Graffito mentioning the men of the third legion and Rufa

Tertiani
Hic ḥạb̲ita[r]unt (:habitaverunt)
Rufa ita vale quare bene felas (:fellas)


Translation: The men of the third legion were here. Farewell, Rufa because you suck well.
Findspot: Pompeii, Corridoio dei Teatri (VIII.7.20)
Location metadata ➜
Language: Latin
Writing Style: Graffito/incised
Apparatus Criticus: Textus et mensurae secundum (9). Contulerunt et emendaverunt DiBiasie-Sammons et Helms (AGP) a. 2019.
v. 1: hic versus litteras AVSTVS tituli EDR161911 excipit et initium tituli EDR166494 (9).
v. 2: litterae HA et in apographo et in textu periisse videntur (1), sed vestigia a. 2019 inventa sunt (9).
v. 3: cum praecedentibus fortasse non coniunctus (1), seiunctus (5)-(6), seiungendus (7)(9).
v. 3: litterae VALE superscribuntur et excipiunt imaginem navis EDR168121; BENE FELAS imaginem navis EDR167834 (9).
Ante EDR166496, EDR161910
Pone EDR167665, EDR166749
Supra EDR167665
Bibliography: CIL 04, 02421 con apographo, Tab. XXXIX 5 (1)
V. Väänänen, Le latin vulgaire des inscriptions pompéiennes (3 ed.), Berlin 1966, p. 126 (2)
J. N. Adams, The Latin Sexual Vocabulary, London 1982, p. 131 (3)
V. Hunink, Glücklich ist dieser Ort! 1000 Graffiti aus Pompeji, Stuttgart 2011, p. 274, nr. 809 (4)
A. Varone, Erotica Pompeiana: Love Inscriptions on the Walls of Pompeii, Rome 2002, p. 77 (5)
K.-W. Weeber, Decius war hier... Das Beste aus der römischen Graffiti-Szene, Düsseldorf 2003, p. 48, nr. 110, p. 143, nr. 506 (6)
A. Varone, Titulorum graphio exaratorum qui in C.I.L. vol. IV collecti sunt, Imagines, Roma 2012, vol. II, p. 417, con foto (7)
Gymnasium, 121, 2014, p. 103 (H. Solin) (8)
http://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR166493 (9)
Link to EDR: #EDR166493
Suggested Citation: AGP-EDR166493, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR166493> [accessed: 05 Nov 2024]
Contributions:

Editor: Rebecca Benefiel

Principal Contributor: Kyle Helms

Contributors: J. DiBiasie-Sammons, K. Helms, A. Acevedo, L. Barth, V. Guyton, J. Lee, N. Sumrall

Last Revision: 2020-02-12

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