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: 01 Apr 2025]
Contributions	Editor: Rebecca Benefiel Principal Contributor: Matthew Panciera Contributor: 4 Last Revision: 2020-08-26