Graffito

ΜΗΗϹΘΙΙ (:Ἐμνήσθη) Πρειμένης (:Πρειμογένης) 〈:servus〉 πύπ̣λεικος (:publicus) Καίσαρος
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μνσθη (:Ἐμνήσθη) ΠΡΙΙ (:Πριμ̣?)


Findspot Pompeii, Casa degli Amorini Dorati (VI.16.7)
Language Latin/Greek
Writing Style Graffito/incised
Apparatus Criticus Textus secundum (1)
Titulus memorialis est.
v. 1: Πρειμ(ογ)ένης nomen Graeco-Latinum esse puto. Primi- vel Primo- et -γενης, non -genius.
v. 2: Sub linea prima, litterae sine sensu scriptae sunt.
v. 3: Verbum secundum initium nominis Πρειμογένης videtur.
v.1: Primogenes, a public slave, has remembered the emperor because a public slave cannot at the same time be an imperial slave (2)(7)
Bibliography CIL 04, 06828 (1), cfr. p. 1900 (2)
A. Varone, Titulorum graphio exaratorum qui in C.I.L. Vol. IV collecti sunt, Imagines, Roma 2012, p. 279, con photo (3)
V. Väänänen, Le latin vulgaire des inscriptions pompéiennes. Paris 1937, p. 93 (4)
M. Gigante, Civiltà delle forme letterarie nell'antica Pompei. Napoli 1979, p. 47 (5)
Latin vulgaire-latin tardif VI. Actes du VIe colloque international sur le latin vulgaire et tardif, Helsinki, 29 août - 2 septembre 2000, Hildesheim 2003, p. 229 (F. Biville) (6)
Variation and change in Greek and Latin, Helsinki 2012, p. 102-103 (H. Solin) (7)
Link to EDR #EDR165346
Suggested Citation AGP-EDR165346, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR165346> [accessed: 03 Apr 2025]
Contributions

Editor: Rebecca Benefiel

Principal Contributor: Sandra Cruz

Last Revision: 2024-04-17

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