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Relief of woman doing accounts

In this relief from Ostia a woman sits doing the accounts in a butcher's shop. Her relationship to the butcher and her stake in the business is unclear. It has often been assumed that she is the butcher's wife. She wears the full dress and has the elaborate hairdo of an upper-class woman, but it seems she is a skilled and professional working woman.

Butcher's wife
The woman doing the accounts in the butcher's shop.