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Sulle spalle dei saccarii: Le rappresentazioni di facchini e il trasporto di derrate nel porto di Ostia in epoca imperiale

Sulle spalle dei saccarii: Le rappresentazioni di facchini e il trasporto di derrate nel porto di Ostia in epoca imperiale

Paperback

Series: BAR International, Book 2467

Pottery & CeramicsArchaeologyAncient Rome

ISBN10: 140731078X
ISBN13: 9781407310787
Publisher: British Archaeological Reports
Published: Feb 13 2013
Pages: 170
Weight: 1.24
Height: 0.46 Width: 8.27 Depth: 11.69
Language: Italian

This work examines a group of clay figurines representing porters carrying sacks (saccarii) recovered from Ostia and other harbours. The saccarii were responsible for the loading and unloading of goods from ships to river boats and warehouses. Contextual and iconographic analyses of the statuettes suggest they represented the religious symbol (genius) of the workers' guild (collegium). Their probable location in shrines and niches in streets, taverns and workshops, frequented by saccarii and the heterogeneous community, gives an insight into the exhibition of social identity and religious beliefs through material culture by a group of overlooked workers in Roman Imperial Ostia.

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