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    Tally marks

    Graffito:

    S IIIIIIIIIIII XX
    Translation: S 32
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: (InsulaOrientalisII.2-3)
    CIL: 10651b
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    Graffito mentioning the city of Puteoli

    Graffito:

    Vasileus habitat
    Putelis (:Puteolis) in castris August[i - - -]
    su(b) Valeri[o - - -]
    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
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    Drawing of a man

    Graffito:

    ((:herma viri cum palma))
    Description of Drawing (English): bust of man with palm
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Central Baths (VI.1,7-10)
    CIL: 10604
    Drawing Categories: Human figures , Plants
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    Mortus (:Mortuus)
    Ercolanius (:Hercolanius)
    Translation: Hercolanius is dead.
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Suburban Baths (OutsideWalls.ow2)
    CIL: Varone 2000
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    Drawing of a stag

    Graffito:

    ((:cervus a viro laqueo captus et a cane assultatus))

    Description of Drawing (English): stag captured by a man with a rope and attacked by a dog
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Stags (IV.21)
    CIL: 10561
    Drawing Categories: Human figures , Animals
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    Drawing of a gladiator helmet

    Graffito:

    ((:galea gladiatoria))
    Description of Drawing (English): gladiator helmet
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Grand Portal (V.35)
    CIL: 10711
    Drawing Category: Gladiators
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    Graffito mentioning a date and someone teaching

    Graffito:

    Ηdibus (:Idibus) Ianyaris (:Ianuarias)
    mystacogus (:mystagogus, μυσταγωγός) docens
    GEBEUM et Ẹṭọẹn
    ḷục̣ịạṇ+ VIC̣IC
    Translation: On the Ides of January, the guide (religious guide?) teaching Gebeus(?) and Etoe(?) (neither name is otherwise known) (...other letters here...)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of Wattlework (III.14)
    CIL: 10499
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    Graffito mentioning a date

    Graffito:

    III non(as) M̂âi(as)
    VII idus paeriit (:periit)
    Translation: Three days before the Nones of May. Seven days before the Ides, he (it?) died.
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Shop (InsulaOrientalisII.16)
    CIL: 10668
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    Initials

    Graffito:

    Q(uintus?) V(---) R(---)
    Translation: Quintus V(- - -) R(- - -?)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Mosaic Atrium (IV.2)
    CIL: 10516
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    Drawing of a gladiator helmet

    Graffito:

    ((:galea gladiatoria cum crista))
    Description of Drawing (English): gladiator helmet with crest
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Grand Portal (V.35)
    CIL: 10711
    Drawing Category: Gladiators
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    Drawing of circles

    Graffito:

    ((:sex circuli quorum duo simplices et quattuor duplices sunt))
    Description of Drawing (English): six circles, two single and four double
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Central Baths (VI.1,7-10)
    Drawing Category: Geometric designs
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    Drawing of a monster (?)

    Graffito:

    ((:gryllus feminae cum cornibus, unguibus, dentibus, et alis, falcem aut baculum tenentis))
    Description of Drawing (English): caricature of a woman with horns, claws, teeth, and wings, holding a scythe or staff
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Samnite House (V.1)
    Drawing Categories: Human figures , Animals
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    Numerical graffito

    Graffito:

    S(emis) C Y ((mille)) S(emis) S(emis)
    Translation: (Series of numbers?)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Palaestra (InsulaOrientalisII.4)
    CIL: 10657
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    Beginning of a name (?)

    Graffito:

    REST ((:tres lineae aequae))
    Translation: Rest(itutus?)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Stags (IV.21)
    CIL: 10560
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    Drawing of a boat

    Graffito:

    ((:navis oneraria))
    Description of Drawing (English): cargo ship
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Decumanus Maximus
    Drawing Category: Boats
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    ((:phallus))
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Grand Taberna (IV.15-16)
    CIL: 10535
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    ABCDEFG̣H++[---]
    ABC̣[---]
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Locus incertus
    CIL: 2521
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    Tally marks

    Graffito:

    IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
    Translation: 16
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Shop of the Gem-cutter (InsulaOrientalisII.10)
    CIL: 10666d
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    Greetings to Echio

    Graffito:

    Echio va(le)
    Translation: Goodbye Echio.
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Central Baths (VI.1,7-10)
    CIL: 10596
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    S nequa(m)
    Translation: S never(?)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Wooden Screen/Partition (III.11)
    CIL: 10498b
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    Ultas
    Translation: The (women?) who have avenged (?)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Palaestra (InsulaOrientalisII.4)
    CIL: 10658
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    Graffito naming Cilix

    Graffito:

    [F]usci Cilix
    Cilix
    Translation: Cilix, (slave) of Fuscus. Cilix.
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Suburban Baths (OutsideWalls.ow2)
    CIL: 10681
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    [---]ASV M umor[---]
    Translation: (Other letters here...) moisture
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Palaestra (InsulaOrientalisII.4)
    CIL: 10661
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    Initials (?)

