more economy craft. tomb of eurysaces, rome
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More Economy
Craft
Tomb of Eurysaces, Rome
Pistor
Flowers (Regions I and II)
Garlands
House of the Vettii: Unguentarii
Wool
Spinning
Weaving
• Toga
Fullery (4) -Processing and cleaning of fabric ( Fullery of Stephanus)
• Dying of Fabric
Treading
Carding
Pressing and drying
Fullery of Stephanus
Eumachia, patron of the fullers
• Pompeii’s
harbor
Garum
• Liquamen
• Muria
• Allec
Pliny( the elder)
Natural History
Pliny the Elder, Natural History 31.93-94.
• Furthermore, there is another type of choice fluid, called garum, produced from the guts of fish and anything else which would have been discared, steeped in salt—in other words, it is the fermentation of decaying matter. These days the most popular garum is made from the mackerel in the fisheries of New Carthage… and around twelve pints costs ,1,000 sesterces. Almost no fluid except for perfume bgins to fetch a greater price, bringing fame to the countries of origin… Clazomenae too is praised for ist gaurm, as are Pompeii and Leptis
salsamentarii
Garum factories
• North Africa and Spain
Aulus Umbricius Scaurus
• Urcei (more than 50 inscribed found in Pompeii and one
in Fos-sur-mer in southern
France.
Zingermann’s catalogue ($16.00)
Ancient Italian fast food.This is one of those foods for folks looking for something both old and new—and flavorful.It’s an ancient convenience food that gets deep flavor without much work. I’d never heard of garum colatura until I visited the Italian coast south of Naples. There I discovered it’s the liquid that drips off the chestnut barrels of traditionally cured anchovies. Drop by drop this elixir is captured, bottled and saved. Made much the same way it was 2,000 years ago, it’s used as a quick way to give great anchovy flavor to a dish without having to fillet, soak and chop the fish.Locals still use it regularly, mostly on pasta. The best meal of my Neapolitan trip was a bowl of pasta cooked al dente that had been tossed quickly with garum, some very good olive oil, chopped garlic and a touch of dried red pepper. Our accountant, Jim, likes to mix it with olive oil in a 3:1 ratio of oil:garum. He uses it as a dipping sauce for raw vegetables.One bottle is enough to season over a dozen dishes of pasta or vegetables."A translucent amber liquid that is the very essence of anchovy." Melissa Clark, cookbook author
Ancient Italian fast food.This is one of those foods for folks looking for something both old and new—and flavorful.It’s an ancient convenience food that gets deep flavor without much work. I’d never heard of garum colatura until I visited the Italian coast south of Naples. There I discovered it’s the liquid that drips off the chestnut barrels of traditionally cured anchovies. Drop by drop this elixir is captured, bottled and saved. Made much the same way it was 2,000 years ago, it’s used as a quick way to give great anchovy flavor to a dish without having to fillet, soak and chop the fish.Locals still use it regularly, mostly on pasta. The best meal of my Neapolitan trip was a bowl of pasta cooked al dente that had been tossed quickly with garum, some very good olive oil, chopped garlic and a touch of dried red pepper. Our accountant, Jim, likes to mix it with olive oil in a 3:1 ratio of oil:garum. He uses it as a dipping sauce for raw vegetables.One bottle is enough to season over a dozen dishes of pasta or vegetables."A translucent amber liquid that is the very essence of anchovy." Melissa Clark, cookbook author
Archive of Lucius Caecilius Jucundus
• 154 documents
1.Commissions for services (auctioneer)2.Agreements with town authorities (tax
farming, rents)
• Jucundus (or representative), seller, date, marks of witnesses (social hierarchy), sum paid.
Poppaea Note and Dicidia Margaris
CIL IV 3340.155
• Freedwoman ( Poppaea Note) borrowed money from Dicidia Margaris. Temporarily transferred ownership of two slaves to her creditor as security on the loan if she defaults by a certain date.
• Defaulted.
• (Found in furnace area of Palaestra baths)
Julia Felix
Julia Felix
• For rent from the Ides of August until the Ides of August five years hence; a charming bath suitable for the best people, shops and the rooms above them and upper storey apartments, on the estate of Julia Felix.
• CIL IV 1136= ILS 5723
Occupations (900+ shops)
• Barber, bath-attendant, builder, carpenter, carriage driver, chicken-keeper, cloak seller, cobbler, cushion seller, engraver, felt-worker, fruit-seller, furnace stoker, gem-cutter, goldsmith, mule driver, ointment seller, pastry cook, scribe, soothsayer, surveyor, weaver, wine-seller