Archaeologists uncover ancient street food shop in Pompeii

Re:Archaeologists uncover ancient street food shop in Pompeii by randomstring on Sunday December 27, 2020 @02:06PM (#25553392)

Speaking of the artwork. To the right of the chicken is what looks like a horse. Or is it a dog? Maybe it's meant to be a cow? No mention of horse meat in the article, although they do mention beef.

I think I answered my own question with a few google searches. Seems that Romans had a taboo about eating hoursemeat. https://www.academia.edu/12021679/1999_Eating_horse_meat_the...

So I guess that picture is suppose to be a cow?

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Re:Archaeologists uncover ancient street food shop in Pompeii by tecleandor on Sunday December 27, 2020 @02:40PM (#25553639)

Dog on a leash! Maybe waiting outside? :P

https://barrie360.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/sophie-1-1....

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Re:Archaeologists uncover ancient street food shop in Pompeii by jdright on Sunday December 27, 2020 @04:10PM (#25554281)

This is a cave canem, or, a "beware of the dog" sign. A dog skeleton was also found inside the Thermopolium.

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Re:Archaeologists uncover ancient street food shop in Pompeii by randomstring on Sunday December 27, 2020 @03:09PM (#25553846)

Thanks! In the close up it's much more clearly a dog.

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Re:Archaeologists uncover ancient street food shop in Pompeii by pilaf on Monday December 28, 2020 @12:37AM (#25556994)

There seems to be some scribbling on the top black lining, looks like "NICIλ something something". Any idea on what it says?

Also, I'm surprised by how similar the collar design looks like a typical encrusted dog collar you could find at any dog park today.

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Re:Archaeologists uncover ancient street food shop in Pompeii by mssdvd on Monday December 28, 2020 @05:36AM (#25558158)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25557874

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Re:Archaeologists uncover ancient street food shop in Pompeii by Aardwolf on Sunday December 27, 2020 @05:16PM (#25554747)

The chicken looks amazing and looks like it it could have been painted today, both style and preservation.

I interpreted the image to the right of it as a dog.

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Re:Archaeologists uncover ancient street food shop in Pompeii by xapata on Sunday December 27, 2020 @02:56PM (#25553753)

Horse was probably too valuable to eat, unless expected to die imminently.

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Re:Archaeologists uncover ancient street food shop in Pompeii by AareyBaba on Sunday December 27, 2020 @06:07PM (#25555045)

Or maybe that "meat from ruminants with the cloven-hoof" rule was more widespread.

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