Graffito mentioning a centurion?

((centuria)) Clementis


Translation The century (unit) of Clemens
Findspot Pompeii, Campus ad amphitheatrum (II.7.1)
Precise Location col. XIV, stria 15
Language Latin
Writing Style Graffito/incised
Apparatus Criticus Textus et mensurae secundum (2). Contulerunt Sypniewski et Benefiel (AGP) a. 2019.
v. 1: Ɔ significat centurionis vel centuria (1), Ɔ (=centuria iuvenum) (2).
Octo tituli in campo ad amphitheatrum hoc signum (centurio?) mostrant: EDR127297 (col. XIV), EDR127160 (col. XXIX), EDR127807 (col. XXXIV), EDR128067 (col. LXVIII), EDR128082 (col. LXIX), EDR127579 et EDR127578 (col. LXXIII), EDR167976 (col. LXXXV).
Nomen CLEMENS in titulis scariphatis Pompeis invenitur ad EDR151733.
In
eadem columna EDR128293 (stria 6), EDR167625 (stria 6), EDR128769 (stria 7), EDR128770 (stria 7), EDR128772 (stria 11), EDR128773 (stria 12), EDR127403 (striae 1, 2, 8, 12, 14, 20)
Bibliography Not. Sc., 64, 1939, p. 247, nr. 36 (M. Della Corte) (1)
CIL 04, 08550 (2)
A. Varone, Titulorum graphio exaratorum qui in CIL Vol. IV collecti sunt imagines, Roma 2012, vol. I, p. 128 con foto (3)
http://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR127297 (4)
Link to EDR #EDR127297
Suggested Citation AGP-EDR127297, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR127297> [accessed: 25 Aug 2025]
Contributions

Editor: Rebecca Benefiel

Principal Contributors: Holly Sypniewski, Vergil Par, Holly Sypniewski

Contributors: H. Sypniewski, H. Busby, C. Hartline, B. Wright, M. Yorio

Last Revision: 2020-06-02

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