Pompeii : its life and art / tr. into English by Francis W. Kelsey ... with numerous illustrations from original drawings and photographs.

  • August Mau
Date:
1902
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Credit: Pompeii : its life and art / tr. into English by Francis W. Kelsey ... with numerous illustrations from original drawings and photographs. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Jucundus a receipt in full for the proceeds of the sale less a com- mission, merccde minus. A few contain receipts for rent which Jucundus paid for the use of property belonging to the city — a fullery (p. 394 the rent of which altogether amounted to 1652 sesterces, about $75 ; a pasture, for the use of which he paid 2675 sesterces, about $130; and a piece of arable IdiXid, fimdus, on which he paid 6000 sesterces, about $300, in rents. We present an example of both classes of receipts. The first, which we may call Tablet A, was given by a lady, Umbri- cia Januaria, for the proceeds of an auction sale; it is dated December 12, a.d. 56. The other. Tablet B, is the receipt for the rent of public pasture land and belongs to the year 59 a.d. TABLET A Title Perscriptio Umbriciae Januariae, ‘ Entry of account of Um- bricia Januaria.’ Receipt. Pages 2 and 3 HS n. CC \ DJ 00 XXX VIIII, quae pecunia in stipidatum L. Caecili lucundi vniit ob auctioncm Umbriciae hmuariae mercede mifius persoluta habere se dixit Umbricia lanuaria ab L. Caecilio lucundo. Act\_uni\ Pompeis pr[idie'\ id\_us~] Dec\_embres^ L. Duvio, P. Clodio cos. ‘ Umbricia Januaria declared that she had received from L. Caecilius Jucundus 11,039 sesterces, which sum came into the hands of L. Caecilius Jucundus by agreement as the proceeds of an auction sale for Umbricia Januaria, the commission due him having been deducted. ‘ Done at Pompeii on the twelfth day of December, in the consulship of Lucius Duvius and Publius Clodius.’ Names of the Witnesses. Page 4 The seals of the witnesses, nine in number, appear in the groove at the middle of the page. The names are in the geni- tive case, as if dependent on sigillum, ‘seal.’