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 EDR EDR168048 AGP AGP-EDR168048 Graffito/incised Pompeii -50-14 C.E. Pompeii, Insula VIII.7.20, Corridoio dei Teatri Pompei (Napoli), Regio VIII.7.20, Corridoio dei Teatri, muro sud

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Methe Cominiaes Atellana amat Chrestum corde sit utreis utrisqueque Venus Pompeiana propitia et semper concordes vivantveivant

Textus secundum (7), mensurae secundum (20). Contulerunt DiBiasie-Sammons et Helms (AGP) a. 2019.<br>Tectorium in multis locis in pulverem corruit. Ex PROPITIA ad CONCORDES solum vestigia dubia remanent (20). <br>v. 1: interpuncta post METHE, COMINIAES, ATELLANA, AMAT, CHRESTVM et POMPEIANA (1); post CORDE, SIT, VTREISQVE, VENVS, POMPEIANA, PROPITIA, ET, et CONCORDES (2). a. 2019 solum interpuncta post CHRESTVM et POMPEIANA exstant (20).<br>COMINIAES genitivus (1), (11); COMINIAE S(ERVA) (9)<br>CHRESTVM pro CHRISTVM (10), contra (13).<br>VTREISQVE (1)(2)(5); VTREIS QVE (7)(15)(20)<br>Littera E in ET scriptum ut II (5)<br>[S]EM[PER] (1)-(2); SEM[P]E[R] (6)<br>Ante finem aetatis Augusti (13) <br>Pone EDR168057

Methe, a slave of Cominia, from the town of Atella, loves Chrestus. May Pompeian Venus be propitious in her heart to them both and may they always live harmoniously.

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