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L(uci) Acti va(le). Mystice mus comici Icui 〈:vacat〉 pro 〈:vacat〉 te fuimus.

Symbol	Meaning
a(bc)	Abbreviation; text was never written out; expanded by editor
〈:abc〉	Explanation of editor, either subaudible word or regarding the layout of the text, e.g.〈:col. I〉 (used by EDR and AGP)

Translation	Lucius Actius, farewell. Mysticus, mus(ician), (slave?) of the comedian Icuus...we were for you. (trans. Cooley and Cooley)
Findspot	Herculaneum, House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) Location metadata ➜
Language	Latin
Writing Style	Graffito/incised
Apparatus Criticus	Textus et mensura secundum (1) v. 1: L in errore scriptum (2), cf. (1). MVS intelligitur ut cognomen (1); aliter (2) ut MVS(ICE). FVIMU(S) (2). Infra EDR154533 et EDR154534
Bibliography	CIL 04, 10643c (1) Am. Journ. Philol., 108, 1987, p. 95-107 (J. Franklin) (2) A. Cooley and M. Cooley, Pompeii and Herculaneum: a Sourcebook. New York, 2014, p. 99, nr. D76 (3) http://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR154535 (4)
Link to EDR	#EDR154535
Suggested Citation	AGP-EDR154535, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR154535> [accessed: 05 Dec 2025]
Contributions	Editor: Rebecca Benefiel Principal Contributor: Holly Sypniewski Last Revision: 2019-06-14
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