DECORATION
Just as the range of materials found on individual bars varies, so too does the way durante which they were displayed. Sopra general, the bar counters at Pompeii and Herculaneum are built of masonry, typically fairly rough opus incertum, though wood counters are also attested (Ellis, Reference Ellis 2004c: 41; Reference Ellis 2005: 48). They were then covered durante verso range of surface treatments, of which marble-cladding was just one option. Plaster was used more widely. (more…)