NÉHÁNY ÉSZREVÉTEL A RÓMAI KORi NÉGYSZÖGLETES, NÉGYLÁBÚ ASZTALOKHOZ
REMARKS ON ROMAN PERIOD QUADRANGULAR, FOUR-FOOTED TABLES

Summary/Abstract: In Baláca, a quadrangular table was painted in the land scene of the stucco zone that closes the wall paintings of the so-called dining room. This type of sometimes more elaborate, quadrangular, four-footed tables is never, or rarely observable in grave art. Just like in real life, it generally appears in wall paintings and mosaic pavements, as a table for “bits and pieces”. It can be found everywhere where something had to be put down, kept there, taken into hand again, a ware had to be presented, offered or sold. The production of the undecorated quadrangular tables did not need a special skill. According to the depictions they were common pieces of furniture in workshops and inns and they could certainly be found in kitchens as well.

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