    Graffito:

    PÂM
    Translation: P(ublius) A(---) M(---?)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
    CIL: 10625b
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    Graffito naming Caetronius

    Graffito:

    Caetronius
    Translation: Caetronius
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1)
    CIL: 10685
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    Alphabet

    Graffito:

    ABCD
    Translation: (Beginning of an alphabet)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Decumanus Maximus
    CIL: 10714
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    P(ublius) Arriûs
    Spaerus
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: So-called College of the Augustales (Curia) (VI.21)
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    C(aius) Messenius Eunomus im(:in) curia
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: So-called College of the Augustales (Curia) (VI.21)
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    Graffito naming Apollinaris (doctor of the emperor)

    Graffito:

    Apollinaris medicus Tìtì Impe(ratoris) 〈:servus〉
    hic cacavit bene
    Translation: Apollinaris, doctor, slave of the emperor Titus, pooped well here
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Gem (InsulaOrientalisI.1)
    CIL: 10619
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    Graffito giving directions

    Graffito:

    Hermeros Prìmigeniae dominae:
    venì Puteolos in vìco Tyaniano et quaere
    a Messio numulario(:nummulario) Hermerotem Phoebì
    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: Suburban Baths (OutsideWalls.ow2)
    CIL: 10676
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    Graffito about Diogenes the Cynic philosopher

    Graffito:

    Διογένης ὁ κυνικὸς φιλόσοφος
    ἰδὼν γυναῖκα ὑπὸ ποταμοῦ φε=
    ρομένην, εἶπεν· ἄφες φέρεσσθαι(:φέρεσθαι)
    τὸ κακ⌜ὸ⌝ν ὑπὸ κα`κοῦ´ ΚΙΥΣ.
    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
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    Graffito naming Sabinio (Σαβινιο)

    Graffito:

    Cab=
    inio (:Σαβίνιο)
    S ((S retrogradum))
    Translation: Sabinio (Σαβινιο)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Two Atria (VI.29)
    CIL: 10611
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    Prayer to Venus

    Graffito:

    Fo̲rtunatus · amat · Ampl̲i̲a̲nda (:Ampliandam).
    Ianuarius · amat · Veneria (:Veneriam).
    Rogamus · damna (:domina) · Venus
    ut · nos · in · mente · h̲a̲bias (:habeas)
    quod te · modo · introrgamus (:interrogamus)
    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.
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1)
    CIL: 10697
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    Greek alphabet

    Graffito:

    ΑΒΓΔΕΖΗΘΙΚΛΜ
    Translation: Beginning of Greek alphabet
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Inn (III.19)
    CIL: 10707
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    Roman numerals

    Graffito:

    XII
    Translation: 12
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Suburban Baths (OutsideWalls.ow2)
    CIL: 10682
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    Graffito in Greek

    Graffito:

    Ἑρμία(ς)
    Translation: Hermias (i.e. a name)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Central Baths (VI.1,7-10)
    CIL: 10594
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    Drawing of a man

    Graffito:

    ((:vir baculo nixus))
    Description of Drawing (English): man leaning on staff
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Central Baths (VI.1,7-10)
    CIL: 10596
    Drawing Category: Human figures
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    Drawing of a gladiator helmet

    Graffito:

    ((:galea gladiatoria cum crista ad sin.))
    Description of Drawing (English): gladiator helmet with crest facing left
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Grand Portal (V.35)
    CIL: 10711
    Drawing Category: Gladiators
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    Graffito in Greek

    Graffito:

    Φιλιππε̣
    Translation: Oh Philippos!
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Decumanus Inferior (V.34-35)
    CIL: 10588b
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    Graffito naming Salvia Superba

    Graffito:

    Salvia Superba
    Translation: Salvia Superba
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Wooden Shrine (V.31)
    CIL: 10583b
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    Graffito mentioning animals

    Graffito:

