Famous Funerary Relief of a Roman Butcher
and his Bookkeeping Wife
and his Bookkeeping Wife
Ancient
Roman butchers had standardized chopping blocks, hatchets and
cleavers along with refined butchery practices. This second Century
funerary relief panel shows a typical Roman butchers shop. The
butcher is by his table with his hatchet
and the meat displayed on
the walls. His bookkeeping
wife sits opposite.
An
ancient Roman relief with a scene of a butcher shop.
Rome, 120-150 AD
Relief Museo della Civiltà Romana. Rome, Lazio, Italy. Photo: pinterest.com
Recently in Ipplepen, Devon, England, a Roman butchers shop has been discovered. Cow bones found at the site prove that this butcher slaughtered local cows for their prime cuts of meat. This prime beef along with other meats was delivered by road using the sophisticated road system of the empire in the 4th century AD.
A
cow skull being unearthed at the Ipplepen site.
(Ipplepen Archaeology
Project)
The
normal practice for cattle would have been to keep them into old age
for the pulling of ploughs etc. but at this site, they were one and a
half to two years old. The right age for producing the highest
quality meat. This means that this site was being used for
professional beef production.
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