Drawing with text
((:Palma est posita inter verba et omnia scuto cum hastis inclusa sunt))
ΒΑΧΧΙS (:Bacchis) ΔΟΜΝΑ (:domina)
| Translation | Bacchis (is) in charge |
|---|---|
| Description of Drawing (English) | ((:palm branch and the words ΒΑΧΧΙS ΔΟΜΝΑ placed within the drawing of a shield and spears)) |
| Findspot |
Pompeii, (Unnamed)
(VIII.6.4)
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| Drawing Category | Plants |
| Language | Latin/Greek |
| Writing Style | Graffito/incised |
| Apparatus Criticus | Textus secundum (5) et mensura secundum (3). Periit (4). v.1: BAṬRIS (1), LATRIS (2), apographum sine transcriptione datur (3). Potestne intellegi nomen Bacchis pro Baxxis? Itaque Bacchis est domina. Nomen Bacchis (CIL 04, 08238) Pompeiis est inventa. (5) Tres Greco-Latini tituli (EDR175854, EDR 175855, EDR175859) in hoc aedificio sunt (5). |
| Bibliography | Not. Sc., 1884, p. 397, (A. Sogliano) (1) Mitt. Deutsch. Arch. Inst. (Roemisch.), 1886, p. 144 (A. Mau) (2) CIL 04, 04950 con apografo (3) M. Langner, Antike Graffitizeichnungen: Motive, Gestaltung und Bedeutung, Wiesbaden 2001, n. 27 (Buchstabenornament) (4) http://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR175859 (5) |
| Link to EDR | #EDR175859 |
| Suggested Citation | AGP-EDR175859, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR175859> [accessed: 01 Apr 2025] |
| Contributions |
Editor: Rebecca Benefiel Principal Contributor: Matthew Panciera Contributor: 4 Last Revision: 2020-08-08 |