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GAVDA ++ [-] +ELL++ et FAENVN̂T

Symbol	Meaning
[- - -]	Damage to the surface or support; letters cannot be restored with certainty
ABC	Letters whose reading is clear but meaning is incomprehensible
âbc	Letters joined in ligature, each letter that is joined to the next letter is indicated by a caret
+	Illegible/unclear character

Translation	(incomprehensible series of letters)
Findspot	Pompeii, Corridoio dei Teatri (VIII.7.20) Location metadata ➜
Language	Latin
Writing Style	Graffito/incised
Apparatus Criticus	Textus et mensurae secundum (3). Contulerunt et emendaverunt Benefiel, DiBiasie-Sammons, et Helms (AGP) a. 2019. v. 1: G GAVDANVS [- - -]+ELLI ++ + AENVIVV (1); G GAVD`I´ANỊ Ṃ[AR]CELLI [.?] FAENVN (2). v. 1: Prima littera temere opinor bis scripta est (1); littera G bis scripta, sed prima alia cuspide exarata, esse videtur. (3) v. 1: Linea alia, quae ut littera I etiam legitur (2), per litteram D currit, sed fortasse aliena est (3). v. 1: FAENVN fortasse errore pro FAENVM scriptum (2) Pone EDR168005, EDR168004
Bibliography	CIL 04, 02456 (1) A. Varone, Titulorum graphio exaratorum qui in C.I.L. vol. IV collecti sunt, Imagines, Roma 2012, vol. II, p. 409, con foto (2) http://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR168057 (3)
Link to EDR	#EDR168057
Suggested Citation	AGP-EDR168057, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR168057> [accessed: 02 Apr 2025]
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: 2019-08-31