Wednesday, June 01, 2011

Italy - Day Twenty Three Ostia Antica (Cont.)

Ostia @ Work -

First a few examples of marble carving and preparation. This column's surface is being fixed by implants of smaller pieces.

Below is a column where the implants have been lost.


This marble stone is set for cutting to make veneers to surface buildings.

This is a grain mill for grinding grain into flour. These mills used donkeys, not slaves.


These are bowls for mixing flour into batter for baking. Next door are large ovens to bake the batter into bread.


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