tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315292291856092645.post5908736976803754404..comments2023-04-19T11:09:17.941-06:00Comments on Nescio Quid: Catiline & Cato Get Out the Vote!A.M. Christensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12771043282120453564noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315292291856092645.post-84707754973696819472015-02-26T23:08:12.437-07:002015-02-26T23:08:12.437-07:00Hm, some questions about the authenticity of this ...Hm, some questions about the authenticity of this "campaign practice":<br /><br />1. Would the people receiving the bowls been literate enough to read the inscription?<br />2. How legible is the inscription? I'm no Roman, but it looks pretty roughshod to me.<br />3. What kind of food would have been put in these bowls? Can we find any traces of organic material on them?<br />4. Does the legibility of the inscription change (for better or worse) if the bowl surfaces are wet? If the food was wet then the pottery would have gotten wet too.<br />5. Since the inscription is on the inside, not the outside, can we assume that people were given the bowls *first*, then they were subsequently filled with food? Because if they were filled *then* given, the recipients wouldn't see the inscription until the food was gone. (Perhaps that was a neat party trick?)<br />Joey Brunellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13467015336225267863noreply@blogger.com