A Guide to the Exhibition Illustrating Greek and Roman Life

by British Museum. Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities

INDEX.

The numbers refer to the pages of the Guide.

[A] | [B] | [C] | [D] | [E] | [F] | [G] | [H] | [I] | [J] | [K] | [L] | [M] | [N] | [O] | [P] | [Q] | [R] | [S] | [T] | [U] | [V] | [W] | [Z]

• Acrobats, [218]
• Actors, [31]
• Aeginetan weight-system, [159]
• Altars, [39]
• Altar-urns, [223]
• Amphorae, on weights, [159];
  • for wine, [177]
• Anatomical model, [47], [187]
• Ankle-pieces, [89]
• Aphrodite, dedication to, [45];
  • in shrine, [43]
• Apis-bull, [50]
• Arithmetic, [198]
• Arm-guard, [89]
• Armed-race, [60]
• Armour, [74];
  • Dacian, [92]
• Arrowheads, Mycenaean, [97];
  • Greek and Roman, [107]
• Artemis Brauronia, garments dedicated to, [45]
• As, [20], [22]
• Asklepiadae, school of, [185]
• Astragalos, on weights, [159];
  • in games, [203].
• See also Knuckle-bones
• Athletes, [59]
• "Athletes' rings," [177]
• Atrium, [109]
• Augury, [43]
• Aurelius Hermia, tombstone of, [226]
• Axe, [108]
• Axe-head, votive, [50]
• Baetylic image, [44]
• Bakers, [117]
• Balances, [25], [161]
• Basket, votive, [46]
• Baths, [118]
• Beasts in the arena, [69]
• Bell, votive, [51]
• Belt, metal, [87]
• Betrothal ring, [211]
• Birds, actors as, [28]
• Bistouries, [187]
• Bits, [172]
• Board, inscribed for school use, [198]
• Boats, terracotta, [34]
• Bona Dea, [39]
• Boots, [129]
• Boxes, [139], [153], [185], [189]
• Boxing, [58]
• Boxing-gloves, [62]
• Bracelets, [135]
• Braziers, [118]
• Bread-making, [117]
• Breisean Mystae, [55]
• Bricks, Roman, [167]
• Bridal procession, [210]
• Bucina, [215]
• Bulla, [136], [218]
• Bulls, bronze votive, [50]
• Burial, [220]
• Caduceus, [9]
• Caldron, given as prize, [63]
• Calthrop, [108]
• Candelabra, [110]
• Candlesticks, [114]
• Cangue, [13]
• Canopic urns, [222]
• Caracalla, [39]
• Carts, models of, [171], [179], [193]
• Chair, Infant's, [193]
• Charioteers, [71];
  • dress of, [71], [170]
• Chariot-racing, [70], [169]
• Chariots, [169]
• Charon's fee, [221]
• Chests, funeral, [221]
• Chiton, Dorian, [123];
  • Ionian, [124]
• Chlamys, [126]
• Circus, [70]
• Citizenship, Roman, [9]
• Cloth, pieces of ancient, [147]
• Coin-balance, [25], [165]
• Coins, Greek, [14];
  • Roman, [19];
  • special uses, [24];
  • false, [24]
• Colonization, [3]
• Columbarium, [224]
• Combs, [138]
• Comedy, [26]-33
• Comic Chorus, [26]
• Compasses, [191]
• Consuls, [3]
• Contorniates, [207]
• Corn largesses, [11], [223]
• Couch, bronze, [110]
• Cradles, [193]
• Crests, on helmets, [83]
• Crocodile Syrup, [42]
• Cuirass, [85]
• Cupping-vessel, [188]
• Curses, [56]
• Cutler's forge, [156], [158]
• Cutler's shop, [157], [158]
• Cutlery, [148]
• Cymbals, [216]
• Cypriote dedication, [46]
• Daggers, early and Mycenaean, [94];
