TOMB 100Tek

click to enlarge photographOn both sides of the inscription is a terracotta relief. The left one shows a surgeon in sitting position treating the leg of a patient. The latter is sitting on a high chair. Next to the patient we see all kinds of medical equipment.







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On the other relief we see a midwife in action. The expectant mother sits nude on a chair while she is held by a third woman. In front of her, on a low stool, sits the midwife.

These were probably the professions of Marcus Ulpius Amerimnus and Scribonia Attice.

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