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Numerical graffito
| Graffito: | Quatuor (:quattuor) cer[---] |
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| Translation: | Four (...) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) |
| CIL: | 10632a |
| ID: | AGP-EDR154567 |
Drawing of a gladiator helmet
| Graffito: | ((:galea gladiatoria cum crista ad dext.)) |
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| Description of Drawing (English): | gladiator helmet with crest facing right | ||||||
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| City: | Herculaneum | ||||||
| Findspot: | House of the Grand Portal (V.35) | ||||||
| CIL: | 10711 | ||||||
| Drawing Category: | Gladiators | ||||||
| ID: | AGP-EDR143832 | ||||||
Drawing of a gladiator helmet
| Graffito: | ((:galea gladiatoria cum crista ad dext.)) |
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| Description of Drawing (English): | gladiator helmet with crest facing right | ||||||
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| City: | Herculaneum | ||||||
| Findspot: | House of the Grand Portal (V.35) | ||||||
| CIL: | 10711 | ||||||
| Drawing Category: | Gladiators | ||||||
| ID: | AGP-EDR143815 | ||||||
Drawing of a camel
| Graffito: | ((:camelus dromedarius cum cauda, lodicem gerens, ad dext. incedens)) |
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| Description of Drawing (English): | camel, wearing blanket, with tail, walking to the right | ||||
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| City: | Herculaneum | ||||
| Findspot: | Samnite House (V.1) | ||||
| Drawing Category: | Animals | ||||
| ID: | AGP-EDR144514 | ||||
Graffito in Greek
| Graffito: | Φάβ(ιος) |
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| Translation: | Fab(ius) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Bicentenary (V.15) |
| CIL: | 10574b |
| ID: | AGP-EDR140186 |
Initials (?)
| Graffito: | MAL |
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| Translation: | M(arcus) A(---) L(---?) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Cardo IV (V.1-9) |
| CIL: | 10563c |
| ID: | AGP-EDR140129 |
Graffito in Greek
| Graffito: | Πρόκλα |
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| Translation: | Πρόκλα |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Upstairs apartment (V.18) |
| CIL: | 10577 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR140200 |
Warning for Timinia
| Graffito: | Caves (:caveas), Timinia, |
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| Translation: | Beware, Timinia: thieves! |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Central Baths (VI.1,7-10) |
| CIL: | 10600 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR140248 |
Tally marks
| Graffito: | IIIIIIIIIIII |
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| Translation: | 12 | |||
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| City: | Herculaneum | |||
| Findspot: | Wineshop of Antigonus (InsulaOrientalisII.9) | |||
| CIL: | 10663d | |||
| ID: | AGP-EDR154441 | |||
Graffito naming Suellius
| Graffito: | Hic situs |
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| Translation: | Suellius is located here. | |||
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| City: | Herculaneum | |||
| Findspot: | House of the Mosaic Atrium (IV.2) | |||
| CIL: | Varone 2000 | |||
| ID: | AGP-EDR156999 | |||
Greek alphabet
| Graffito: | ΑΒΓΔΕΖΗΘΙΚΛΜΝΞ̲ΟΠΡΣΤΥΦΧΨΩ |
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| Translation: | (The whole alphabet in Greek) | |||||||
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| City: | Herculaneum | |||||||
| Findspot: | Wineshop of Antigonus (InsulaOrientalisII.9) | |||||||
| CIL: | 10717 | |||||||
| ID: | AGP-EDR154595 | |||||||
List of names
| Graffito: | Vin(icius?) |
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| Translation: | Vin(icius?), Florus, Paris, Gaius Messenius |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1) |
| CIL: | 10701 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR154539 |
Graffito naming Euhodus
| Graffito: | Euhodụs̲ |
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| Translation: | Euhodus | ||
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| City: | Herculaneum | ||
| Findspot: | Terme Suburbane (VII.16.a) | ||
| CIL: | 10679 | ||
| ID: | AGP-EDR154189 | ||
Series of letters
| Graffito: | CEN |
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| Translation: | (series of letters) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Wooden Shrine (V.31) |
| CIL: | 10586a |
| ID: | AGP-EDR140167 |
Beginning of a name (?)
| Graffito: | REST ((:tres lineae aequae)) |
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| Translation: | Rest(itutus?) | ||
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| City: | Herculaneum | ||
| Findspot: | House of the Stags (IV.21) | ||
| CIL: | 10560 | ||
| ID: | AGP-EDR151865 | ||
Poetic graffito
| Graffito: | Qui · se tutari · nescit · nescit · vivere |
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| Translation: | He who does not know to guard himself does not know how to live. The tiniest trouble, if ignored, becomes tremendous (i.e. the smallest evil becomes the greatest). |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) |
| CIL: | 10634 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR153355 |
Graffito
| Graffito: | CVEN |
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| Translation: | to whom in . . . |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Wooden Shrine (V.31) |
| CIL: | 10586d |
| ID: | AGP-EDR140178 |
Complaint (?)