  • Italian, [98]
• Dancing, [216]
• Dedications, [7], [24], [38]
• Defixiones, [56]
• Defrutum, [177]
• Dextrarum iunctio, [211]
• Dice, [204]
• Dikastae, [6]
• Dioscuri at Theoxenia, [43];
  • dedications to [49], [51], [61]
• Diploma, Roman bronze, [9]
• Diskos, [60]
• Dog's epitaph, [226]
• Dolls, [194]
• Domestic animals, [218]
• Dowels, [167]
• Dragon-standard (Dacian), [92]
• Drama, Greek and Roman, [25]
• Draughts, [203], [206]
• Dress, Greek, [123];
  • Roman, [127]
• Drill-bow, surgical, [187]
• Drug-box, [189]
• Duodecim scripta, [206]
• Ear-picks, [142]
• Earrings, [136]
• Education, [197]
• Enamel decoration, [134], [185]
• Encaustic painting, [202]
• Epinetron, [145], [196]
• Eyes, painted on ships, [35]
• False money, [24]
• Fasces, [12]
• Feronia, dedication to, [55]
• Fetters, [13]
• Fibulae, [131]
• Figure-head, [35]
• Finger-rings, [135]
• Fisherman, [37]
• Fish-plates, [116]
• "Five-stones," [203]
• Flowers, [219]
• Flues, [122]
• Flutes, [214]
• Food, from Pompeii, [116]
• Foot-race, [60]
• Foot-rules, [191]
• Forceps, [187]
• Fountain-jets, [121]
• Frame, for picture, [202]
• Funeral diadems, [220]
• Furniture, [110];
  • (toy), [193]
• Games, [203]
• Gems, [184]
• Geta, name of, erased from inscriptions, [39]
• Gladiators, [64];
  • armour of, [68];
  • discharge tickets of, [69]
• Gnostics, [56]
• Grape-gathering, [177]
• Greaves, [88]
• Hair, votive, [48]
• Half-masks, [222]
• Hands, magical, [56]
• Harbours, [37]
• Hare, votive, [49]
• Harness, [171]
• Heating of houses, [122]
• Helmets, [74];
  • Aegean, [79];
  • Attic, [77];
  • Corinthian, [74];
  • Etruscan, [81];
  • Gladiatorial, [68];
  • Inscribed, [76], [81];
  • Italian, [80];
  • Roman, [81];
  • votive, from Kyme, [7], [81];
  • Parade vizor-masks, [82]
• Helmet-crests, [83]
• Hera, axe-head dedicated to, [50]
• Hieron, helmet dedicated by, [7], [81]
• Himation, [124]
• Hinges, [168]
• Hippokrates, [186]
• Hooks, surgical, [187]
• Horse-shoes, [173]
• House, Greek and Roman, [109]
• Huntsmen, dedications by, [49]
• Hut-urns, [222]
• Inkpots, [200]
• Inlay, ivory, [185]
• Internal organs, model of, [47]
• Inventories, temple, [45]
• Isis, worship of, [57]
• Jason, relief of the physician, [189]
• Javelin-throwing, [61]
• Jewellery, [135]
• Jumping-weights, [59]
• Juno, dedication to, [55]
• Jupiter. See Zeus.
• Jupiter Dolichenus, silver plaques dedicated to, [52]
• Jupiter Poeninus, dedication to, [55]
• Jury-tickets, [6]
• Keys, [149];
  • Temple, [42]
• Kiln, potter's, [182]
• Kinyras, legend of, [34]
• Kitchen, [115]
• Kithara, [213]
• Knives, [148]
• Knockers, [167]
• Knucklebones, [197], [203]
• Ktesibios of Alexandria, [120], [216]
• Labels, [45], [156]
• Lamp-fillers, [114]
• Lamps, [112];
  • combined with altar, [40];
  • moulds for, [184]
• Lanterns, [114]
