House of Menander, Pompeii , Italy 500 BC BB500BC2 Costume Nude. TMLBAP. 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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