| Graffito: | Algemus |
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| Translation: | We are cold. | |||
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| City: | Herculaneum | |||
| Findspot: | Cardo IV (III.11-19) | |||
| CIL: | 10508b | |||
| ID: | AGP-EDR140149 | |||
Drawing of a column base
| Graffito: | ((:basis columnae)) |
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| Description of Drawing (English): | column base |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Stags (IV.21) |
| CIL: | 10561 |
| Drawing Category: | Other |
| ID: | AGP-EDR144353 |
Greetings (?) to Isidorus
| Graffito: | va(le?) |
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| Translation: | Greetings . . . to Isidorus(?). 9 |
| Description of Drawing (English): | head of a man |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Decumanus Inferior |
| CIL: | 10493 |
| Drawing Category: | Human figures |
| ID: | AGP-EDR145941 |
Graffito about Diogenes the Cynic philosopher
| Graffito: | Διογένης ὁ κυνικὸς φιλόσοφος |
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| Translation: | Diogenes the Cynic philospher, seeing a woman being carried off by the river, said: let the bad thing be carried away by the worse. |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Grand Taberna (IV.15-16) |
| CIL: | 10529 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR112869 |
Graffito mentioning the city Tomis
| Graffito: | [- - -]cio s(alutem?) morieris Tomi. |
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| Translation: | (... other letters here...) you will die in Tomis. Good luck! |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Central Baths (VI.1,7-10) |
| CIL: | 10595 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR151890 |
Graffito
| Graffito: | ((:phallus)) |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Grand Taberna (IV.15-16) |
| CIL: | 10535 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR163853 |
Graffito mentioning an office
| Graffito: | P S edituis (:aedituus) |
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| Translation: | P S For the temple-attendants(?) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Wooden Shrine (V.31) |
| CIL: | 10587 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR140179 |
Graffito mentioning a date
| Graffito: | XI k(alendas) Febarias (:Februarias) |
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| Translation: | The 11th day before the Kalends of February. |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Gem (InsulaOrientalisI.1) |
| CIL: | 10617 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR140037 |
Graffito naming Severus
| Graffito: | Severus |
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| Translation: | Severus | |||
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| City: | Herculaneum | |||
| Findspot: | House of the Bicentenary (V.15) | |||
| CIL: | 10570 | |||
| ID: | AGP-EDR140181 | |||
Greek alphabet
| Graffito: | ΜΝΞΟΠΡϹΤΥΦΧΨΩ |
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| Translation: | Second half of Greek alphabet |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Wooden Shrine (V.31) |
| CIL: | 10710 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR140180 |
Greetings to Echio
| Graffito: | Echio va(le) |
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| Translation: | Goodbye Echio. |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Central Baths (VI.1,7-10) |
| CIL: | 10596 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR145936 |
Graffito mentioning a price
| Graffito: | Saturnina[e] |
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| Translation: | For Saturnina, a mother, a hook that costs three asses (coins). |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Cardo IV (IV.1-9) |
| CIL: | 10519 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR140171 |
Drawing of a phallus
| Graffito: | ((:phallus)) |
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| Description of Drawing (English): | phallus |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1) |
| CIL: | 10704 |
| Drawing Category: | Erotic images |
| ID: | AGP-EDR154541 |
Tally mark
| Graffito: | I |
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| Translation: | 1 |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Skeleton (III.3) |
| CIL: | 10495b |
| ID: | AGP-EDR140246 |
Graffito naming a man
| Graffito: | Q(uintus) M[---] Antu[s ---] |
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| Translation: | Quintus M(---) Antu(s--?) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) |
| CIL: | 10630 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR153110 |
Drawing of a stag
| Graffito: | ((:cervus a cane assultatus)) |
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| Description of Drawing (English): | stag attacked by dog |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Stags (IV.21) |
| CIL: | 10561 |
| Drawing Category: | Animals |
| ID: | AGP-EDR145005 |
Graffito
| Graffito: | [---]ASV M umor[---] |
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| Translation: | (Other letters here...) moisture |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Palaestra (InsulaOrientalisII.4) |
| CIL: | 10661 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR153854 |
Graffito mentioning travel
| Graffito: | Spedio Antymo [- - -] |
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| Translation: | To Spedius Antymus (... other letters here...) from Colonus (... other letters here...) |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Central Baths (VI.1,7-10) |
| CIL: | 10592 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR151877 |
Initials
| Graffito: | AḶṢ |
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| Translation: | A(ulus) L(---) S(---?) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Stags (IV.21) |
| CIL: | 10557 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR151861 |
Insult
| Graffito: | Lasius cinedus (:cinaedus) |
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| Translation: | Lasius is a pervert. |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Water Tower (WithinWalls.ww2) |
| CIL: | 10671 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR154575 |
Grammatical exercise
| Graffito: | 〈:columna I〉 |
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| Translation: | (Series of syllabus and words) |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of Neptune and Amphitrite (V.7) |
| CIL: | 10567 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR140039 |
Graffito
| Graffito: | Qu[aesi]vi hic facias re[s s]erva omnes res tuas [- - -] quem nol[i - - -] nobi[s iun]ge neque servabo |
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| Translation: | ... I asked that you do this... all your affairs... which... safe. | ||
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| City: | Herculaneum | ||
| Findspot: | Taberna (IV.10) | ||
| CIL: | 10522 | ||
| ID: | AGP-EDR151831 | ||
Names written in the shape of boats
| Graffito: | Θ |
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| Translation: | Θ Faustus Nothus Nothus | ||||
| Description of Drawing (English): | names FAVSTVS and NOTHVS written in the shape of three boats, NOTHVS twice | ||||
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| City: | Herculaneum | ||||
| Findspot: | Grand Taberna (IV.15-16) | ||||
| CIL: | 10532 | ||||
| Drawing Category: | Boats | ||||
| ID: | AGP-EDR144354 | ||||
Poetic graffito (?)
| Graffito: | P P P redire si minus innecteb(is?) et te [---] |
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| Translation: | To return, to return, if (I? he? she?) was not entangling (being entangled?) ... and you... |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Grand Taberna (IV.15-16) |
| CIL: | 10542 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR140223 |
Drawing of a stag
| Graffito: | ((:cervus a viro laqueo captus)) |
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| Description of Drawing (English): | stag captured by a man with a rope |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Stags (IV.21) |
| CIL: | 10561 |
| Drawing Categories: | Other , Animals |
| ID: | AGP-EDR145007 |
Graffito
| Graffito: | Q(uintus) ++++++++ |
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| Translation: | Quintus (...other text illegible) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Wooden Shrine (V.31) |
| CIL: | 10583a |
| ID: | AGP-EDR151872 |
Graffito naming Salvia Superba
| Graffito: | Salvia Superba |
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| Translation: | Salvia Superba |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Wooden Shrine (V.31) |
| CIL: | 10583b |
| ID: | AGP-EDR140139 |
Graffito naming David
| Graffito: | David |
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| Translation: | David | ||||
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| City: | Herculaneum | ||||
| Findspot: | House of the Wooden Shrine (V.31) | ||||
| CIL: | 10584 | ||||
| ID: | AGP-EDR140134 | ||||
Graffito naming Nicanor
| Graffito: | Ṇicanor ovas̲ |
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| Translation: | Nicanor (...?) | |||
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| City: | Herculaneum | |||
| Findspot: | Central Baths (VI.1,7-10) | |||
| CIL: | 10603 | |||
| ID: | AGP-EDR151417 | |||
Greetings written in the shape of a boat
| Graffito: | f̣eliter (:feliciter) |
