Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Anclabris

Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary, and Greek Lexicon (Rich, 1849)

ANCLA'BRIS. A small table made use of as an altar at the sacrifice, upon which the sacrificial implements were placed, as well as the entrails of the victim, for the inspection of the diviners. (Festus. s. v. Id. s. Escariae.) The example (Anclabris/1.1) represents a small bronze table found at Pompeii, which from its diminutive size, and the hollow form of its top, is believed to have been employed in the manner stated. It is rather more than eight inches high, rather less than eight long, and about seven wide. In one of the Pompeian paintings a priest is represented carrying one of these tables to the sacrifice. Pitture di Ercolan. iv. tav. 1.

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  Anclabris/1.1