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Mula fellaat (:fellat) [A]ntoni
Fortunata a(eris) a(ssibus) II
((:caput hominis))

Symbol	Meaning
[abc]	Letters once present, now missing due to damage to the surface or support
a(bc)	Abbreviation; text was never written out; expanded by editor
((:abc))	Description of a figural graffito (used by EDR and AGP)
(:abc)	Gives standard spelling to explain non-standard text in an inscription (used by EDR and AGP)

Translation:	Mula performs fellatio(?) Antoni(us?). Fortunata - 2 (bronze) asses (coins).
Findspot:	Pompeii, Bottega del fruttivendolo Felix (I.8.1) Location metadata ➜
Drawing Category:	Human figures
Language:	Latin
Writing Style:	Graffito/incised
Apparatus Criticus:	Textus secundum (1)(5) v. 1: FELLAAT pro FELLAT v. 3: herma muliebris prospiciens (1), sed imago feminae esse non videtur
Bibliography:	CIL 04, 08185 (1) J. N. Adams, The Latin Sexual Vocabulary, London 1990, p. 122 (2) A. Varone, Erotica Pompeiana: iscrizioni d'amore sui muri di Pompei, Rome 1994, p. 75, 140 (3) M. Langner, Antike Graffitizeichnungen: Motive, Gestaltung Und Bedeutung. Wiesbaden 2001, n. 189 (Kopf: Fortunata) (4) Off the Beaten Track: Epigraphy at the Borders, Oxford 2016, p. 41 (R. Benefiel and H. Sypniewski) (5) http://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR128557 (6)
Link to EDR:	#EDR128557
Suggested Citation:	AGP-EDR128557, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <http://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR128557> [accessed: 16 Apr 2024]
Contributions:	Editor: Rebecca Benefiel Principal Contributor: Vergil Par Last Revision: 2020-12-22