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Pompeii Baths Washing in theThermal Baths

House of Menander, Pompeii , Italy
500 BC BB500BC2

Costume
   Nude.

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Actions
   The top one shows a nude women bathing while a servant holds out a towel. The lower scene shows two bathers, one who is towel-drying herself (1). Water deities decorate the lower image.

Commentary
   These two bathing scenes are among many found in Pompeii.

Source
   Artist unknown. Photo by Beyen (I.10.4). Scanned from Fikret Yegul, Baths and Bathing in Classical Antiquity, The MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1992, p.126. 1 picture.
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