1st century A.D. Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei
Inv. 10156
Thanks to its particular shape, this flask, of Syrian-Palestinian production, could be held on the shoulder and grasped by the handle.
APPROFONDIMENTI
The dining room
Participating in the banquet, held in the triclinium, were three to nine diners, who occupied three couches arranged in the form of a horseshoe: the summus, the medius and the imus. The highest-ranking guest was given the place at the lower end of the medius, called the locus praetorius, while the host occupied the first place on the imus. The arrangement of the tables depended on that of the couches; if they were pushed together, the table was in the middle; if separated, there was a larger central table and two smaller ones beside the couches.