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| Translation: | Good luck! | ||||
| Description of Drawing (English): | FELICITER written in the shape of a boat | ||||
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| City: | Herculaneum | ||||
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) | ||||
| CIL: | 10622 | ||||
| Drawing Category: | Boats | ||||
| ID: | AGP-EDR140054 | ||||
Drawing of a stag and a man
| Graffito: | ((:vir cervum equitans)) |
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| Description of Drawing (English): | man riding stag |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Stags (IV.21) |
| CIL: | 10561 |
| Drawing Categories: | Human figures , Animals |
| ID: | AGP-EDR145009 |
Tally marks
| Graffito: | XVII |
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| Translation: | 17 | ||
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| City: | Herculaneum | ||
| Findspot: | (InsulaOrientalisII.2-3) | ||
| CIL: | 10653a | ||
| ID: | AGP-EDR140193 | ||
Tally marks
| Graffito: | IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII |
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| Translation: | 20 | ||||
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| City: | Herculaneum | ||||
| Findspot: | Wineshop of Antigonus (InsulaOrientalisII.9) | ||||
| CIL: | 10663b | ||||
| ID: | AGP-EDR154439 | ||||
Tally marks
| Graffito: | IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII |
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| Translation: | 18 | ||||
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| City: | Herculaneum | ||||
| Findspot: | (InsulaOrientalisII.2-3) | ||||
| CIL: | 10654f | ||||
| ID: | AGP-EDR140252 | ||||
Tally marks
| Graffito: | IIII |
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| Translation: | 4 |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Wineshop of Antigonus (InsulaOrientalisII.9) |
| CIL: | 10663e |
| ID: | AGP-EDR154442 |
Graffito mentioning a date
| Graffito: | Nonis Iulis MVS[---]N M[---]N[---] |
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| Translation: | On the Nones of July (... damaged text here...). Eight days before the (...) was born. The day before the Nones and on the Nones (... damaged text here...) at Herculaneum, Nola, Pompeii... (...other text here). |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Wineshop of Antigonus (InsulaOrientalisII.9) |
| CIL: | 10662 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR154042 |
Drawing of a boat
| Graffito: | ((:navis)) |
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| Description of Drawing (English): | boat |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) |
| Drawing Category: | Boats |
| ID: | AGP-EDR145036 |
Drawing of a boat
| Graffito: | ((:carina navis)) |
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| Description of Drawing (English): | keel of ship | |||||
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| City: | Herculaneum | |||||
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) | |||||
| Drawing Category: | Boats | |||||
| ID: | AGP-EDR145037 | |||||
Alphabet
| Graffito: | A̲B̲CDEF̲G̲H̲I̲K̲ |
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| Translation: | (Beginning of an alphabet) | |||
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| City: | Herculaneum | |||
| Findspot: | House of the Two Atria (VI.29) | |||
| CIL: | 10712 | |||
| ID: | AGP-EDR154590 | |||
Drawing of a phallus
| Graffito: | ((:phallus)) |
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| Description of Drawing (English): | phallus |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Grand Portal (V.35) |
| CIL: | 10711 |
| Drawing Category: | Erotic images |
| ID: | AGP-EDR158824 |
Beginning of a word
| Graffito: | SA |
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| Translation: | SA |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Cardo IV (V.1-9) |
| CIL: | 10563d |
| ID: | AGP-EDR140146 |
Tally marks
| Graffito: | IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII |
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| Translation: | 30 | |||
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| City: | Herculaneum | |||
| Findspot: | House of the Skeleton (III.3) | |||
| CIL: | 10495a | |||
| ID: | AGP-EDR140055 | |||
Graffito
| Graffito: | Mus |
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| Translation: | Mus (personal name) OR mouse |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Wooden Screen/Partition (III.11) |
| CIL: | 10498c |
| ID: | AGP-EDR151801 |
Graffito mentioning a date and someone teaching
| Graffito: | Ηdibus (:Idibus) Ianyaris (:Ianuarias) |
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| Translation: | On the Ides of January, the guide (religious guide?) teaching Gebeus(?) and Etoe(?) (neither name is otherwise known) (...other letters here...) |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of Wattlework (III.14) |
| CIL: | 10499 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR140254 |
Drawing of a boat
| Graffito: | ((:navis oneraria)) |
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| Description of Drawing (English): | cargo ship |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Decumanus Maximus |
| Drawing Category: | Boats |
| ID: | AGP-EDR159869 |
Graffito naming Remnius Rufus
| Graffito: | Rẹmmius Rufus |
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| Translation: | Remnius Rufus |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Wooden Screen/Partition (III.11) |
| CIL: | 10496 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR151948 |
Alphabet
| Graffito: | ABCDEFGHIKLMNOPQRTV |
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| Translation: | Most of a Latin alphabet | ||||||||
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| City: | Herculaneum | ||||||||
| Findspot: | House of the Grand Portal (V.35) | ||||||||
| CIL: | 10711 | ||||||||
| ID: | AGP-EDR140130 | ||||||||
Graffito mentioning the city of Cumae
| Graffito: | Cereales sint Cums (:Cumis) |
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| Translation: | Cerialis and Cerialis might be at Cumae. |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Grand Taberna (IV.15-16) |
| CIL: | 10538 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR140213 |
Greetings to Urbanus
| Graffito: | Urban(e) v̂a(le) |
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| Translation: | Goodbye, Urbanus | |||||
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| City: | Herculaneum | |||||
| Findspot: | Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1) | |||||
| CIL: | 10689 | |||||
| ID: | AGP-EDR154429 | |||||
Graffito mentioning dates
| Graffito: | K(alendas) Aug̣(ustas) |
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| Translation: | Kalends of August, Nones of April at Atina. | |||||
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| City: | Herculaneum | |||||
| Findspot: | House of the Two Atria (VI.29) | |||||
| CIL: | 10614 | |||||
| ID: | AGP-EDR152964 | |||||
Prayer to Venus
| Graffito: | Fo̲rtunatus · amat · Ampl̲i̲a̲nda (:Ampliandam). |
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| Translation: | Fortunatus loves Amplianda. Ianuarius loves Veneria. We ask mistress Venus that you keep us in mind (and also) that which we now ask of you. | ||||||||
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| City: | Herculaneum | ||||||||
| Findspot: | Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1) | ||||||||
| CIL: | 10697 | ||||||||
| ID: | AGP-EDR140983 | ||||||||
Greetings to Anicetus
| Graffito: | Anicete va(le) |
|---|---|
| Translation: | Goodbye, Anicetus |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Grand Taberna (IV.15-16) |
| CIL: | 10535 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR140230 |
Insult
| Graffito: | IINIIDII (:c̣inaede) |
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| Translation: | Pervert! | |||
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| City: | Herculaneum | |||
| Findspot: | (InsulaOrientalisII.2-3) | |||
| CIL: | 10654d | |||
| ID: | AGP-EDR154573 | |||
Graffito
| Graffito: | 〈:ad perpendiculum〉 |
|---|---|
| Translation: | For the numen (divine will). |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) |
| CIL: | 10641 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR153485 |
Drawing of a gladiator helmet
| Graffito: | ((:galea gladiatoria cum crista)) |
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| Description of Drawing (English): | gladiator helmet with crest | |||
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| City: | Herculaneum | |||
| Findspot: | House of the Grand Portal (V.35) | |||
| CIL: | 10711 | |||
| Drawing Category: | Gladiators | |||
| ID: | AGP-EDR144784 | |||
Tally marks
| Graffito: | IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII |
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| Translation: | 16 | |||
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| City: | Herculaneum | |||
| Findspot: | Shop of the Gem-cutter (InsulaOrientalisII.10) | |||
| CIL: | 10666d | |||
| ID: | AGP-EDR154446 | |||
Graffito naming Bucolus
| Graffito: | Bucolus |
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| Translation: | Bucolus | |||
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| City: | Herculaneum | |||
| Findspot: | House of the Gem (InsulaOrientalisI.1) | |||
| CIL: | 10620 | |||
| ID: | AGP-EDR140050 | |||
Initials (?)