    Misit 〈:vacat〉 iter(um?)
    agnas s
    o siṃplex cima
    nempius
    Translation: He sent, a second time, female lambs (...other letters here...)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Locus incertus
    CIL: 5450
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    IVSTAR
    Translation: Iusta (i.e. a name)...
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Bronze Herm (III.16)
    CIL: 10507
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    Graffito in Greek

    Graffito:

    Κογιτάτουϲ S
    Translation: Cogitatus (i.e. a name)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Mosaic Atrium (IV.2)
    CIL: 10505
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    Qu[aesi]vi hic facias re[s s]erva omnes res tuas [- - -] quem nol[i - - -] nobi[s iun]ge neque servabo
    ne q[ui]s ius lum(inum) salvum

    Translation: ... I asked that you do this... all your affairs... which... safe.
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Taberna (IV.10)
    CIL: 10522
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    Names written in the shape of boats

    Graffito:

    Θ
    Faustus
    Nothus
    Nothus
    ((:nomina FAVSTVS et NOTHVS scripta in forma trium navium, NOTHVS bis))
    Translation: Θ Faustus Nothus Nothus
    Description of Drawing (English): names FAVSTVS and NOTHVS written in the shape of three boats, NOTHVS twice
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Grand Taberna (IV.15-16)
    CIL: 10532
    Drawing Category: Boats
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    Graffito naming Vibidius (?)

    Graffito:

    Vibidi
    Translation: Of Vibidius (?) OR Vibidi(us...?)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Grand Taberna (IV.15-16)
    CIL: 10537
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    Series of letters

    Graffito:

    ovas EVCL E VA M X P vectat
    Translation: You rejoice (...other letters here...) it carries.
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Grand Taberna (IV.15-16)
    CIL: 10539
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    Poetic graffito (?)

    Graffito:

    P P P redire si minus innecteb(is?) et te [---]
    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
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    Series of characters

    Graffito:

    〈:textus non legitur〉
    Translation: (Incomprehensible series of characters)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Fabric (IV.19)
    CIL: 10554b
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    Graffito naming Gaius (H)ostius

    Graffito:

    C(aius) Ostius (:Hostius)
    Translation: Gaius Hostius (here, pronounced Ostius)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Stags (IV.21)
    CIL: 10558
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    eribus (:heribus) miscella
    Translation: a mish-mash
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Central Baths (VI.1,7-10)
    CIL: 10604b
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    Drawing of a column base

    Graffito:

    ((:basis columnae))
    Description of Drawing (English): column base
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Stags (IV.21)
    CIL: 10561
    Drawing Category: Other
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    Drawing of a column base

    Graffito:

    ((:basis columnae))
    Description of Drawing (English): column base
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Stags (IV.21)
    CIL: 10561
    Drawing Category: Other
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    Statement about love

    Graffito:

    Hic amor sapiet
    Translation: Here love will be wise
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Cardo IV (V.1-9)
    CIL: 10562
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    Quid
    Translation: What
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Cardo IV (V.1-9)
    CIL: 10563b
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    Graffito mentioning a name (?)

    Graffito:

    Eueno
    Translation: to Euenus(?)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Taberna of Priapus (IV.17)
    CIL: 10549
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    Graffito naming Nicanor

    Graffito:

    Ṇicanor ovas̲
    Translation: Nicanor (...?)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Central Baths (VI.1,7-10)
    CIL: 10603
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    Initials (?)

    Graffito:

    MAL
    Translation: M(arcus) A(---) L(---?)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Cardo IV (V.1-9)
    CIL: 10563c
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    Roman numerals

    Graffito:

    CLXX
    Translation: 170
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Bicentenary (V.15)
    CIL: 10571
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    Q(uintus) ++++++++
    Translation: Quintus (...other text illegible)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Wooden Shrine (V.31)
    CIL: 10583a
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    Series of letters

    Graffito:

    [---] DIII VII
    Translation: (series of letters)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Wooden Shrine (V.31)
    CIL: 10586c
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    Graffito in Greek

    Graffito:

    [Ὀ]ν̲έ̲ϲ̲ι̲μ̲ο̲ϲ̲
    ε̲υ̲νυ̲ϲ̲
    L̲I̲[-]E̲M̲
    Translation: Onesimus (. . .)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Central Baths (VI.1,7-10)
    CIL: 10598
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    Graffito naming Paris

    Graffito:

