Drawing of a gladiator match
((:duo gladiatores, murmillo et samnes?, scutis et galeis induti, alter gladio brevi, alter hasta armatus))
| Description of Drawing (English): | Two gladiators, a murmillo and Samnite, carrying shields and helmets, one with a short sword, the other with a spear |
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| Findspot: |
Pompeii, Corridoio dei Teatri
(VIII.7.20)
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| Drawing Category: | Gladiators |
| Writing Style: | Graffito/incised |
| Apparatus Criticus: | Textus secundum (4), mensurae secundum (5). Contulerunt DiBiasie-Sammons et Helms (AGP) a. 2019. Ante et sub EDR167717 Pone et sub EDR168136 |
| Bibliography: | R. Garrucci, Graffiti de Pompéi: inscriptions et gravures tracées au stylet, recueillies et interprétées, Paris 1856, p. 73, Tav. XIII 2, con apografo (1) F. Coarelli, Guide archeologica di Pompei, Milan 1976, p. 16, con apografo (2) F. Maulucci, Pompei: i graffiti figurati, Foggia 1993, p. 32-33 con foto e apografo (partim) (3) M. Langner, Antike Graffitizeichnungen: Motive, Gestaltung und Bedeutung, Wiesbaden 2001, nr. 1005 (Gladiatorenkampf), con apografo (4) http://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR167858 (5) |
| Link to EDR: | #EDR167858 |
| Suggested Citation: | AGP-EDR167858, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <http://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR167858> [accessed: 24 Apr 2024] |
| Contributions: |
Editor: Rebecca Benefiel Principal Contributors: Kyle Helms, Jacqueline Dibiasie, Kyle Helms Last Revision: 2021-04-01 |
