Graffito mentioning a centurion?

((centuria)) Valentis


Translation The century (unit) of Valens
Findspot Pompeii, Campus ad amphitheatrum (II.7.1)
Location metadata ➜
Precise Location col. XXXIV, striae 10-11
Language Latin
Writing Style Graffito/incised
Apparatus Criticus Textus secundum (2), contulerunt Zimmermann Damer et Benefiel (AGP) a. 2019.
v. 1: Ɔ significat ((centuria)) vel ((centurionis))
Nomen Valentis bis in campo ad amphitheatrum scriptus est (etiam in col. CIII, EDR167728).
Hic titulus trans strias 10 et 11 et fasciolam inter eas scriptus est (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).
In eadem columna: EDR173880 (stria 5) and EDR127186 (striae 7-8).
Bibliography Not. Sc., 64, 1939, p. 260, nr. 125 (M. Della Corte) (1)
CIL 04, 08614 (2)
A. Varone, Titulorum graphio exaratorum qui in CIL Vol. IV collecti sunt imagines, Roma 2012, vol. I, p. 141 con foto (3)
http://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR127807 (4)
Link to EDR #EDR127807
Suggested Citation AGP-EDR127807, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR127807> [accessed: 13 Oct 2025]
Contributions

Editor: Rebecca Benefiel

Principal Contributors: Rebecca Benefiel, Joshua Zacks, Rebecca Benefiel

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

Last Revision: 2020-04-24

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