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Longinus IV Idu[s Iu]lias
Iualias (:Iulias) accepit vim hila(re?)
Sturnus am(ator?)

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)	Gives standard spelling to explain non-standard text in an inscription (used by EDR and AGP)
?	Represents uncertainty

Translation	Longinus - Four days before the Ides of July, he received physical force cheerfully. Starling(?)...
Findspot	Herculaneum, Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1) Location metadata ➜
Language	Latin
Writing Style	Graffito/incised
Apparatus Criticus	Textus secundum (1); mensurae secundum (2) Periit (4) Contulerunt sed non invenerunt Dillard, King, et Loar (HGP) a. 2016. v. 1: lat.: 9,5; litt. alt.: 3,0-5,0 v. 2: lat.: 10,4; litt. alt.: 0,2-1,8 v. 3: lat.: 6,0; litt. alt.: 0,3-1,0 vv. 1-2: quod prius in tectorio fracto esset, IVLIAS scriptum bis (2) v. 2: aut HILA(RIS) (2) v. 3: [- - -]S TVRNVS (3) quod STVRNVS ut nomen non attestatur, sed incertum est utrum tectorium mutilum esset. Prope EDR140979, EDR154429, EDR154430, EDR154431, EDR154432, EDR154433, EDR140980, EDR140982, EDR140983, EDR140986, EDR154537
Bibliography	Rend. Ac. Arch. Nap., 33, 1958, p. 302, nr. 806 (M. Della Corte) (1) CIL 04, 10694 (2) Gnomon 45, 1973, p. 272 (H. Solin) (3) http://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR154434 (4)
Link to EDR	#EDR154434
Suggested Citation	AGP-EDR154434, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR154434> [accessed: 01 Apr 2025]
Contributions	Editor: Rebecca Benefiel Principal Contributor: Holly Sypniewski Last Revision: 2017-08-08
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