• Lares, [55]
• Lathe, use of, [185]
• Lawyer's tablet, [200]
• Lead figurines, votive, [55]
• Leg, votive, [48]
• Legionary, armour of, [88], [91]
• Lekythi, white funeral, [220]
• Letter on papyrus, [200]
• Libra, [160]
• Light-house, [37]
• Lighting, methods of, [110]
• Litra, [160]
• Lock, [149]
• Lock-plates, [152], [221]
• Loom, [145]
• Loom-weights, [146]
• Ludus latrunculorum, [207]
• Lyre, [213]
• Magic symbols, [56];
  • wheel, [208]
• Mantle. See Himation.
• Marathon, weapons from, [101]
• Marbles, specimens of, [168]
• Marriage, Greek, [207];
  • Roman, [211];
  • military, [9];
  • vases used in, [208]
• Masks, dramatic, [31];
  • sepulchral, [222]
• Measures, [191]
• Medicine, [185]
• Merchant-ship, [33]
• Metal-work, [180]
• Mirrors, [140];
  • with magical symbols, [57]
• Mithras, [54]
• Mortars, [118]
• Mosaics, [169]
• Moulds, for cooking, [116];
  • for counters, [180];
  • for vases and terracottas, [184];
  • for weights, [180]
• Mouth-band, for flutes, [214]
• Mouth-pieces, funeral, [220]
• Multiplication-table, [198]
• Music, [213]
• Music-lessons, [214]
• Musical notation, [215]
• Muzzles, for horses, [173]
• Nail-files, [142]
• Nails, magical, [56]
• Necklaces, [136]
• Needle-case, [148]
• Needles, [147]
• Netting-needles, [147]
• Neurospasta, [195]
• Obol, [221]
• Oculist-stamps, [189]
• Oil-flasks, [119]
• Oil-press, [178]
• Olive-gathering, [176]
• Onos. See Epinetron.
• Oscan dedicatory tablet, [44]
• Ostracism, [7]
• Padlocks, [152]
• Painting, [201];
  • of vases, [183]
• Panathenaic Games, [60]
• Pankration, [59]
• Pan's pipe, [215]
• Papyrus, [199]
• Parchment, [200]
• Parentalia, [225]
• Pastes, [184]
• Pens, [200]
• Pentathlon, [59]
• Performing animals, [218]
• Persephone, dedications to, [46]
• Pestles, [118]
• Philip (Emperor), diploma granted by, [9];
  • seal with name of, [55]
• Phlyakes, [28]
• Pig, as sacrificial animal, [40]
• Pilum, [103]
• Pins, [137], [147];
  • pin dedicated to Aphrodite, [45]
• Pivots from doors, [168]
• Plating of cuirass, [86]
• Plautus, Casina, [29]
• Plectrum, [214]
• Plough, [174]
• Plummets, [166]
• Pnyx, votive reliefs from, [47]
• Pork-butcher's shop, [158]
• Potter's wheel, [181]
• Pottery, [181]
• Prayer, [42]
• Prize vases, [60], [63]
• Probes, [187]
• Proportional compasses, [191]
• Prow of trireme, [35]
• Proxenia, decrees of, [3]
• Pumps, [120]
• Quail-fighting, [218]
• Racing-chariots, [70], [169]
• Raeda, [171]
• Rag-doll, [196]
• Rattles, [193]
• Razors, [141]
• Reading, [198]
• Religion, [39]
• Reprisals, [2]
• Rings, [135]
• Rivets, [183]
• Rose-day, [226]
• Sabazius, [56]
• Sacrifices, [40]
• Sacrificial implements, [40]
• Safety-pins. See Fibulae.
• Salii, dances of, [216]
• Salve-pots, [190]
• Sandals, [129]
• Saw, surgical, [187]
• Scissors, [147]
• Scourge, [13]
