Ancient Graffiti Project :: Graffito Information

Primi=
g̣en=
us (:Primigenius)

〈:infra〉
((:navis))

〈:infra〉
((:gladiator cum scuto longo, galea, et gladio))

Symbol	Meaning
ạḅ	Characters damaged or unclear that would be unintelligible without context
((:abc))	Description of a figural graffito (used by EDR and AGP)
(:abc)	Gives standard spelling to explain non-standard text in an inscription (used by EDR and AGP)
〈:abc〉	Explanation of editor, either subaudible word or regarding the layout of the text, e.g.〈:col. I〉 (used by EDR and AGP)

Translation:	Primigenius
Description of Drawing (English):	((:boat)) ((:gladiator with long shield, helmet, and sword))
Findspot:	Pompeii, Casa dei Postumii/Casa di Olconio (VIII.4.4) Location metadata ➜
Drawing Category:	Gladiators
Language:	Latin
Writing Style:	painted
Apparatus Criticus:	Textus secundum (4). Hic titulus est positus super imagines navis, deinde gladiatoris (2).
Bibliography:	Giornale degli Scavi, 1, 1861, p. 44 et 337 (G. Fiorelli) (1) Bull. Arch. It., 1862, p. 51 (G. Minervini) (2) CIL 04, 00728 (3), cfr. Add. p. 196 (4) M. Langner, Antike Graffitizeichnungen: Motive, Gestaltung und Bedeutung, Wiesbaden 2001, nr. 897 (Gladiator) et nr. 2192 (Boot) (5) http://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR175965 (6)
Link to EDR:	#EDR175965
Suggested Citation:	AGP-EDR175965, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR175965> [accessed: 21 Nov 2024]
Contributions:	Editor: Rebecca Benefiel Principal Contributor: Matthew Panciera Contributor: 4 Last Revision: 2020-08-26