periphery in the Ancient World, Merida 13-17.5.2013
The paper discusses the organization of objects in Pompeian houses. Most studies on artefacts in domestic contexts concentrate on identifying room functions, labelling objects that are ‘incoherent’ with the supposed room function as disorder. Often the most representative areas, such as triclinia, are found empty, and the highest number of finds is concentrated in one small room, that could be called the “principal deposit” of the house, mostly a modest cubiculum. Reading of Latin authors reveals that this may have been compatible with the Roman mentality of storage: household objects left in their places of use may have been experienced as disorder, and their safekeeping locked in cupboards or small closable rooms, in mixed arrays, order. Storing the utensils, when not in use, away from activity areas would be an efficient strategy to safeguard them in a house permeated with the presence of more or less reliable slaves.
The paper discusses the organization of objects in Pompeian houses. Most studies on artefacts in domestic contexts concentrate on identifying room functions, labelling objects that are ‘incoherent’ with the supposed room function as disorder. Often the most representative areas, such as triclinia, are found empty, and the highest number of finds is concentrated in one small room, that could be called the “principal deposit” of the house, mostly a modest cubiculum. Reading of Latin authors reveals that this may have been compatible with the Roman mentality of storage: household objects left in their places of use may have been experienced as disorder, and their safekeeping locked in cupboards or small closable rooms, in mixed arrays, order. Storing the utensils, when not in use, away from activity areas would be an efficient strategy to safeguard them in a house permeated with the presence of more or less reliable slaves.
The paper discusses the organization of objects in Pompeian houses. Most studies on artefacts in domestic contexts concentrate on identifying room functions, labelling objects that are ‘incoherent’ with the supposed room function as disorder. Often the most representative areas, such as triclinia, are found empty, and the highest number of finds is concentrated in one small room, that could be called the “principal deposit” of the house, mostly a modest cubiculum. Reading of Latin authors reveals that this may have been compatible with the Roman mentality of storage: household objects left in their places of use may have been experienced as disorder, and their safekeeping locked in cupboards or small closable rooms, in mixed arrays, order. Storing the utensils, when not in use, away from activity areas would be an efficient strategy to safeguard them in a house permeated with the presence of more or less reliable slaves.
The paper discusses the organization of objects in Pompeian houses. Most studies on artefacts in domestic contexts concentrate on identifying room functions, labelling objects that are ‘incoherent’ with the supposed room function as disorder. Often the most representative areas, such as triclinia, are found empty, and the highest number of finds is concentrated in one small room, that could be called the “principal deposit” of the house, mostly a modest cubiculum. Reading of Latin authors reveals that this may have been compatible with the Roman mentality of storage: household objects left in their places of use may have been experienced as disorder, and their safekeeping locked in cupboards or small closable rooms, in mixed arrays, order. Storing the utensils, when not in use, away from activity areas would be an efficient strategy to safeguard them in a house permeated with the presence of more or less reliable slaves.
L’ insula IX 3, in cui si trova la casa di M. Lucrezio, è stata dal 2001 oggetto di studi e scavi da parte dell’Università di Helsinki. La scrivente si occupa dei vecchi reperti venuti alla luce nel 1847 nello scavo originale della casa.... more
L’ insula IX 3, in cui si trova la casa di M. Lucrezio, è stata dal 2001 oggetto di studi e scavi da parte dell’Università di Helsinki. La scrivente si occupa dei vecchi reperti venuti alla luce nel 1847 nello scavo originale della casa. I numerosi reperti, 503 unità, menzionati nella Pompeianarum Antiquitatum Historia, vennero inviati nello stesso anno al Museo di Napoli, ad eccezione delle sole statue, circa una ventina. Il presente intervento presenta lo status quo delle ricerche che hanno avuto lo scopo di rintracciare tali oggetti a Pompei e nei depositi del museo napoletano, dove purtroppo si è persa in moltissimi casi la connessione tra le etichette inventariali e i pezzi. Al momento i reperti riconosciuti grazie alla loro descrizione e alle misure nei vari registri inventariali e in letteratura sono 63. Non ci sono molte speranze di localizzarne altri, oggetti più anonimi e seriali, presenti in grande quantità nelle collezioni del Museo.
Oltre a singoli recuperi significativi, si presenta una discussione metodologica su come affrontare l’analisi dei rinvenimenti della casa, data questa significativa quota di reperti esistenti solo “sulla carta”, tali cioè da non poter essere più rintracciati.
Come caso esemplare di riconoscimento, invece, si segue il filone del ritrovamento delle due anfore bronzee provenienti dalla casa, con riflessioni sulle relazioni di oggetti originalmente in coppia, ma che, disuniti, hanno perso l’altra metà e così anche una gran parte del loro significato storico.
Oltre a singoli recuperi significativi, si presenta una discussione metodologica su come affrontare l’analisi dei rinvenimenti della casa, data questa significativa quota di reperti esistenti solo “sulla carta”, tali cioè da non poter essere più rintracciati.
Come caso esemplare di riconoscimento, invece, si segue il filone del ritrovamento delle due anfore bronzee provenienti dalla casa, con riflessioni sulle relazioni di oggetti originalmente in coppia, ma che, disuniti, hanno perso l’altra metà e così anche una gran parte del loro significato storico.
