Ancient Graffiti Project :: Graffito Information

Mim̂us̲
BCN
bineis (:βινεῖς)
((:animal))

Symbol	Meaning
ABC	Letters whose reading is clear but meaning is incomprehensible
abc	Characters formerly visible, now missing
((:abc))	Description of a figural graffito (used by EDR and AGP)
(:abc)	Gives standard spelling to explain non-standard text in an inscription (used by EDR and AGP)
âbc	Letters joined in ligature, each letter that is joined to the next letter is indicated by a caret

Description of Drawing (English)	Mimus BCN do you drink ((:animal))
Findspot	Pompeii, Casa degli Epigrammi (V.1.18) Location metadata ➜
Drawing Category	Animals
Language	Latin
Writing Style	Graffito/incised
Apparatus Criticus	Textus secundum (1), sed v. 1 emendatus est apud (3). Tantum v. 1 adhuc litteris valde corrosis extat (3). v. 1: AEM̂VSI (1), Mim̂us̲ (3)
Bibliography	CIL 04, 04060 (1) M. Langner, Antike Graffitizeichnungen, Wiesbaden 2001, n. 1618 (2) A. Varone, Titulorum graphio exaratorum qui in C.I.L. vol. IV collecti sunt: imagines, Vol. 1, Roma 2012, p. 212, con foto (3) http://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR163899 (4)
Link to EDR	#EDR163899
Suggested Citation	AGP-EDR163899, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR163899> [accessed: 02 Apr 2025]
Contributions	Editor: Rebecca Benefiel Principal Contributor: Karin Lundqvist Last Revision: 2021-08-03