Woman with wax tablets and stylus (so-called "Sappho")

The "Sappho" fresco or Portrait of a Young Woman with Stylus is a fresco dating to the 1st century AD from the city of Pompeii, which was buried during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. It depicts a finely dressed young woman with a writing tablet and stylus, used in Roman painting to indicate literacy and education. The fresco is ascribed to the Fourth Style of Pompeiian painting and was recovered on 17 May 1760. It is displayed at the National Archaeological Museum, Naples, alongside the Portrait of Terentius Neo, another Pompeiian painting showing a woman with symbols of literacy.