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Research on Pompeii
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I am looking for a book or books on the artifacts found in Pompeii. I see refs to it all the time, but I can only find general overviews that recount the same info about the eruption to very specific monographs about the political graffiti. I am trying to reconstruct a small Greek/Latin library using real papyrus scrolls. There are refs to "the Villa of the Papyri," but I need more details.<br>
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Thanks in advance for any help,<br>
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Alan <p></p><i></i>
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#2
Alan, I have lots of books on Pompeii, but none that I know of describe the papyrii in any detail. Good question though, as they just were able to read through the carbon only a few years ago. <p>Legio XX <br>
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Richard Campbell
Legio XX - Alexandria, Virginia
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#3
Folks, in any case, that villa is at Herculanum, not at Pompeii...<br>
After many years, they've reopened some sections of the Villa for the tourists but, unfortunately, I'm not in a good moment to visit it!<br>
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Aitor <p></p><i></i>
It\'s all an accident, an accident of hands. Mine, others, all without mind, from one extreme to another, but neither works nor will ever.

Rolf Steiner
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#4
Thanks, I thought it might be at Herculanum, but I didn't want to mispill it!<br>
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I am trying to make the umbilucus (sp?) or wood rods that are used on larger scrolls, but I have no actual photos or drawings to go from. Also there are refs to and drawings of the leather "buckets" that scrolls would be transferred or stored in. There is one in a sculpture, but not much details to go from. Anyways, that is the small trivial stuff that I am hunting down.<br>
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Does anyone know if Connolly's book on Pompeii is a good source for smaller daily life stuff like that?<br>
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Thanks,<br>
Alan <p></p><i></i>
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#5
Anything by Connolly is good for details. Take a look at his "The Ancient City" for a lot of illustrations of everyday items. <p>Legio XX <br>
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Richard Campbell
Legio XX - Alexandria, Virginia
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#6
Alan,<br>
I agree with Rich about Peter, he makes sure that the item would work before he draws it!<br>
About the bucket, it was called a 'capsa' It seems to be rigid (like a hat box) and to have a lid which could be kept closed by means of a lock (with key and all!) A long loop ensures that you can carry the capsa hanging from your shoulder.<br>
A really interesting project, yours! Will you purchase blank papyri to glue them together to form the scroll? Parchment was far more expensive and mainly used for really important books.<br>
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Aitor <p></p><i></i>
It\'s all an accident, an accident of hands. Mine, others, all without mind, from one extreme to another, but neither works nor will ever.

Rolf Steiner
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#7
I have made a few scrolls, some with a heavy paper called Parchment (but not the real thing) and three from papyrus. It is quite a long project. First, papyrus is expensive and rare (1$ a sheet is the best price I have seen). I have actually cut the sheets to size and run them through my printer. My handwriting is bad and my patience worse, so I won't actually do them by hand. However, I have experimented with different fonts and they look OK to me. Then I have to glue the sheets together. I have done a portion of Herodotus and Thucydides, Correspondence of Trajan/Pliny and the source on military training, which I can't remember the name of. It is very slow going, but I want to as a history teacher be able to pull a "primary source" from my library and use it in class. It will be a long project, but worth it. Thanks for your info on the 'caspa' Do you know where I can get me info (lit source or reconstruction) Besides the ones on "I, Claudius" I have not seen anybody make them.<br>
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Thanks again,<br>
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Alan <p></p><i></i>
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#8
Matt Amt of Legio XX made a capsa from leather:<br>
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<img src="http://www.larp.com/legioxx/capsa1.jpg" style="border:0;"/> <p>Legio XX <br>
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Richard Campbell
Legio XX - Alexandria, Virginia
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#9
That is what I had in mind. Thanks for the pix, that will help.<br>
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Alan <p></p><i></i>
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