Graffito mentioning a centurion?

((centuria)) Tironis̲


Translation The century (unit) of Tiro
Findspot Pompeii, Campus ad amphitheatrum (II.7.1)
Precise Location col. LXXIII, stria 14
Language Latin
Writing Style Graffito/incised
Apparatus Criticus Textus secundum (2), mensurae secundum (4). Contulerunt Benefiel et Sypniewski (AGP) a. 2019.
v. 1: litterae TIRONI adhuc videntur a. 2019. (4)
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)
Hic titulus in stria 14 prope et paene eadem altitudine ut ((centuria)) SEMPRONI in striis 9-10 (EDR127579) scriptus est.
In eadem columna EDR128056 (stria 8).
Bibliography Not. Sc., 64, 1939, p. 276, nr. 207 (M. Della Corte) (1)
CIL 04, 08665 (2)
A. Varone, Titulorum graphio exaratorum qui in CIL Vol. IV collecti sunt imagines, Roma 2012, vol. I, p. 155 con foto (3)
http://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR127578 (4)
Link to EDR #EDR127578
Suggested Citation AGP-EDR127578, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR127578> [accessed: 13 Oct 2025]
Contributions

Editor: Rebecca Benefiel

Principal Contributors: Holly Sypniewski, Amy Nizolek, Holly Sypniewski

Contributors: E. Zimmermann Damer, C. Creamer, M. Holcomb, M. P. Lewis, J. Rach

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