| Graffito: | PÂM |
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| Translation: | P(ublius) A(---) M(---?) | ||||
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| City: | Herculaneum | ||||
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) | ||||
| CIL: | 10625b | ||||
| ID: | AGP-EDR140150 | ||||
Graffito
| Graffito: | Ara |
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| Translation: | Altar | ||||
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| City: | Herculaneum | ||||
| Findspot: | House of the Mosaic Atrium (IV.2) | ||||
| CIL: | 10518 | ||||
| ID: | AGP-EDR140192 | ||||
Drawing of a gladiator helmet
| Graffito: | ((:galea gladiatoria)) |
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| Description of Drawing (English): | gladiator helmet | ||||
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| City: | Herculaneum | ||||
| Findspot: | House of the Grand Portal (V.35) | ||||
| CIL: | 10711 | ||||
| Drawing Category: | Gladiators | ||||
| ID: | AGP-EDR147158 | ||||
Graffito mentioning money
| Graffito: | assis IIIIHIINII |
|---|---|
| Translation: | Coins (...series of characters) / 330 |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Taberna (IV.10) |
| CIL: | 10523c |
| ID: | AGP-EDR140177 |
Graffito naming Vibidius (?)
| Graffito: | Vibidi |
|---|---|
| Translation: | Of Vibidius (?) OR Vibidi(us...?) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Grand Taberna (IV.15-16) |
| CIL: | 10537 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR140237 |
Insult
| Graffito: | Iustus cinaedu[- - -] |
|---|---|
| Translation: | Iustus (is a) pervert |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | (InsulaOrientalisII.2-3) |
| CIL: | 10654c |
| ID: | AGP-EDR154572 |
Series of characters
| Graffito: | 〈:textus non legitur〉 |
|---|---|
| Translation: | (Incomprehensible series of characters) |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Fabric (IV.19) |
| CIL: | 10554b |
| ID: | AGP-EDR142439 |
Drawing of a head
| Graffito: | ((:caput acutum cum nasone longo et corona, gryllus?)) |
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| Description of Drawing (English): | pointed head with long nose and garland wreath, caricature? | |||
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| City: | Herculaneum | |||
| Findspot: | Terme Suburbane (VII.16.a) | |||
| CIL: | 10676 | |||
| Drawing Category: | Human figures | |||
| ID: | AGP-EDR143636 | |||
Drawing of a gladiator
| Graffito: | ((:gladiator, murmillo galea et scuto armatus)) |
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| Description of Drawing (English): | gladiator, murmillo type with helmet and shield |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Stags (IV.21) |
| CIL: | 10561 |
| Drawing Category: | Gladiators |
| ID: | AGP-EDR143900 |
Drawing of a gladiator helmet
| Graffito: | ((:galea gladiatoria cum crista)) |
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| Description of Drawing (English): | gladiator helmet with crest facing right | |||||
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| City: | Herculaneum | |||||
| Findspot: | House of the Grand Portal (V.35) | |||||
| CIL: | 10711 | |||||
| Drawing Category: | Gladiators | |||||
| ID: | AGP-EDR144783 | |||||
Graffito mentioning dates
| Graffito: | XVII k(alendas), X k(alendas), VII id(us) |
|---|---|
| Translation: | 17 days before the Kalends, 10 days before the Kalends, 7 days before the Ides |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Inn (III.19) |
| CIL: | 10510 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR140257 |
Graffito
| Graffito: | AB |
|---|---|
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Upstairs apartment (V.18) |
| CIL: | 10709 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR159770 |
Drawing of a stag
| Graffito: | ((:cervus a cane assultatus)) |
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| Description of Drawing (English): | stag attacked by dog |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Stags (IV.21) |
| CIL: | 10561 |
| Drawing Category: | Animals |
| ID: | AGP-EDR145006 |
Drawing of a stag
| Graffito: | ((:cervus)) |
|---|---|
| Description of Drawing (English): | stag |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Stags (IV.21) |
| CIL: | 10561 |
| Drawing Category: | Animals |
| ID: | AGP-EDR145765 |
Drawing of a man
| Graffito: | ((:vir ad sin. prospiciens)) |
|---|---|
| Description of Drawing (English): | man facing left |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Wooden Shrine (V.31) |
| CIL: | 10586 |
| Drawing Category: | Human figures |
| ID: | AGP-EDR145296 |
Drawing of an animal
| Graffito: | ((:animal)) |
|---|---|
| Description of Drawing (English): | animal |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Stags (IV.21) |
| CIL: | 10561 |
| Drawing Category: | Animals |
| ID: | AGP-EDR145767 |
Drawing of an animal
| Graffito: | ((:animal)) |
|---|---|
| Description of Drawing (English): | animal |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Stags (IV.21) |
| CIL: | 10561 |
| Drawing Category: | Animals |
| ID: | AGP-EDR145768 |
Graffito
| Graffito: | Arrius |
|---|---|
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | So-called College of the Augustales (Curia) (VI.21) |
| ID: | AGP-EDR081348 |
Name written in the shape of a boat
| Graffito: | C(aius) Iunius |
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| Translation: | Gaius Iunius | ||||
| Description of Drawing (English): | name CAIUS IUNIUS written in the shape of a boat | ||||
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| City: | Herculaneum | ||||
| Findspot: | (InsulaOrientalisII.2-3) | ||||
| CIL: | 10652 | ||||
| Drawing Category: | Boats | ||||
| ID: | AGP-EDR140239 | ||||
Graffito
| Graffito: | Ultas |
|---|---|
| Translation: | The (women?) who have avenged (?) |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Palaestra (InsulaOrientalisII.4) |
| CIL: | 10658 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR153851 |
Graffito naming Cilix
| Graffito: | [F]usci Cilix |
|---|---|
| Translation: | Cilix, (slave) of Fuscus. Cilix. |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Terme Suburbane (VII.16.a) |
| CIL: | 10681 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR154368 |
Graffito naming Tiberius Claudius
| Graffito: | Ti(berius) Claud(ius) |
|---|---|
| Translation: | Tiberius Claudius |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Dye shop (InsulaOrientalisII.11-12) |
| CIL: | 10667 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR154045 |
Graffito naming Albinus
| Graffito: | Albinus |
|---|---|
| Translation: | Albinus |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) |
| CIL: | 10633 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR153151 |
Graffito
| Graffito: | Vidimus |
|---|---|
| Translation: | We saw |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) |
| CIL: | 10635 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR153356 |
Beginning of a name (?)
