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
Findspot: Pompeii, Corridoio dei Teatri (VIII.7.20)
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, <https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR167778> [accessed: 05 Nov 2024]
Contributions:

Editor: Rebecca Benefiel

Principal Contributors: Kyle Helms, Jacqueline DiBiasie, Kyle Helms

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

Last Revision: 2019-10-27

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