Change: though, as evidenced by some magnificent finds. The picture (left) is of a mosaic tabletop from the triclinium of the tannery of M. Vesonius Primus (now   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 1085)

Change: ..It was this combination of urine, animal faeces and decaying flesh that made ancient tanneries so malodorous...Owning a tannery was not without its rewards as evidenced by some magnificent finds. The picture   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 1084)

Change: shop, although this was not always the case.In this establishment the equipment for the production of bread consisted of four millstones of porous lava, a hard wearing stone that wouldn't lose fragments and spoil the flour produced. ..The form of the millstones resembled an hourglass with a hollow   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 1013)

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Change: ), followed by a thorough rinsing. Clothes were then hung out to dry on the roof terrace of the building. These procedures were then followed by carding to raise the nap, clipping brushing and finally pressing.Dirty clothes generally arrived at the rear   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 1181)

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Change: , the other in a more appropriate location in the outskirts near the Stabian Gate. This tannery was the officina coriariorum of M. Vesonius Primus   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 998)

Change: (Regio(Reg I, Ins 5, 2). Skins typically arrived at the tannery dried stiff and dirty with soil and gore. The tanners would soak the skins   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 998)

Change: fecesfaeces and decaying flesh that made ancient tanneries so malodorous.On each side, suspended from the arms of the level and kept in perfect balance by death, are the symbols   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 998)

Change: of Eumachia, the other in a more appropriate location in the outskirts near the Stabian Gate. This tannery was the officina coriariorum of M. Vesonius Primus   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 998)