    R̲
    P̲a̲r̲i̲s̲
    a̲mas̲
    Translation: R(?). Paris, you love
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Black Salon (VI.13)
    CIL: 10607
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    Ἄρτος
    ((signum incertum))
    MME
    Translation: Cake (or loaf of bread). (symbol). MME.
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Two Atria (VI.29)
    CIL: 10612
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    Graffito naming Bucolus

    Graffito:

    Bucolus
    Translation: Bucolus
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Gem (InsulaOrientalisI.1)
    CIL: 10620
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    Greetings written in the shape of a boat

    Graffito:

    f̣eliter (:feliciter)
    ((:FELICITER in forma navis scriptum))
    Translation: Good luck!
    Description of Drawing (English): FELICITER written in the shape of a boat
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
    CIL: 10622
    Drawing Category: Boats
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    Series of letters

    Graffito:

    HIMME
    Translation: (untranslateable series of letters)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
    CIL: 10639
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    Series of characters

    Graffito:

    〈:textus non legitur〉
    Translation: (Incomprehensible series of characters)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Fabric (IV.19)
    CIL: 10555a
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    Erotic grafitto

    Graffito:

    V Bombycion (:Βομβύκιον)
    fellat
    Translation: Bombycion sucks
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
    CIL: 10628
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    Graffito naming Phoebus

    Graffito:

    Fuibus (:Phoebus)
    egrotes (:aegrotes)
    Translation: Phoebus - May you fall ill.
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
    CIL: 10631
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    Tally marks

    Graffito:

    IIIIIII
    Translation: 7
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: (InsulaOrientalisII.2-3)
    CIL: 10653b
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    Charca miam (:meam?), Sira (:Syra?)
    Translation: (unknown meaning)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: (InsulaOrientalisII.2-3)
    CIL: 10648
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    Name written in the shape of a boat

    Graffito:

    Silentiolus
    ((:nomen SILENTIOLUS in forma navis scriptum))
    Translation: Silentiolus
    Description of Drawing (English): name SILENTIOUS written in the shape of a boat
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: (InsulaOrientalisII.2-3)
    CIL: 10655a
    Drawing Category: Boats
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    Tally marks

    Graffito:

    IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
    Translation: 20
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Wineshop of Antigonus (InsulaOrientalisII.9)
    CIL: 10663b
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    Statement about a transaction

    Graffito:

    Septembr(es)
    III idus pro tunica ((denarius)) I a(sses) VIII
    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
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    Drawing of a gladiator's head

    Graffito:

    ((:caput gladiatoris ad sin. versum et galea armatum))
    Description of Drawing (English): head of a gladiator with helmet, facing left
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Sewer Access (WithinWalls.ww3)
    CIL: 10673
    Drawing Category: Gladiators
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    Graffito about leisure

    Graffito:

    Duo sodales hic fuerunt, et, cum diu malum
    ministrum in omnia haberent
    nomine Epaphroditum, vix tarde
    eum foras exigerunt (:exegerunt).
    Consumpserunt persuavissime cum fu`tu´ere ((sestertii)) CVS
    Translation: Two friends were here, and they had a servant named Epaphroditus who was terrible at everything for the whole time, so they finally kicked him out. (Then?) they spent 105 1/2 sestertii most delightfully when they had sex.
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Suburban Baths (OutsideWalls.ow2)
    CIL: 10675
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    Graffito naming Hilarus (?)

    Graffito:

    ILASV (:Hilarus?)
    Translation: Hilarus
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Black Salon (VI.13)
    CIL: 10609
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    Mortus (:Mortuus)
    Sumpo(rus) (:Symphorus)
    Translation: Symphorus is dead
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Suburban Baths (OutsideWalls.ow2)
    CIL: 10680
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    Graffito naming the Salinenses

    Graffito:

    omnibus Salinensi v[---]
    Translation: To all the Salinenses...
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1)
    CIL: 10690
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    Greetings to Phyllis

    Graffito:

    Phyl va(le)

    Translation: Goodbye, Phyllis.
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1)
    CIL: 10692
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    Q(uintus) M[---]ANTV[---]
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
    CIL: 10630
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    Greek alphabet

    Graffito:

    ΑΒΓΔΕΖΗΘ
    Translation: Beginning of Greek alphabet
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Upstairs apartment (V.18)
    CIL: 10709
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    Alphabet

    Graffito:

    A̲B̲CDEF̲G̲H̲I̲K̲
    Translation: (Beginning of an alphabet)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Two Atria (VI.29)
    CIL: 10712
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    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
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    Mus
    Translation: Mus (personal name) OR mouse
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Wooden Screen/Partition (III.11)
    CIL: 10498c
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    Greek alphabet