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Lengthy scholarly debates have discussed “female quarters” or female activity areas in Roman houses, on basis of domestic architecture and wall-paintings, without reaching clear results. The analysis of find contexts has widely been seen... more
Lengthy scholarly debates have discussed “female quarters” or female activity areas in Roman houses, on basis of domestic architecture and wall-paintings, without reaching clear results. The analysis of find contexts has widely been seen as a promising further method of tracing female presence in the Roman domus. In an earlier study that I have conducted on mundus muliebris objects in Pompeian houses most such items, as a rule, were found to be collocated in storage with other valuables of the house, not in their place of use. Therefore, as a conclusion, not much data was available for mapping the areas of female grooming activities.
However, despite this general pattern, in some exceptional cases toiletry items were found in decorated oeci, particularly in the tablinum area, in rooms that were not used as deposits, and might plausibly be areas in which grooming activities took place. In these houses, the toiletries would, thus, have been out of their usual storage rooms and in use at the moment of the eruption. This paper concentrates on this rare group of Pompeian houses and find contexts, closely examining the datasets relative to the material composition (typology, quantity and quality of the objects) in relation with the spatial and decorative articulation of the house.
However, despite this general pattern, in some exceptional cases toiletry items were found in decorated oeci, particularly in the tablinum area, in rooms that were not used as deposits, and might plausibly be areas in which grooming activities took place. In these houses, the toiletries would, thus, have been out of their usual storage rooms and in use at the moment of the eruption. This paper concentrates on this rare group of Pompeian houses and find contexts, closely examining the datasets relative to the material composition (typology, quantity and quality of the objects) in relation with the spatial and decorative articulation of the house.
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This paper discusses the uses of the image of the grain measure modius in the iconographic contexts of the harbour town of Roman Ostia. The modius, a large cylindrical container of standard size, was the most important instrument for... more
This paper discusses the uses of the image of the grain measure modius in the iconographic contexts of the harbour town of Roman Ostia. The modius, a large cylindrical container of standard size, was the most important instrument for controlling the amounts of grain arriving to the harbour and transferred to its horrea. In Ostian mosaics, this vessel became the symbol of some economic actors of primary importance in the Ostian society: the guild of grain measurers and the naviculari responsible for the grain transport from different areas of the Mediterranean. Interestingly, in the mosaics of the Piazzale delle Corporazioni, this modest trading container is represented in a similar way as the sacral vessels such as kraters and kantharoi: central in position, heraldically surrounded by symmetrical elements and topped by crowning leaves. In fact, modius, as the headress of various divinities, in primis Serapis, could also be bestowed with religious significance. In Ostian coroplastics and minor arts (statuettes, plastic vases and lamps), the polos-headdress is one of the primary markers of ethnicity and otherness, besides divine status. In this contribution, the iconography of modius, as represented on a wide spectrum of supports in the material culture of Ostia through the Imperial age, will be analyzed as a symbol of intercultural exchange and of translating and interpreting measures between different commercial areas.
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Revisiting cauponae. Material Culture and Social Space in Roman Bars and Inns - Rivisitare le cauponae. Cultura materiale e spazio sociale nei luoghi di ospitalità romani.
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International workshop, organized at Villa Lante al Gianicolo by Finnish Institute in Rome Institutum Romanum Finlandiae and Iuav Università di Venezia
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This session focuses on archaeological excavations alibi, i.e. not on site, but in the repositories of archaeological sites, museums and archives. In fact, all too often " archaeology " equals " excavation on site " , leaving the... more
This session focuses on archaeological excavations alibi, i.e. not on site, but in the repositories of archaeological sites, museums and archives. In fact, all too often " archaeology " equals " excavation on site " , leaving the long-term study of the materials out of the spotlight of funding and research. Many European excavation sites have long and intriguing histories of excavation, archiving, storage and inventorying the finds. Finds and documents – in various stages of processing, study and publication – may have been accumulated for many decades, even for centuries. Artefacts and documents deposited in such archives, often unpublished and inaccessible long after their original discovery and production, are an increasingly important data source to be analysed with different methods in order to enhance their information potential. The main intents of this session are to call more attention for these important resources in the archaeological process, and to confront current methodologies of working with such " mines " of archaeological data, in order to find common nominators and solutions to their similar problems and challenges. Session Format: Combination of papers (15 min. each) Abstract Submission: Abstracts of 200-300 words can be submitted by February 15, 2018 at
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The Pompeii Project of the University of Helsinki (Expeditio Pompeiana Universitatis Helsingiensis, EPUH), first directed by Paavo Castrén (2002-2009) and then by Antero Tammisto (2009-), has as its goal the documentation, analysis, and... more
The Pompeii Project of the University of Helsinki (Expeditio Pompeiana Universitatis Helsingiensis, EPUH), first directed by Paavo Castrén (2002-2009) and then by Antero Tammisto (2009-), has as its goal the documentation, analysis, and publishing of all the structural and material remains, wall paintings, and finds of a single Pompeian city block, Insula IX 3. This volume is dedicated to the exceptionally rich finds of its largest unit, the House of Marcus Lucretius (IX3,5.24).