Gell, William: Pompeiana: the topography, edifices and ornaments of Pompeii ; the result of excavations since 1819 ; in two volumes (Band 1) (London, 1832)

62 POMPEIANA.

griffins, dogs hunting stags, and a lioness
hunting two bulls. The central picture is
defaced. Many Cupids appear on these
walls, with and without wings, and a boy is
seen feeding an eagle.

The centre of the eastern side was occu-
pied by the temple, while the other angle,
in a space nearly corresponding with that
last mentioned, presents objects the uses of
which it is equally difficult to ascertain. A
sort of table here runs round three sides of
the apartment, about three feet wide, at the
distance of about three feet from the northern,
as much from the eastern, and nine from the
southern wall, leaving an unoccupied space
in the centre of about thirty feet.

The table is divided in the middle of the
eastern side by a narrow passage, and in-
clines from the walls toward the centre, while
a channel runs under it calculatedto receive
whatever fell from its sloping surface.

This channel runs through an aperture
under the table on the south side by which
the water or blood was carried off. Had this
table or bench of the height of an ordinary
table sloped to the other side, it might cer-