Graffito

Myrtale
Cassacos
fellas

Findspot Pompeii, Lupanare (VII.12.18-20)
Language Latin
Writing Style Graffito/incised
Apparatus Criticus Textus secundum (1), aliter (4); mensurae ex apographo apud (1).
v. 2 Cassacos ut cognomen (1); vassatos, Myrtale, you suck well hung men (4).
Varone (5) hanc inscriptionem frusta quaesivit.
Bibliography CIL 04, 02268 con apografo, Tab. XXXVII 28 (1)
J. N. Adams, The Latin Sexual Vocabulary, London 1990, p. 42 (2)
A. Varone, Erotica Pompeiana: iscrizioni d'amore sui muri di Pompei, Rome 1994, p. 75 (3)
W. Krenkel, Naturalia non turpia. Sex and Gender in Ancient Greece and Rome. Schriften zur antiken Kultur- und Sexualwissenschaft, Hildesheim 2006, p. 227 (4)
A. Varone, Titulorum graphio exaratorum qui in C.I.L. vol. IV collecti sunt imagines, Roma 2012, vol. II, p. 328 (5)
http://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR151037 (6)
Link to EDR #EDR151037
Suggested Citation AGP-EDR151037, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR151037> [accessed: 02 Apr 2025]
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