Painted message of protection

〈:ad dextram〉
Ὁ τοῦ Διὸϲ
παῖϲ καλλί=
νεικοϲ (:καλλίνικοϲ) Ἡρακλῆϲ

〈:ad sinistram〉
C̣[---]ΑΔΑΙ (:ἐνθάδε)
κατοικεῖ
μηδὲν εἰ=
σειάτω (:εἰσίτω)
κακόμ (:κακόν)


Translation: Heracles, the triumphant son of Zeus, lives here. May no evil enter.
Findspot: Pompeii, (VIII.4.7)
Location metadata ➜
Language: Greek
Writing Style: painted
Apparatus Criticus: Textus secundum (4).
V.1 (dextra): litt. alt. 24,0 (4).
Omnes litterae sine spatio scriptae sunt:
ΟΤΟΥΔΙΟϹ
ΠΑΙΣΚΑΛΛΙ
ΝΕΙΚΟϹΗΡΑΚΛΗϹ
Hic titulus per terras Greco-Romanas est inventus, cfr. EDR137640. Alia exempla inscripta in domibus sunt referta apud (8). Diogenes Cynicus hunc titulum in ianua novi mariti scriptum Cyzici vidit (8).
Bibliography: Bull. Arch. Nap., 1856, p. 33 (G. Minervini) (1)
Rhein. Mus., 1857 XII, p. 248 (F. Buecheler) (2)
Giornale degli Scavi, 1, 1861 p. 93 (G. Fiorelli) (3)
CIL 04, 00733 (4), cfr. Add. p. 196 (5) et p. 461 (6)
A. Varone, G. Stefani, Titulorum pictorum Pompeianorum qui in CIL vol. IV collecti sunt Imagines, Roma 2009, p. 366, con foto (7)
Gr. Rom. Byz. Stud., 49, 2009, pp. 228-230 (C. Faraone) (8)
K. Milnor, Graffiti and the Literary Landscape in Roman Pompeii, 2014, pp. 234-6 (9)
http://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR175967 (10)
Link to EDR: #EDR175967
Suggested Citation: AGP-EDR175967, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <http://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR175967> [accessed: 09 May 2024]
Contributions:

Editor: Rebecca Benefiel

Principal Contributor: Matthew Panciera

Contributor: 7

Last Revision: 2020-09-23

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