Drawing of two birds
((:aves oppositae))
| Description of Drawing (English) | Drawing of two birds facing each other |
|---|---|
| Findspot |
Pompeii, Campus ad amphitheatrum
(II.7.1)
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| Precise Location | col. XXVII, stria 15 |
| Drawing Category | Animals |
| Writing Style | Graffito/incised |
| Apparatus Criticus | Textus et mensurae secundum (3), contulerunt Zimmermann Damer et Benefiel (AGP) a. 2019. Mensurae utriusque paris avium, alt.: 2, lat.: 6 cm Titulus descriptus sic: tre volte lo schematico disegnino di due volatili affrontati (1); ter est hic paucis lineis descriptum avium (gallorum?) oppositarum par.(2); drei Hahnenkampfpaare (3) Tria paria avium, unusquisque super alterum in eadem stria; duo paria nunc tantum vestigia sunt, sed tertium par adhuc videtur (4). In eadem columna: EDR127298 (stria 5), EDR128014 (stria 8), EDR127299 (striae 12-16) |
| Bibliography | Not. Sc., 64, 1939, p. 258 (M. Della Corte) (1) CIL 04, 08599 (nota) (2) M. Langner, Antike Graffitizeichnungen: Motive, Gestaltung Und Bedeutung. Wiesbaden 2001, n. 1680-1682 (Hahnenkampf) (3) http://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR128294 (4) |
| Link to EDR | #EDR128294 |
| Suggested Citation | AGP-EDR128294, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR128294> [accessed: 02 Apr 2025] |
| Contributions |
Editor: Rebecca Benefiel Principal Contributors: Amy Nizolek, Rebecca Benefiel Contributors: E. Zimmermann Damer, C. Creamer, M. Holcomb, M. P. Lewis, J. Rach Last Revision: 2022-07-12 |
| More info | Trismegistos: 258610 |