• Scruple (weight), [160], [190]
• Sculpture, unfinished, [169]
• Seal-boxes, [155]
• Seal-locks, [154]
• Seals, [154]
• Septimius Severus, altar dedicated for return of, [39]
• Set-squares, [166]
• Shields, [90]
• Shin-guards, [89]
• Ships, [33]
• Shoes, [89], [129]
• Shops, [158]
• Shrines, [43]
• Shuttle, [146]
• Sickle, [175]
• Siren, [221]
• Sistrum, [57]
• Slave badge, [12]
• Slavery, [12]
• Slaves, dedicated to temple-service, [45];
  • in drama, [32]
• Slingshot, [101], [107]
• Soles, [130]
• Solonian weights, [159]
• Sower, [175]
• Spatulae, [187]
• Spears, classical, [102];
  • Italian, [99];
  • Mycenaean, [97];
  • primitive, [94];
  • votive, [9];
  • butts of, [103]
• Spindles, [143]
• Spoons, [117]
• Spurs, [174]
• Stamps for moulds, [184];
  • for other purposes, [167], [189], [192]
• Standards, [92]
• Statuette, pierced, [42]
• Steelyards, [161]
• Stili (pens), [199]
• Stones, sacred, [44]
• Stool, bronze, [110];
  • votive, [46]
• Stop-cocks, [121]
• Strainers, [116]
• Strigils, [119]
• Strong-box, [153]
• Studs, [136]
• Suovetaurilia, [40]
• Surgeries, [186]
• Surgical instruments, [187]
• Swords, Mycenaean, [95];
  • Greek, [100] ff;
  • Italian, [99];
  • Roman, [104]
• Syrinx. See Pan's pipe.
• Table, votive, [40]
• Table-leg, [110]
• Tablets, [44], [192], [198], [200]
• Tabula Iliaca, [198]
• Teetotum, [205]
• Temple-inventories, [45]
• Temple-weights, [160]
• Tensa, [171]
• Terracottas, method of making, [183]
• Theoxenia, festival of, [42]
• Thigh-piece, [89]
• Thimble, [147]
• Tiberius, sword of (so-called), [104]
• Tickets, [6], [11], [12], [69]
• Tile-stamps, [166]
• Tiles, Greek, [166];
  • Roman, [167];
  • from Palaestra at Olympia, [64]
• Titurus, [178]
• Toga, [127]
• Toilet, articles of, [138];
  • on votive reliefs, [46]
• Toilet-boxes, [139]
• Tombs, [220]
• Tools, [166]
• Toys, [193]
• Tragedy, [25];
  • chorus in, [26];
  • Roman, [54]
• Treaties, [2]
• Tripods, [110]
• Triremes, [34]
• Trophies, [91]
• Tunic, [123]
• Tweezers, [142]
• Uncia (coin), [20];
  • weight, [160]
• Unknown God, [46]
• Urn, funeral, [223]
• Uvula forceps, [187]
• Vase-shapes, [122]
• Vintage, [177]
• Violet-day, [226]
• Votive offering, [7], [44], [194]
• Wall-paintings, [169]
• War-vessels, [33]
• Water-organ, [216]
• Water-pipes, [121]
• Water-supply, [120]
• Wax-tablets, [198]
• Weapons, [94]
• Weaving, [145]
• Wedding-sacrifice, [212]
• Weights, Greek, [158];
  • Roman, [160];
  • hanging, [161];
  • medical, [190]
• Wheels, votive, [51]
• Whipping-tops, [196]
• Whorls, [143]
• Wine-press, [177]
• Winnowing-basket, [177]
• Women gladiators, [66]
• Wood, paintings on, [202]
• Woodworking, [185]
• Wreaths, [219], [226]
• Wrestling, [61]
• Writing, [198]
• Zeus Lykaeos, votive offering to, [50]
• Zeus Sabazius, [56]
• Zeus the Highest, votive offerings to, [47]

