Caupona Wall Painting
Dublin Core
Title
Caupona Wall Painting
Subject
Caupona, Dice, Fresco, Gambling, Game, Painting, Pompeii, Roman, Tavern
Description
One of a series of scenes painted on a wall of the Caupona of Salvius in Pompeii. Two men are shown seated at a table, playing a game of dice. The first proclaims, "EXSI" ("I won") and holds a fritillus, a cup used to shake the dice. The second man protests with, "NON / TRIA DUAS / EST" ("It's not three, it's two").
Creator
Artist unknown
Source
Pompeii: Stories from an Eruption (exhibition/collection)
Publisher
National Archaeological Museum, Naples
Date
Before 79 AD
Contributor
Michele Ruggiero, director of excavations at Pompeii, 1876-7
Rights
Item: Public Domain
Photograph: Barbara F. McManus, VRoma.org
Photograph: Barbara F. McManus, VRoma.org
Relation
N/A
Format
Image File Type: JPEG
Image Dimensions: 450 x 401 px
Physical Medium: Fresco
Physical Dimensions: (including the following fresco, about the same size, not pictured) 50 x 205 cm
Image Dimensions: 450 x 401 px
Physical Medium: Fresco
Physical Dimensions: (including the following fresco, about the same size, not pictured) 50 x 205 cm
Language
Latin
Type
Physical Object
Identifier
Inventory Number, National Archaeological Museum, Naples: 111482
Coverage
Caupona of Salvius, Pompeii, before 79 AD
Citation
Artist unknown, “Caupona Wall Painting,” Food and Drink in the Ancient World, accessed April 19, 2024, https://foodanddining.omeka.net/items/show/7.