{"id":16685,"date":"2022-03-20T16:39:45","date_gmt":"2022-03-20T20:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?p=16685"},"modified":"2022-03-20T16:39:45","modified_gmt":"2022-03-20T20:39:45","slug":"early-repairs-in-ancient-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?p=16685","title":{"rendered":"Early repairs in ancient Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I just returned from a memorable trip to Italy and in addition to eating my way from Rome to Naples, I spotted quite a few examples of inventive repairs. Although I didn&#8217;t find many make-do&#8217;s hiding in plain sight in the many museums I visited, I did find these outdoor repairs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the Archaeological Park of Herculaneum, I came across a pair of partially buried earthenware jars with multiple cracks at a thermopolium (cook-shop.) Both jars have multiple butterfly inlay repairs made from what appears to be wood or resin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6953.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16686\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6953.jpeg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6953-150x150.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6953-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6940.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16691\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6940.jpeg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6940-150x150.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6940-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6942.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16690\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6942.jpeg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6942-150x150.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6942-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6944.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16689\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6944.jpeg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6944-150x150.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6944-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6947.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16688\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6947.jpeg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6947-150x150.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6947-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6950.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16687\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6950.jpeg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6950-150x150.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6950-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As you can imagine, the ruins of Pompeii are home to many early repairs. I mean, the city itself is practically one giant make-do. Long ago, most of the important artifacts were moved to the National Archaeological Museum of Naples, yet I was still able to find a few early repairs left behind. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This large cylindrical jar with a rolled rim and a decorative foot was sitting next to a trash receptacle and showed many ancient battle scars. Overscaled iron rivets have done a terrific job of holding it together for hundreds of years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6862.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16694\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6862.jpeg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6862-150x150.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6862-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6865.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16692\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6865.jpeg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6865-150x150.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6865-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Fountain of Mercury in region VI of Pompeii is host to a quartet of enormous iron clips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6853.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16695\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6853.jpeg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6853-150x150.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6853-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6852.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16696\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6852.jpeg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6852-150x150.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6852-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image026.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16705\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image026.jpeg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image026-150x150.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image026-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A funny thing happened on the way to the Roman Forum, where I found a bird sitting serenely on a carved chunk of stone with large metal braces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6702X.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16697\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6702X.jpeg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6702X-150x150.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6702X-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6703X.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16707\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6703X.jpeg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6703X-150x150.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6703X-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just returned from a memorable trip to Italy and in addition to eating my way from Rome to Naples, I spotted quite a few examples of inventive repairs. Although I didn&#8217;t find many make-do&#8217;s hiding in plain sight in the many museums I visited, I did find these outdoor repairs. 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