    Graffito:

    ΑΒΓΔΕ
    Translation: Beginning of Greek alphabet
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Mosaic Atrium (IV.2)
    CIL: 10708
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    Tally marks

    Graffito:

    IIIIIIIIIIII
    Translation: 12
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Wineshop of Antigonus (InsulaOrientalisII.9)
    CIL: 10663d
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    Greetings to Echio

    Graffito:

    Echio · va(le)
    Translation: Goodbye, Echio.
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
    CIL: 10643b
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    Beginning of a name

    Graffito:

    Romu(lus)
    Translation: Romu(lus?)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Stags (IV.21)
    CIL: 10559
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    [---]at veniat
    Translation: ...let him/her come.
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Shop (InsulaOrientalisII.16)
    CIL: 10669
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    Drawing of a gladiator helmet

    Graffito:

    ((:galea gladiatoria cum crista ad dext.))
    Description of Drawing (English): gladiator helmet with crest facing right
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Grand Portal (V.35)
    CIL: 10711
    Drawing Category: Gladiators
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    Drawing of a gladiator

    Graffito:

    ((:gladiator, murmillo galea et scuto armatus))

    Description of Drawing (English): gladiator, murmillo type with helmet and shield
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Stags (IV.21)
    CIL: 10561
    Drawing Category: Gladiators
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    Greetings (?) to Isidorus

    Graffito:

    va(le?)
    [---]rio [I?]sidoru
    IX
    ((:viri caput))
    Translation: Greetings . . . to Isidorus(?). 9
    Description of Drawing (English): head of a man
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Decumanus Inferior
    CIL: 10493
    Drawing Category: Human figures
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    Drawing of a gladiator helmet

    Graffito:

    ((:galea gladiatoria cum crista ad dext.))
    Description of Drawing (English): gladiator helmet with crest facing right
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Grand Portal (V.35)
    CIL: 10711
    Drawing Category: Gladiators
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    Drawing of a camel

    Graffito:

    ((:camelus dromedarius cum cauda, lodicem gerens, ad dext. incedens))
    Description of Drawing (English): camel, wearing blanket, with tail, walking to the right
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Samnite House (V.1)
    Drawing Category: Animals
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    Drawing of an animal

    Graffito:

    ((:animal))
    Description of Drawing (English): animal
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Stags (IV.21)
    CIL: 10561
    Drawing Category: Animals
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    Drawing of a boat

    Graffito:

    ((:carina navis))
    Description of Drawing (English): keel of ship
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
    Drawing Category: Boats
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    Drawing of an animal

    Graffito:

    ((:animal))
    Description of Drawing (English): animal
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Stags (IV.21)
    CIL: 10561
    Drawing Category: Animals
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    Greetings (?)

    Graffito:

    AM
    Surus
    Ianua va(le)
    Translation: Am(andus?), Surus: farewell Ianua(rius?).
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Mosaic Atrium (IV.2)
    CIL: 10513
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    Drawing of a column base

    Graffito:

    ((:basis columnae))

    Description of Drawing (English): column base
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Stags (IV.21)
    CIL: 10561
    Drawing Category: Other
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    Graffito mentioning a date

    Graffito:

    XI k(alendas) Febarias (:Februarias)
    Translation: The 11th day before the Kalends of February.
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Gem (InsulaOrientalisI.1)
    CIL: 10617
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    Name written in the shape of a boat

    Graffito:

    C(aius) Iunius
    ((:nomen C(AIUS) IUNIUS in forma navis scriptum))
    Translation: Gaius Iunius
    Description of Drawing (English): name CAIUS IUNIUS written in the shape of a boat
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: (InsulaOrientalisII.2-3)
    CIL: 10652
    Drawing Category: Boats
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    Drawing of a gladiator helmet

    Graffito:

    ((:galea gladiatoria cum crista))
    Description of Drawing (English): gladiator helmet with crest facing right
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Grand Portal (V.35)
    CIL: 10711
    Drawing Category: Gladiators
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    Drawing of a phallus

    Graffito:

    ((:phallus))
    Description of Drawing (English): phallus
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Grand Portal (V.35)
    CIL: 10711
    Drawing Category: Erotic images
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    Drawing of a boat

    Graffito:

    ((:navis))
    Description of Drawing (English): boat
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
    Drawing Category: Boats
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    Drawing of an erotic scene

    Graffito:

