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as bottom to the lamp, and is ornamented on the under side with four 

 shallow concentric grooves. There was probably a cover which is now 

 missing. Within the lamp is the wick-holder which tapers somewhat 

 toward the top and has the form of a wide open ring or ferrule. Whether 

 it originally belonged to this lamp is uncertain. At any rate it is not 

 in its proper place, for it is stuck into a gummy substance which is 

 probably the residuum of the oil. 1 



At present the lamp is not fastened to the lantern-frame, nor are 

 there any traces on it of means of attachment except two oblong abra- 

 sions on opposite sides of the upper part where apparently some sort 

 of brace was soldered in order to hold it fast. On the frame, however, 

 there are no vestiges of other means of attachment than the hole in the 

 bottom previously mentioned. In the lanterns in Berlin and Pompeii, 

 before cited, the dowel or rivet held the lamp by means of a lunated 

 attachment affixed to the under side of the latter. The bottom of 

 the frame in the Berlin lantern appears to have, been double, the dowel 

 passing through both, while the upturned edge formed the inner rim. 

 In the lantern of Field Museum the lamp was undoubtedly riveted to 

 the bottom of the frame, but that lamp can hardly have been the lamp 

 which the frame now contains. 



Height, to top of staple in center of cover, m. 0.232 (=9.13 in.); distended, 

 m. 0.41 ( = 1 ft. 4.14 in.). Width (across uprights), m. 0.146 ( = 5.74 in.). Thick- 

 ness of bottom, about m. 0.0008. Hole in bottom, m. 0.016 X0.003. Height of rims, 

 outside, m. 0.014 ( = °-55 m -) : inside, m. 0.008, and less. Width of uprights, m. 0.021 

 (at bottom) to m. 0.005 (upper extension). Height of lamp,.m. 0.028 (upper part) 

 +0.011 (base) =0.039 ( = I -53 m -)- Diameter of lamp at top, m. 0.047X0.0427. 

 Height of wick-hclder, m. 0.026. Diameter at top, m. 0.012. 



One of the chains has a modern repair of iron wire. 



BRONZE BATH-TUBS. 24356, 24357. 

 [Plates CXXXIV, CXXXV.] 



Two large oblong bath-tubs of bronze. These tubs were found, one 

 against the other, in the entrance-court (A) of the first villa, 2 where 

 they appear to have been temporarily stored. Where they originally 

 belonged is uncertain. They could not have been taken from the bath- 

 rooms, as the frigidarium had a stationary basin, and the other two 

 rooms are too small ; indeed the larger of the tubs would not pass through 

 the doors. 3 They may have served for occasional use 4 in some other 



1 When a particle of this substance was burned it gave forth an aromatic odor, like that of incense, 

 indicating that the oil had been perfumed. Consequently the slur of Juvenal, At hie qui pallidus 

 adfertur misero tibi caulis olebit lanlernam (v. 86 ff.), would not in the case of this lamp have been justi- 

 fied. 



1 Pasqui, op. oil. col. 424. 



' Pasqui, op. oil. col. S". 



* In which case the speciali condutture di acqua. the absence of which in the bath-rooms is noted 

 by Pasqui, /. c, would not have been necessary. 



