James B. Tschen Emmons, PhD, teaches history at North Idaho College and mythology at Northern Virginia Community College.

. . . Nicely put together, the reader will find this work, just one from the series, Daily Life through Artifacts, an absorbing work of reference that not only prompts further reading but interdisciplinary study. . . . [S]cholars, young and old, as well as the general reader, will find [it] as useful as it is accessible.

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroductionHow to Evaluate ArtifactsChronology of EventsCOMMUNICATIONS AND RECORD KEEPINGAbacusCalendarGraffitiInkwellSeal RingWax TabletCOOKING AND FOODAmphoraBread OvenCooking PotDining CouchENTERTAINMENTDice and Tavern Game BoardLyreMosaic of a BoxerTheatrical MaskToysGROOMING, CLOTHING, AND ACCESSORIESFibulaPerfume BottlePhaleraPortrait BustRazorSandalsStrigilToga PraetextaHOUSEHOLD ITEMSCave Canem MosaicDrainpipesOil LampPublic ToiletsSundialRELIGION AND FUNERARY PRACTICESAedicule MemorialBullaCatacombsCurse TabletLarSistrumVotive Male TorsoTOOLS AND WEAPONSBallistaCoin MoldFascesGladiusScales and SteelyardScalpels and Bronze ScissorsTRANSPORTATIONFarm CartHorse BitMilestoneRostrumSelect BibliographyIndex

James B. Tschen Emmons, PhD, teaches history at North Idaho College and mythology at Northern Virginia Community College.

. . . Nicely put together, the reader will find this work, just one from the series, Daily Life through Artifacts, an absorbing work of reference that not only prompts further reading but interdisciplinary study. . . . [S]cholars, young and old, as well as the general reader, will find [it] as useful as it is accessible.

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroductionHow to Evaluate ArtifactsChronology of EventsCOMMUNICATIONS AND RECORD KEEPINGAbacusCalendarGraffitiInkwellSeal RingWax TabletCOOKING AND FOODAmphoraBread OvenCooking PotDining CouchENTERTAINMENTDice and Tavern Game BoardLyreMosaic of a BoxerTheatrical MaskToysGROOMING, CLOTHING, AND ACCESSORIESFibulaPerfume BottlePhaleraPortrait BustRazorSandalsStrigilToga PraetextaHOUSEHOLD ITEMSCave Canem MosaicDrainpipesOil LampPublic ToiletsSundialRELIGION AND FUNERARY PRACTICESAedicule MemorialBullaCatacombsCurse TabletLarSistrumVotive Male TorsoTOOLS AND WEAPONSBallistaCoin MoldFascesGladiusScales and SteelyardScalpels and Bronze ScissorsTRANSPORTATIONFarm CartHorse BitMilestoneRostrumSelect BibliographyIndex

James B. Tschen Emmons, PhD, teaches history at North Idaho College and mythology at Northern Virginia Community College.

. . . Nicely put together, the reader will find this work, just one from the series, Daily Life through Artifacts, an absorbing work of reference that not only prompts further reading but interdisciplinary study. . . . [S]cholars, young and old, as well as the general reader, will find [it] as useful as it is accessible.

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroductionHow to Evaluate ArtifactsChronology of EventsCOMMUNICATIONS AND RECORD KEEPINGAbacusCalendarGraffitiInkwellSeal RingWax TabletCOOKING AND FOODAmphoraBread OvenCooking PotDining CouchENTERTAINMENTDice and Tavern Game BoardLyreMosaic of a BoxerTheatrical MaskToysGROOMING, CLOTHING, AND ACCESSORIESFibulaPerfume BottlePhaleraPortrait BustRazorSandalsStrigilToga PraetextaHOUSEHOLD ITEMSCave Canem MosaicDrainpipesOil LampPublic ToiletsSundialRELIGION AND FUNERARY PRACTICESAedicule MemorialBullaCatacombsCurse TabletLarSistrumVotive Male TorsoTOOLS AND WEAPONSBallistaCoin MoldFascesGladiusScales and SteelyardScalpels and Bronze ScissorsTRANSPORTATIONFarm CartHorse BitMilestoneRostrumSelect BibliographyIndex