DOI Seite / Zitierlink:
https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.61617#0417
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POMPEII
on his finger, and was carrying a considerable sum of money —
ten gold and eighty-eight silver coins. He was probably the
master of the house who had started out, accompanied by a
single slave, in order to find means of escape.
The floor of the three sides of the colonnade was a few feet
higher than that of the front. Underneath was a wine cellar,
lighted by small windows in the wall on the side of the garden;
it contained a large number of amphorae.
At the time of the eruption many members of the family
took refuge in the cellar. Here were found the skeletons of
eighteen adults and two children: at the time of excavation the
impressions of their bodies, and in some instances traces of
the clothing, could be seen in the hardened ashes. Among the
women was one adorned with two necklaces and two arm bands,
besides four gold rings and two of silver. The victims were
suffocated by the damp ashes that drifted in through the small
windows. According to the report of the excavations, fourteen
skeletons of men were found in other parts of the house, to-
gether with the skeletons of a dog and a goat.
POMPEII
on his finger, and was carrying a considerable sum of money —
ten gold and eighty-eight silver coins. He was probably the
master of the house who had started out, accompanied by a
single slave, in order to find means of escape.
The floor of the three sides of the colonnade was a few feet
higher than that of the front. Underneath was a wine cellar,
lighted by small windows in the wall on the side of the garden;
it contained a large number of amphorae.
At the time of the eruption many members of the family
took refuge in the cellar. Here were found the skeletons of
eighteen adults and two children: at the time of excavation the
impressions of their bodies, and in some instances traces of
the clothing, could be seen in the hardened ashes. Among the
women was one adorned with two necklaces and two arm bands,
besides four gold rings and two of silver. The victims were
suffocated by the damp ashes that drifted in through the small
windows. According to the report of the excavations, fourteen
skeletons of men were found in other parts of the house, to-
gether with the skeletons of a dog and a goat.