Graffito naming Paris (and others)

T[--?]U foṛmosus TUNCAS
CARIS (:Paris?) ISSF (:isse?) [---] TIII'TF_NTRIQ (:Septentrio?)
〈:vacat〉 N [---] ICI [---] IAAIS (:Paris?) issus
Postima
Caius


Translation: (damage here...) handsome (tun(i)cs? or other text?)... Paris himself (other letters here...) Septentrio(?) (damage and other letters here) ...Paris(?) himself Postima Gaius
Findspot: Pompeii, Via del Tempio di Iside (VIII.7.26-30)
Location metadata ➜
Precise Location: VIII.7.28, Tempio di Iside, Facade
Language: Latin
Writing Style: Graffito/incised
Apparatus Criticus: Textus secundum (3) (4).
v.1: T[-]U FORMOSUS TUNCAS (1), T..U (2), T/////U FORMOSUSTUNCAS (3).
v.2: PARIS · ISSE [-] SIIPTENTRIO (1), CARIS · ISSE...T..ITE..NTRIQ (2), CARIS · ISSF //////// TIII'TF_NTRIQ (3)
v.3: NCIICIS IAAISISSUS (1), N...ICI...IAAISISSUS (2), N///ICI///IAAISISSUS, extr(emis litteris) fortasse fuit PARIS ISSUS (3).
v.2: PARIS ISSE SEPTENTRIO etiam est inventum Pompeiis ad EDR151953
.
Isse/issus (pro ipse/ipsus) est vocabulum blanditiae saepe a pueris et amatoribus (vel. sim.) dictum. PARIS ISSE alibi Pompeiis est inventum (EDR151953
).
Bibliography: R. Garrucci, Graffiti de Pompei, 1856, p. 9 (1)
G. Fiorelli, Pompeianarum Antiquitatum Historia, 1860, p. 179 (2)
CIL 04, 02133 (3)
http://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR175883 (4)
Link to EDR: #EDR175883
Suggested Citation: AGP-EDR175883, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <http://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR175883> [accessed: 18 May 2024]
Contributions:

Editor: Rebecca Benefiel

Principal Contributor: Matthew Panciera

Contributor: 28

Last Revision: 2020-11-19

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