Ancient Graffiti Project :: Graffito Information

Coloniae · Clau(diae)
Neronesi (:Neronensi) · Putiolane (:Puteolanae)
feliciter
scripsit · C(aius) · Iulius · Speratus
Sperate · v̂a(le)

Symbol	Meaning
a(bc)	Abbreviation; text was never written out; expanded by editor
(:abc)	Gives standard spelling to explain non-standard text in an inscription (used by EDR and AGP)
âbc	Letters joined in ligature, each letter that is joined to the next letter is indicated by a caret

Findspot	Pompeii, (VII.12.35) Location metadata ➜
Language	Latin
Writing Style	Graffito/incised
Apparatus Criticus	Textus secundum (1), mensurae secundum apographum apud (1), periit (2). vv.1-5: Litterae E ut II scriptae sunt. Tacitus Ann. XIV 27: in Italia vetus oppidum Puteoli ius coloniae et cognomentum a Nerone apiscuntur (a. 60 p. Chr.). Titulus hic probabiliter anno ipso 60 p. Chr. aut paulo post scriptus est..., [et] haud multo post a. 68 p. Chr. memoria Neronis damnata (2). C. Iulius Speratus probabiliter Puteolanus erat (7)(9).
Bibliography	CIL 04, 02152 con apografo tab. V 1 (1), cf. Add. p. 1732 (2) ILS 6326 (4) Atti Ac. Arch. Napoli, vol. 11.2, 1929-1930, p. 115 (E. Magaldi) (5) E. Smallwood, Documents illustrating the principates of Gaius, Claudius and Nero, London 1967, p. 124, n. 411b (6) Pompei, Capri e La Penisola Sorrentina, Capri 2004, pp. 354-356 (R. Benefiel) (7) J. Berry, The Complete Pompeii, London 2007, p. 103 con traduzione in inglese (8) P. Lohmann, Graffiti als Interaktionsform, Berlin 2018, pp. 275, 354-355 (9) http://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR197683 (10)
Link to EDR	#EDR197683
Suggested Citation	AGP-EDR197683, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR197683> [accessed: 13 Sep 2025]
Contributions	Editor: Rebecca Benefiel Principal Contributor: Rebecca Benefiel Last Revision: 2025-05-22