Drawing of a monster (?)

((:gryllus feminae cum cornibus, unguibus, dentibus, et alis, falcem aut baculum tenentis))


Description of Drawing (English) caricature of a woman with horns, claws, teeth, and wings, holding a scythe or staff
Findspot Herculaneum, Samnite House (V.1)
Drawing Categories Human figures , Animals
Writing Style Graffito/incised
Apparatus Criticus Textus et mensurae secundum (1). Contulerunt et mensuras prehenderunt Beall, Bey IV, McCrory, Opdenhoff, Tomasi, Zimmermann Damer (HGP) a. 2014.
HGP mensurae, alt.: 40,0
HGP mensurae, lat.: 26,5
Prope EDR144514 et EDR145032

Bibliography M. Langner, Antike Graffitizeichnungen: Motive, Gestaltung und Bedeutung. Wiesbaden 2011, n. 1372 (Figur) (1)
http://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR145030 (2)
Link to EDR #EDR145030
Suggested Citation AGP-EDR145030, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR145030> [accessed: 01 Apr 2025]
Contributions

Editor: Rebecca Benefiel

Principal Contributor: Erika Damer

Last Revision: 2017-08-10

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