Funerary relief with a butcher (133)

From Ostia.
W. 1.30, h. 0.22.
Pigs are approaching from the left and right. With his left hand the butcher holds a ham, in his right hand is a chopper. To the right more meat is hanging on hooks: a ham, a cutlet, a calf's or pig's head, and lungs can be recognized. To the left are scales.

Arachne 2300689. Zimmer 1982, cat. nr. 4. Guida p. 20 nr. 7. Photos: "Skilled Labour and Professionalism in Ancient Greece and Rome", Cambridge 2020 and Arachne.