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Pirrichus (:Pyrrichus) est M[- - -]i 〈:servus〉 nec [tamen]+

Symbol	Meaning
[abc]	Letters once present, now missing due to damage to the surface or support
[- - -]	Damage to the surface or support; letters cannot be restored with certainty
(:abc)	Gives standard spelling to explain non-standard text in an inscription (used by EDR and AGP)
+	Illegible/unclear character
〈:abc〉	Explanation of editor, either subaudible word or regarding the layout of the text, e.g.〈:col. I〉 (used by EDR and AGP)

Findspot	Pompeii, Basilica (VIII.1.1) Location metadata ➜
Language	Latin
Writing Style	Graffito/incised
Apparatus Criticus	Textus secundum (3)-(4) Litteris cursivis (1), litteris tenuissimis (3) v. 1: II scriptum pro littera E. Pyrrhicus in EDR073314 nominatur, quo etiam verba NEC TAMEN scripta sunt.
Bibliography	CIL 04, 01920 (1), Add. p. 213 (2) A. Varone, Titulorum graphio exaratorum qui in CIL Vol. IV collecti sunt imagines, Roma 2012, vol. II, p. 385, con apografo (3) Studia Epigraphica in memoriam Géza Alfödy, Bonn 2013, pp. 333-335 (H. Solin) (4) http://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR168515 (5)
Link to EDR	#EDR168515
Suggested Citation	AGP-EDR168515, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR168515> [accessed: 04 Apr 2025]
Contributions	Editor: Rebecca Benefiel Principal Contributor: Rebecca Benefiel Last Revision: 2021-01-15