Roman fresco of about 50, from Pompeii (VI) -National Archaeological Museum of

Naples. Discovered in 1760, is one of the most famous and beloved paintings,

commonly called Sappho. Actually portrays a high-society Pompeian girl, richly

dressed with gold-threaded hair and large gold earrings, bringing the stylus to the

mouth and holding the wax tablets, notoriously accounting documents which

therefore have nothing to do with poetry and even less with the famous Greek

writer.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fresco_showing_a_woman_so-