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✨A woman makes an offering✨

This #FrescoFriday we travel to the Villa San Marco in Stabiae to enjoy this beautiful depiction of a woman carrying a tray that has food an implements associated with making a ritual offering.

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Description from Wikimedia Commons: “The peplos-clad woman in this fresco is labeled as an 'offerant', which is appropriate since she's carrying a silver offering tray with herbs, food, and other implements to perform a ritual offering to the gods. Found in the diaetae ('day rooms') facing the gardens at the ancient Villa San Marco, in Stabiae.” This artefact is held by the MAN Napoli, inv. 8890a. Image credit to Chapps.

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Ancient Roman Phallus

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We’re gearing up for an exciting weekend! These superb dancers from the fresco from the villa of Cicero in Pompeii capture our #FrescoFriday mood perfectly 🥳

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Detail from a fresco from the Villa of Cicero, Pompeii. Two women in diaphanous gowns appear to dance in the air. The background is a dark blue suggesting a moonlit night. This fresco is now held in the National Archaeological Museum, Naples.

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