| Graffito: | METI |
|---|---|
| Translation: | Metienus(?) OR Mettius(?) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) |
| CIL: | 10644 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR153609 |
Roman numerals
| Graffito: | LXXII |
|---|---|
| Translation: | 72 |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of Granianus (InsulaOrientalisI.1a) |
| CIL: | 10647 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR153615 |
Graffito naming Polybius (?)
| Graffito: | POLY |
|---|---|
| Translation: | Poly(bius?) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) |
| CIL: | 10637 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR153358 |
Graffito mentioning a game player
| Graffito: | TVS lusor |
|---|---|
| Translation: | (Ius)tus, the game player |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | (InsulaOrientalisII.2-3) |
| CIL: | 10654b |
| ID: | AGP-EDR154571 |
Graffito mentioning a vow
| Graffito: | L(uci) Aviani votus (:votum) |
|---|---|
| Translation: | A vow (literally, something vowed) of Lucius Avianus |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Bicentenary (V.15) |
| CIL: | 10574a |
| ID: | AGP-EDR150399 |
Roman numerals
| Graffito: | PR XXX CV[+]XXX |
|---|---|
| Translation: | Price: 30 Cu(?): 30 |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Grand Portal (V.35) |
| CIL: | 10591 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR151876 |
Tally marks
| Graffito: | IIIIIIIIIIIIIII |
|---|---|
| Translation: | 15 |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Shop of the Gem-cutter (InsulaOrientalisII.10) |
| CIL: | 10666a |
| ID: | AGP-EDR154443 |
Tally marks
| Graffito: | S IIIII |
|---|---|
| Translation: | S 5 |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | (InsulaOrientalisII.2-3) |
| CIL: | 10651a |
| ID: | AGP-EDR153800 |
Tally marks
| Graffito: | Omnes |
|---|---|
| Translation: | All of them, 31 |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Shop of the Gem-cutter (InsulaOrientalisII.10) |
| CIL: | 10666b |
| ID: | AGP-EDR154444 |
Graffito
| Graffito: | 〈:ad perpendiculum〉 |
|---|---|
| Translation: | To be helped |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Bicentenary (V.15) |
| CIL: | 10572 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR140184 |
Poetic graffito (?)
| Graffito: | Ursi me comedant |
|---|---|
| Translation: | Let the bears devour me. |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Palaestra (InsulaOrientalisII.4) |
| CIL: | 10656 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR153849 |
Graffito mentioning a date
| Graffito: | K(alendas) III Iulias |
|---|---|
| Translation: | Three days before the Kalends of July |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Wooden Shrine (V.31) |
| CIL: | Varone 2000 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR156981 |
Graffito naming Paris
| Graffito: | Paris |
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| Translation: | Paris | ||||
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| City: | Herculaneum | ||||
| Findspot: | Decumanus Maximus | ||||
| CIL: | Varone 2000 | ||||
| ID: | AGP-EDR156982 | ||||
Graffito
| Graffito: | Mus nequa(m) |
|---|---|
| Translation: | Mus never(?) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Wooden Screen/Partition (III.11) |
| CIL: | 10498a |
| ID: | AGP-EDR140258 |
Series of characters
| Graffito: | Phlavia (:Flavia) Θ̲ l̲i̲g̲i̲s̲ (:lingis) |
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| Translation: | Flavia (other letters here) | |||
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| City: | Herculaneum | |||
| Findspot: | Central Baths (VI.1,7-10) | |||
| CIL: | 10602 | |||
| ID: | AGP-EDR151898 | |||
Graffito
| Graffito: | [---]at veniat |
|---|---|
| Translation: | ...let him/her come. |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Shop (InsulaOrientalisII.16) |
| CIL: | 10669 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR154046 |
Graffito
| Graffito: | S nequa(m) |
|---|---|
| Translation: | S never(?) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Wooden Screen/Partition (III.11) |
| CIL: | 10498b |
| ID: | AGP-EDR151800 |
Graffito
| Graffito: | 〈:columna I〉 |
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| Translation: | To the bear, to the bear | |||||||
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| City: | Herculaneum | |||||||
| Findspot: | Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1) | |||||||
| CIL: | 10698 | |||||||
| ID: | AGP-EDR140986 | |||||||
Drawing of a head
| Graffito: | ((:facies)) |
|---|---|
| Description of Drawing (English): | face |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Taberna of Priapus (IV.17) |
| Drawing Category: | Human figures |
| ID: | AGP-EDR159867 |
Drawing of a stag
| Graffito: | ((:cervus a viro laqueo captus et a cane assultatus)) |
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| Description of Drawing (English): | stag captured by a man with a rope and attacked by a dog |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Stags (IV.21) |
| CIL: | 10561 |
| Drawing Categories: | Human figures , Animals |
| ID: | AGP-EDR145008 |
Drawing of a column base
| Graffito: | ((:basis columnae cum parte columnae ornamentae et fortasse scalae)) |
|---|---|
| Description of Drawing (English): | base and part of a decorated column and perhaps a ladder |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Stags (IV.21) |
| CIL: | 10561 |
| Drawing Category: | Other |
| ID: | AGP-EDR144347 |
Graffito naming Modestus
| Graffito: | Modesti |
|---|---|
| Translation: | of Modestus |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1) |
| CIL: | 10691 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR154431 |
Graffito
| Graffito: | Quant(?) |
|---|---|
| Translation: | How much? |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | (InsulaOrientalisII.2-3) |
| CIL: | 10654a |
| ID: | AGP-EDR154570 |
Graffito
| Graffito: | Est res INCOSID |
|---|---|
| Translation: | The matter is in ... |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Grand Taberna (IV.15-16) |
| CIL: | 10530 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR151835 |
Beginning of a name
| Graffito: | Bal̂b(us) |
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| Translation: | Balbus | |||||
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| City: | Herculaneum | |||||
| Findspot: | Decumanus Inferior (V.34-35) | |||||
| CIL: | 10588a | |||||
| ID: | AGP-EDR140127 | |||||
Graffito naming Verus(?)
