Drawing of a circle with a name

((:circulus circulum continens, tracti cum circino))
M̲(arcus) C̲e̲r̲r̲i̲nus


Translation Marcus Cerrinius (between the lines of two concentric circles)
Findspot Pompeii, Campus ad amphitheatrum (II.7.1)
Location metadata ➜
Precise Location col. LXXI, stria 10
Language Latin
Writing Style Graffito/incised
Apparatus Criticus Textus secundum (2). Contulerunt Sypniewski et Benefiel (AGP); vestigia in tectorio corroso adhuc a. 2019 extant.
Mensurae circulorum: alt. 9,0cm; lat. 9,0cm, secundum (4)
Mensurae verborum: alt. Incertus; lat. 5,5cm, secundum (2); litt. alt. 0,8cm (2)(4)
Duo circuli, alter in altero (4). Titulus inter duas lineas circulorum scriptus (4); aliter (1)-(2) qui tantum semicirculos viderunt. Drei konzentrische Kreise (3), quo litterae inter circulos carent.
v. 1: CERRINVSS pro CERRINIVS (1)(2), sed prima littera S vere dextera pars litterae V est. Tantum litterae IVS videntur a. 2019 (4).
Titulus trans striam et duas fasciolas scriptus est.
Supra EDR128644 (EROS)
Prope EDR128642 (stria 11)
In eadem columna EDR128641 (stria 7); EDR128643 (stria 13)
Bibliography Not. Sc., 64, 1939, p. 275 (M. Della Corte) (1)
CIL 04, 08659b (2)
M. Langner, Antike Graffitizeichnungen: Motive, Gestaltung und Bedeutung, Wiesbaden 2001, nr. 43 (Kreise) (3)
http://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR128645 (4)
Link to EDR #EDR128645
Suggested Citation AGP-EDR128645, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR128645> [accessed: 01 Apr 2025]
Contributions

Editor: Rebecca Benefiel

Principal Contributors: Holly Sypniewski, Angela Tuminno, Holly Sypniewski

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

Last Revision: 2020-03-06

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