Funerary relief of butcher shop
Type:
Grave markers
Date:
140–50
Location or Findspot (Modern-Day Country):
Italy
Medium:
Marble
Dimensions:
38 × 103.5 cm
Description:
This funerary relief marked the burial place of the butcher whose activity it depicts. His record-keeping wife is also represented. She writes on a wax tablet, a sign of her literacy or numeracy.
Relevant Textbook Chapter(s):
1
Repository and Online Resources:
• The funerary relief is now in the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden.
Image Credits:
Wikimedia Commons
