Neato

I saw these images on the Philodemus Project website this afternoon and thought they would make a cool post since we talked a little about book storage today. This is not quite the same, but still neato. I copy/pasted the captions which they posted, but there are more pics and info on the site.

A detail from a Pompeian fresco shows an open capsa. Some papyri were found in such a box near the entrance to the long peristyle of the Villa's garden. Perhaps there was an attempt to remove these papyri to safety before they were buried by the volcanic mud.

A now lost relief from Trier shows a shelf of papyrus rolls (4th century). Wooden shelves holding papyri were found in one of the rooms just inside the entrance to the Villa from the long peristyle.