| Graffito: | VERIII |
|---|---|
| Translation: | Verus(?) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Bicentenary (V.15) |
| CIL: | 10573 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR140185 |
Erotic graffito
| Graffito: | Salar[ius] glabe (:glaber) RVSIVNNAE Lavinia (:Laviniam) futui |
|---|---|
| Translation: | Bald Sala(rius?)... Lavinia... |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1) |
| CIL: | 10684 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR154371 |
Graffito
| Graffito: | Soli |
|---|---|
| Translation: | Alone... |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Gem (InsulaOrientalisI.1) |
| CIL: | 10621 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR140052 |
Beginning of a name (?)
| Graffito: | IANV |
|---|---|
| Translation: | Ianu(arius?) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Taberna (IV.10) |
| CIL: | 10524 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR140170 |
Series of letters
| Graffito: | [---] DIII VII |
|---|---|
| Translation: | (series of letters) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Wooden Shrine (V.31) |
| CIL: | 10586c |
| ID: | AGP-EDR140175 |
Series of letters
| Graffito: | ON |
|---|---|
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Taberna (IV.10) |
| CIL: | 10523b |
| ID: | AGP-EDR140176 |
Graffito mentioning a name (?)
| Graffito: | Eueno |
|---|---|
| Translation: | to Euenus(?) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Taberna of Priapus (IV.17) |
| CIL: | 10549 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR140199 |
Graffito naming Paris
| Graffito: | R̲ |
|---|---|
| Translation: | R(?). Paris, you love |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Black Salon (VI.13) |
| CIL: | 10607 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR140053 |
Roman numerals
| Graffito: | XXVIIII |
|---|---|
| Translation: | 29 |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Taberna of Priapus (IV.17) |
| CIL: | 10550 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR140203 |
Graffito naming Mercurius
| Graffito: | Mercurius |
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| Translation: | Mercurius |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Taberna of Priapus (IV.17) |
| CIL: | 10551 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR140208 |
Initials (?)
| Graffito: | C C ego |
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| Translation: | C. C. I (myself).... |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Gem (InsulaOrientalisI.1) |
| CIL: | 10618 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR140040 |
Graffito in Greek
| Graffito: | Ἑρμία(ς) |
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| Translation: | Hermias (i.e. a name) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Central Baths (VI.1,7-10) |
| CIL: | 10594 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR151884 |
Graffito mentioning a name (?)
| Graffito: | Quartu |
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| Translation: | Quartu(s) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Two Atria (VI.29) |
| CIL: | 10615 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR152999 |
Graffito
| Graffito: | Mortus (:Mortuus) |
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| Translation: | Symphorus is dead | ||
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| City: | Herculaneum | ||
| Findspot: | Terme Suburbane (VII.16.a) | ||
| CIL: | 10680 | ||
| ID: | AGP-EDR154190 | ||
Beginning of a name
| Graffito: | Romu(lus) |
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| Translation: | Romu(lus?) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Stags (IV.21) |
| CIL: | 10559 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR151864 |
Inventory
| Graffito: | Cunei |
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| Translation: | Wedges |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Upper Aula (InsulaOrientalisII.19) |
| CIL: | 10670a |
| ID: | AGP-EDR154047 |
Drawing of a gladiator
| Graffito: | ((:gladiator gladio et scuto longo armatus)) |
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| Description of Drawing (English): | gladiator armed with sword and long shield |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of Argus (II.2) |
| Drawing Category: | Gladiators |
| ID: | AGP-EDR145384 |
Alphabet
| Graffito: | ABCD |
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| Translation: | (Beginning of an alphabet) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Decumanus Maximus |
| CIL: | 10714 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR154592 |
Graffito naming Marcellus
| Graffito: | vol cum Marcello bona[---] |
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| Translation: | If (...) with Marcellus good (...?) | ||
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| City: | Herculaneum | ||
| Findspot: | Grand Taberna (IV.15-16) | ||
| CIL: | 10541 | ||
| ID: | AGP-EDR140221 | ||
Numerical graffito
| Graffito: | XXXIXXVVV |
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| Translation: | (Series of numbers) | ||||
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| City: | Herculaneum | ||||
| Findspot: | (InsulaOrientalisII.2-3) | ||||
| CIL: | 10654e | ||||
| ID: | AGP-EDR140251 | ||||
Graffito naming Sabina
| Graffito: | Sabin(a) |
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| Translation: | Sabina, Sabina | ||
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| City: | Herculaneum | ||
| Findspot: | Decumanus Maximus | ||
| ID: | AGP-EDR156980 | ||
Graffito
| Graffito: | Mortus (:Mortuus) |
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| Translation: | Deii(us) is dead(?). |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Terme Suburbane (VII.16.a) |
| CIL: | Varone 2000 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR157024 |
Graffito mentioning professions
| Graffito: | Quam mita (?) vis (?) · Pastores ateque (:atque) · Caste monit erga pugiles (?). |
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| Translation: | How soft is violence? Shepherds too. Chastely, he warns (him?) regarding the boxers. | |||||||
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| City: | Herculaneum | |||||||
| Findspot: | Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1) | |||||||
| CIL: | 10695 | |||||||
| ID: | AGP-EDR140980 | |||||||
Statement about a transaction
| Graffito: | Septembr(es) |
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| Translation: | On the third day before the Ides of September, (I spent) one denarius and eight asses for a tunic. |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Shop of the Gem-cutter (InsulaOrientalisII.10) |
| CIL: | 10664 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR154043 |
Erotic graffito
| Graffito: | Apelles cubicularius |
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| Translation: | Apelles, the bedroom attendant, with Dexter, (slave) of Caesar, ate lunch here most agreeably and also had sex. |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Terme Suburbane (VII.16.a) |
| CIL: | 10677 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR154185 |
Graffito naming Hilarus (?)