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Transcriber's Note

| inserted by the author to represent the end of a line of carving on a document or monument. Sometimes | occurs in the middle of a word, indicating the word has been split by a line-break.

In the all-caps Greek text, the book preserves some different Greek letter-forms.

Compare the capital theta with a cross

at the top of p. 77, and theta with a dot

at the bottom of p. 130.

There is a V-like upsilon on p. 77, l. 7:

, and Y-like upsilon on p. 77, l. 12: ΔΑΣΙΜΟΣ ΠΥΡΡΟΥ.

There is a capital lunate sigma: Ϲ, and an alpha with a v-shaped crossbar on p. 202:

...

... and on p. 161, as a marking in silver on an ounce weight,

, with another symbol

.

And there is the zeta like a rotated H:

on p. 6, upper case Ϙ and lower case ϙ Koppa (Qoppa) (Footnote 24 etc.), and the Digamma (wau, stigma) Ϝ, ϝ, ϛ (see below).

C.I.L. is abbreviation for '_Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum_'.

'Inscrr.', 'reff.': a double consonant signifies plural.

Some missing or damaged punctuation has been repaired.

Any illustration which intersected a paragraph, e.g., at a page turn, has been moved to a more convenient position. Some illustrations have been moved closer to their descriptive text, for better on-line and Ebook clarity.

Page 4, Footnote 2: χαλκόν corrected to χαλκὸν

Page 5, Footnote 3: τὸν δέ corrected to τὸν δὲ

Page 6: From Wikipedia: "Many local variants of the Greek alphabet were employed in ancient Greece during the archaic and early classical periods, until they were replaced by the classical 24-letter alphabet that is the standard today, around 400 BC. All forms of the Greek alphabet were originally based on the shared inventory of the 22 symbols of the Phoenician alphabet,...
(https ://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaic_Greek_alphabets#Summary_table)

The Ancient (before the 5th century B.C.) letter for Zeta resembled an H on its side (

= Ζ).

"No. 10, the ticket of Thukydides of Upper Lamptrae (fig. 4). He belonged to the sixth section (

= Ζ = 6). The ticket bears the symbols of an owl within an olive wreath, and a Gorgoneion."

Page 20: ( .·· ) corrected to ( ··· ), for consistency.

Page 56: 'suppose' corrected to 'supposed'.

"... defixiones, because they were supposed to fix down, as it were, the hated enemy."

Page 77 (and Footnote 40): ... in lettering which belongs probably to the end of the sixth century b.c.

ΤΑΡΓ[ΕΙ]ΟΙ ΑΝΕΘΕΝ ΤΟΙ ΔΙϜΙ ΤΟΝ ϘΟΡΙΝΘΟΘΕΝ

Footnote 40: Τἀργεῖοι ἀνέθεν τῶι Διϝὶ τῶν Κορινθόθεν.

Page 103: Spearbutts; p. 104: Spear-Butts. Both retained.

Page 111: Superfluous 'a' removed.

"The stem may be fluted, or.... "

Page 114: 'emall' corrected to 'small'.

"Just below the lantern is a small bronze statuette,..."

Page 145: Loom Weight; loom-weights ... various spellings; all retained.

Numerous other instances of words being sometimes hyphenated and sometimes un-hyphenated appear in the text. All have been retained.

Page 150: 'to' corrected to 'so'. "... then turned, and drawn back so as to lift up the pegs.... "

Page 160: 1½oz. corrected to ¹⁄12 oz.

"... ¹⁄12 oz. = 2 scruples;"

Page 190: extra 'a' removed. "These salves were pounded on the stone into a paste."

Page 192: 'Nos.' corrected to 'No.'. "An example of a rare form is the rolling stamp with the name of Alexander (No. 584; fig. 229)."

Page 198: From Wikipedia (https: //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digamma):

Digamma, waw, or wau (uppercase: Ϝ, lowercase: ϝ, numeral: ϛ is an archaic letter of the Greek alphabet. It originally stood for the sound /w/ but it has principally remained in use as a Greek numeral for 6. Whereas it was originally called waw or wau, its most common appellation in classical Greek is digamma; as a numeral, it was called episēmon during the Byzantine era and is now known as stigma after the value of the Byzantine ligature combining σ-τ as ϛ ....
In modern Greek, this is often replaced by the digraph στ.

Page 205, Footnote 85: τρίς corrected to τρὶς

Page 220, Footnote 105: ὅς τοῖς corrected to ὃς τοῖς

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