Ancient Graffiti Project :: Graffito Information

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amṿ ((:caput hominis)) ((:phallus directus versus os capitis illius))
AMOI

Symbol	Meaning
[- - -]	Damage to the surface or support; letters cannot be restored with certainty
ABC	Letters whose reading is clear but meaning is incomprehensible
ạḅ	Characters damaged or unclear that would be unintelligible without context
((:abc))	Description of a figural graffito (used by EDR and AGP)

Description of Drawing (English)	((:man's head)) ((:upright phallus pointing towards man's head))
Findspot	Pompeii, Casa del Gallo (VIII.5.2) Location metadata ➜
Drawing Category	Human figures
Language	Latin
Writing Style	Graffito/incised
Apparatus Criticus	Textus et mensurae secundum (1). Caput hominis infra v. 2, phallus supra v. 3
Bibliography	CIL 04, 04926 (1) M. Langner, Antike Graffitizeichnungen, Wiesbaden 2001, n. 300 (2) http://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR149159 (3)
Link to EDR	#EDR149159
Suggested Citation	AGP-EDR149159, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR149159> [accessed: 05 Dec 2025]
Contributions	Editor: Rebecca Benefiel Principal Contributor: Erika Damer Last Revision: 2020-10-06
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