Pompeiian Business Notes

A numberof business annoancernents I are to be found at Poinpeivthat-briak little city to whose da'ily life the energy of Vesuvius has Jent a kind of immbrtaiïty. Heie we get a large nn-nber of miscellaneous inscriptions dealing with matters of daily life, announceuaents of forthcoming gladiatorial games, edicts of magistrates, wine sellers' attemptsto captivate custoiuers, rewards foi lost or stolen property, houses for sale or to be let and other things of that sort. We learn from one announcement that a glass of wine could be got for 1 as - about 3 f arthings - while for 4 asses one could drink real Falernian. Another inscription informs us that a denarius - about 7% pence- was paid for washing a tunic, and the date, the 13th of April, iscarefully recorded by the writer. Whether she was the laundress or abe owner of the tunic must be left undecided, but it seems at least that she was in the habit of marking up her washing account on the walls of her house. Thereare several such inscriptions on the same wall of this particular house, all dated- the 20th of April, a tunic and pallium; on the 7th of May, an article which need not be particularized, while on the dav followinK two tunica are