| Graffito: | ILASV (:Hilarus?) |
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| Translation: | Hilarus |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Black Salon (VI.13) |
| CIL: | 10609 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR152929 |
Inventory
| Graffito: | Nuc (:nuces?) 〈:vacat〉 biber(es) XIIII 〈:assibus〉 |
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| Translation: | nuts, drinks(?) - 14 (small coins, probably - this number appears to be the price); pork rinds - 3; three (loaves of) bread - 51; three cutlets - 12; four thyme-flavored sausages - 8 |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Terme Suburbane (VII.16.a) |
| CIL: | 10674 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR154177 |
Tally marks
| Graffito: | XI |
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| Translation: | 11 | ||
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| City: | Herculaneum | ||
| Findspot: | House of the Skeleton (III.3) | ||
| CIL: | 10495c | ||
| ID: | AGP-EDR140136 | ||
Greetings (?)
| Graffito: | Stirisc[us? - - -] |
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| Translation: | Stirisc(us?...) / (M)oschus to Noetus |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Central Baths (VI.1,7-10) |
| CIL: | 10604c |
| ID: | AGP-EDR140034 |
Series of letters
| Graffito: | [---]N · LA |
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| Translation: | (series of letters) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Wooden Shrine (V.31) |
| CIL: | 10585 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR140164 |
Series of letters
| Graffito: | VMVCOSV |
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| Translation: | (untranslatable series of letters) | |||||||||
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| City: | Herculaneum | |||||||||
| Findspot: | Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1) | |||||||||
| CIL: | 10688 | |||||||||
| ID: | AGP-EDR140979 | |||||||||
Graffito naming Vivanius
| Graffito: | Vivaniu̲ṣ Aṭer ụḅịque |
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| Translation: | Vivanius Ater everywhere | |||||||
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| City: | Herculaneum | |||||||
| Findspot: | Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1) | |||||||
| CIL: | 10686 | |||||||
| ID: | AGP-EDR140978 | |||||||
Statement about gladiatorial games
| Graffito: | VIII K(alendas) Martias |
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| Translation: | On the eighth day before the Kalends of March (= February 22), ten pairs of gladiators (sponsored by) Numisius Genialis (will fight) at Herculaneum |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Corinthian Atrium (V.30) |
| CIL: | 10579 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR140188 |
Greek letters
| Graffito: | ΚΛΗΒΙΧΝ |
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| Translation: | (series of Greek letters) | |||||
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| City: | Herculaneum | |||||
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) | |||||
| CIL: | 10623 | |||||
| ID: | AGP-EDR140834 | |||||
Erotic grafitto
| Graffito: | V Bombycion (:Βομβύκιον) |
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| Translation: | Bombycion sucks |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) |
| CIL: | 10628 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR151897 |
Erotic graffito
| Graffito: | Masueta (:Mansueta) |
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| Translation: | Mansueta, hold (on/it?) |
| Description of Drawing (English): | phallus |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Taberna (V.10) |
| CIL: | 10568 |
| Drawing Category: | Erotic images |
| ID: | AGP-EDR140144 |
Graffito naming Oceanus
| Graffito: | SPI |
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| Translation: | Hope(?) / Oceanus |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Taberna (IV.10) |
| CIL: | 10523a |
| ID: | AGP-EDR140173 |
Graffito naming Proculus
| Graffito: | Proculus |
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| Translation: | Proculus |
| Description of Drawing (English): | bust of a man |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Decumanus Inferior (IV.10-15) |
| CIL: | 10526 |
| Drawing Category: | Human figures |
| ID: | AGP-EDR145942 |
Graffito mentioning money
| Graffito: | VII a(sses) III |
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| Translation: | 7 asses (coins). 3 |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Sewer Access (WithinWalls.ww3) |
| CIL: | 10673 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR154421 |
Graffito naming Quintus Vettius
| Graffito: | Q̣(uintus) Veṭiuṣ (:Vettius) |
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| Translation: | Quintus Vet(t)ius | ||
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| City: | Herculaneum | ||
| Findspot: | House of the Brick Altar (III.17) | ||
| CIL: | 10509 | ||
| ID: | AGP-EDR140140 | ||
Greetings to Proculus
| Graffito: | F̲e̲licitẹṛ [P]rọc̣ụḷọ |
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| Translation: | Good luck, Proculus. | |||
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| City: | Herculaneum | |||
| Findspot: | Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1) | |||
| CIL: | 10700 | |||
| ID: | AGP-EDR154538 | |||
Graffito naming Marcus
| Graffito: | Marcus |
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| Translation: | Marcus | ||||||||
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| City: | Herculaneum | ||||||||
| Findspot: | Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1) | ||||||||
| CIL: | 10703 | ||||||||
| ID: | AGP-EDR140987 | ||||||||
Poetic graffito
| Graffito: | Venimus, |
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| Translation: | We came! We came here desiring, much more do we desire to go |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) |
| CIL: | 10640 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR153487 |
Erotic graffito
| Graffito: | Vitalio |
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| Translation: | Vitalio... (more confusing text here). | ||||||
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| City: | Herculaneum | ||||||
| Findspot: | Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1) | ||||||
| CIL: | 10693 | ||||||
| ID: | AGP-EDR154433 | ||||||
Greetings from Secundus
| Graffito: | Secundus quo Hectic [+10?+ plu]rimam salutem |
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| Translation: | Secundus, from whom Hectic(...?) many greetings. |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Grand Taberna (IV.15-16) |
| CIL: | 10543 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR140226 |
Beginning of a poem
| Graffito: | Cum quidam pauper ligas VI[- - -] NQ |
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| Translation: | When a certain poor man... | ||||||
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| City: | Herculaneum | ||||||
| Findspot: | House of the Bicentenary (V.15) | ||||||
| CIL: | 10569 | ||||||
| ID: | AGP-EDR140166 | ||||||
Graffito naming Moderatus
| Graffito: | Mode̲r̲atus̲ |
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| Translation: | Moderatus | ||||
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| City: | Herculaneum | ||||
| Findspot: | House of the Two Atria (VI.29) | ||||
| CIL: | 10616 | ||||
| ID: | AGP-EDR153000 | ||||
Graffito
| Graffito: | [- - -]o |
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| Translation: | ... (in the) forum (?) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) |
| CIL: | 10629 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR151899 |
Inventory
| Graffito: | 〈:columna I〉 |
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| Translation: | Column I: Two water jugs with bases, two (hand-sized?) water jugs with bases, two water buckets with bases, a (hand-sized?) water jug with a base for everyday use, two little pitchers, four lamp-stands, one night lamp, a bronze lamp, one small water bucket, a basin with a base, and a hand basin, three flasks, two small drinking vessels, seven iron strigils, four bronze (objects?). // Column II: marble with a base, two bronze fire-pokers(?) |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of Neptune and Amphitrite (V.7) |
