Drawing featuring several figures and an animal, possible theatrical scene
((:vir petasatus et alter baculum tenens (=Mercurius?), animal (taurus?) eos prosequens, et duae figurae (?) procul))
| Description of Drawing (English): | A male figure wearing a hat, another holding a staff (=Mercury?), an animal (bull?) chasing them, and two figures in the background |
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| Findspot: |
Pompeii, Corridoio dei Teatri
(VIII.7.20)
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| Drawing Categories: | Human figures , Animals |
| Writing Style: | Graffito/incised |
| Apparatus Criticus: | Textus et mensurae secundum (3). Contulerunt DiBiasie-Sammons et Helms (AGP) a. 2019. v. 1: Titulus descriptus sic: profili umani (1); Szene aus einer Mythentravestie: Figur läuft nach links, Hermes (?) (2). Ante et sub EDR167863 Pone EDR167810 Supra EDR167859 |
| Bibliography: | F. Maulucci, Pompei: i graffiti figurati, Foggia 1993, p. 145, con foto e apografo (1) M. Langner, Antike Graffitizeichnungen: Motive, Gestaltung und Bedeutung, Wiesbaden 2001, nr. 1157 (Mythentravestie), con apografo (2) http://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR167778 (3) |
| Link to EDR: | #EDR167778 |
| Suggested Citation: | AGP-EDR167778, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <http://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR167778> [accessed: 28 Apr 2024] |
| Contributions: |
Editor: Rebecca Benefiel Principal Contributors: Kyle Helms, Jacqueline Dibiasie, Kyle Helms Last Revision: 2019-10-27 |