| CIL: | 10566 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR151868 |
Erotic graffito
| Graffito: | Longinus IV Idu[s Iu]lias |
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| Translation: | Longinus - Four days before the Ides of July, he received physical force cheerfully. Starling(?)... |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1) |
| CIL: | 10694 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR154434 |
Graffito mentioning the city of Puteoli
| Graffito: | Vasileus habitat |
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| Translation: | Vasileus lives at Puteoli in the camp of the emperor under (the command of) Valerius |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of Wattlework (III.14) |
| CIL: | 10502 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR151822 |
Graffito
| Graffito: | 〈:ad perpendiculum〉 |
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| Translation: | Infrequently, all the lullabies(?)... |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Black Salon (VI.13) |
| CIL: | 10608 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR152815 |
Greetings to Echio
| Graffito: | Echio · va(le) |
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| Translation: | Goodbye, Echio. |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) |
| CIL: | 10643b |
| ID: | AGP-EDR154534 |
Graffito
| Graffito: | P(ublius) Arriûs |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | So-called College of the Augustales (Curia) (VI.21) |
| ID: | AGP-EDR081347 |
Graffito naming Apollinaris (doctor of the emperor)
| Graffito: | Apollinaris medicus Titi Impe(ratoris) 〈:servus〉 |
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| Translation: | Apollinaris, doctor, slave of the emperor Titus, pooped well here |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Gem (InsulaOrientalisI.1) |
| CIL: | 10619 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR073355 |
Graffito
| Graffito: | In curia {Aus} Augustiana |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | So-called College of the Augustales (Curia) (VI.21) |
| ID: | AGP-EDR081349 |
Graffito giving directions
| Graffito: | Hermeros Primigeniae dominae |
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| Translation: | Hermeros to his mistress Primigenia: come to Puteoli in the Tyanian street and ask from Messius, the money lender, for Hermeros (slave) of Phoebus. |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Terme Suburbane (VII.16.a) |
| CIL: | 10676 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR102191 |
Graffito
| Graffito: | C(aius) Messenius Eunomus im(:in) curia |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | So-called College of the Augustales (Curia) (VI.21) |
| ID: | AGP-EDR081345 |
Graffito
| Graffito: | Lollian(us) |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of Argus (II.2) |
| CIL: | 2509 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR129306 |
Graffito
| Graffito: | Mamium(:Mammium) Anicetum |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | So-called College of the Augustales (Curia) (VI.21) |
| ID: | AGP-EDR081346 |
Tally marks
| Graffito: | XX IIIIIIIII |
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| Translation: | 20 9 |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Two Atria (VI.29) |
| CIL: | 10613 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR152963 |
Erotic graffito
| Graffito: | Apelles Mus cum fratre Dextro |
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| Translation: | Apelles Mus (was here) with his brother Dexter. We had a great time (literally, lovingly had intercourse), twice with two girls. |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Terme Suburbane (VII.16.a) |
| CIL: | 10678 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR154186 |
Graffito
| Graffito: | AXBVCD |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of Argus (II.2) |
| CIL: | 2543 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR159776 |
Mention of food
| Graffito: | Alica |
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| Translation: | Porridge |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Grand Taberna (IV.15-16) |
| CIL: | 10533 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR140220 |
Initials
| Graffito: | Q(uintus?) V(---) R(---) |
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| Translation: | Quintus V(- - -) R(- - -?) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Mosaic Atrium (IV.2) |
| CIL: | 10516 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR140187 |
Wordplay (anagram)
| Graffito: | Exsêtri (:extersi) |
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| Translation: | I wiped myself | ||
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| City: | Herculaneum | ||
| Findspot: | House of the Corinthian Atrium (V.30) | ||
| CIL: | 10580 | ||
| ID: | AGP-EDR140191 | ||
Graffito naming Publius Septumius
| Graffito: | P(ublius) Septumius |
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| Translation: | Publius Septumius |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Fabric (IV.19) |
| CIL: | 10553 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR140234 |
Graffito
| Graffito: | eribus (:heribus) miscella |
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| Translation: | a mish-mash |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Central Baths (VI.1,7-10) |
| CIL: | 10604b |
| ID: | AGP-EDR140062 |
Series of letters
| Graffito: | CELE |
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| Translation: | (Incomprehensible series of characters) |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Fabric (IV.19) |
| CIL: | 10556a |
| ID: | AGP-EDR142442 |
Greetings
| Graffito: | Va(le) va(le) |
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| Translation: | Goodbye, goodbye |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1) |
| CIL: | 10706 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR154563 |
Inventory
| Graffito: | Qunei (:cunei) XXIII |
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| Translation: | 23 wedges. 15 poles. |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Upper Aula (InsulaOrientalisII.19) |
| CIL: | 10670b |
| ID: | AGP-EDR154092 |
Graffito naming Caetronius
| Graffito: | Caetronius |
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| Translation: | Caetronius |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1) |
| CIL: | 10685 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR154372 |
Graffito naming the Salinenses
| Graffito: | omnibus Salinensi v[---] |
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| Translation: | To all the Salinenses... |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1) |
| CIL: | 10690 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR154430 |
Graffito mentioning a name
| Graffito: | CAI |
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| Translation: | Gaius! (vocative... or abbreviated nominative, or set of initials) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) |
| CIL: | 10636 |
| ID: | AGP-EDR153357 |
Tally marks
| Graffito: | S IIIIIIIIIIII XX |
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| Translation: | S 32 |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | (InsulaOrientalisII.2-3) |
| CIL: | 10651b |
| ID: | AGP-EDR154423 |
Greetings to Amethystus
| Graffito: | Amethyste v̂a(le) |
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| Translation: | Goodbye, Amethystus. | |||
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| City: | Herculaneum | |||
| Findspot: | (InsulaOrientalisII.2-3) | |||
| CIL: | 10649 | |||
| ID: | AGP-EDR153740 | |||
Insult (?)
| Graffito: | Fatuus |
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| Translation: | Idiot | |||
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| City: | Herculaneum | |||
| Findspot: | Central Baths (VI.1,7-10) | |||
| CIL: | 10601 | |||
| ID: | AGP-EDR151896 | |||