    ((:scaena erotica))
    Description of Drawing (English): erotic scene
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of Argus (II.2)
    Drawing Categories: Erotic images , Human figures
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    Drawing of a stag

    Graffito:

    ((:cervus a viro laqueo captus))

    Description of Drawing (English): stag captured by a man with a rope
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Stags (IV.21)
    CIL: 10561
    Drawing Categories: Other , Animals
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    Drawing of a stag

    Graffito:

    ((:cervus a cane assultatus))

    Description of Drawing (English): stag attacked by dog
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Stags (IV.21)
    CIL: 10561
    Drawing Category: Animals
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    Graffito in Greek

    Graffito:

    Φάβ(ιος)
    Translation: Fab(ius)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Bicentenary (V.15)
    CIL: 10574b
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    Series of letters

    Graffito:

    GENT[--]RR[---]
    Translation: (series of letters)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Wooden Shrine (V.31)
    CIL: 10586b
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    IIII P(ublius) Quin(tilius?)
    Translation: 4 Publius Quin(tilius?)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Inn (III.19)
    CIL: 10512
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    Tally mark

    Graffito:

    I
    Translation: 1
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Skeleton (III.3)
    CIL: 10495b
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    Greetings to Fausta

    Graffito:

    [A]ve Fausta s(alutem)
    Translation: Greetings, Fausta!
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1)
    CIL: 10704
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    Greek alphabet

    Graffito:

    ΔΕΖΗ
    Translation: (Part of the Greek alphabet)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
    CIL: 10715
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    Ìn curia {Aus} Augustiana
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: So-called College of the Augustales (Curia) (VI.21)
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    Arrius
    P(ubli) f(ilius)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: So-called College of the Augustales (Curia) (VI.21)
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    Graffito naming Julia

    Graffito:

    Iulaiam (:Iuliam?)
    ad dom
    Translation: To Julia, mistress
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of Granianus (InsulaOrientalisI.1a)
    CIL: 10646
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    Tally marks

    Graffito:

    XI
    Translation: 11
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Grand Taberna (IV.15-16)
    CIL: 10546b
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    Series of letters

    Graffito:

    CELE
    〈:textus non legitur〉
    Translation: (Incomprehensible series of characters)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Fabric (IV.19)
    CIL: 10556a
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    Graffito naming Moderatus

    Graffito:

    Mode̲r̲atus̲
    Translation: Moderatus
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Two Atria (VI.29)
    CIL: 10616
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    NO
    Translation: NO
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
    CIL: 10625a
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    Roman numerals

    Graffito:

    LXXII
    Translation: 72
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of Granianus (InsulaOrientalisI.1a)
    CIL: 10647
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    Inventory

    Graffito:

    Cunei
    Translation: Wedges
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Upper Aula (InsulaOrientalisII.19)
    CIL: 10670a
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    Greek alphabet

    Graffito:

    ΜΝΞΟΠΡϹΤΥΦΧΨΩ
    Translation: Second half of Greek alphabet
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Wooden Shrine (V.31)
    CIL: 10710
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    M
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Cardo IV (V.1-9)
    CIL: 10484
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    Tally marks

    Graffito:

    IIII
    Translation: 4
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Wineshop of Antigonus (InsulaOrientalisII.9)
    CIL: 10663e
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    Greek alphabet

    Graffito:

    ΑΒΓΔ
    Translation: (Beginning of an alphabet)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
    CIL: 10716
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    Series of letters

    Graffito:

    IVIIRIIHIIRI
    Translation: (untranslateable series of letters)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
    CIL: 10627
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    Drawing of a man wearing a helmet

    Graffito:

    ((:caput viri galeati))
    Description of Drawing (English): head of man wearing helmet
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Decumanus Maximus
    Drawing Category: Human figures
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    Drawing of a phallus

    Graffito:

    ((:phallus))
    Description of Drawing (English): phallus
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Grand Taberna (IV.15-16)
    CIL: 10535
    Drawing Category: Erotic images
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    Drawing of two lanterns

    Graffito:

    ((:duae lanternae))
    Description of Drawing (English): two lanterns
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Bicentenary (V.15)
    Drawing Category: Other
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    Graffito naming Albinus

    Graffito:

    Albinus
    Translation: Albinus
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
    CIL: 10633
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    Drawing of a gladiator helmet

    Graffito:

    ((:galea gladiatoria))
    Description of Drawing (English): gladiator helmet
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Grand Portal (V.35)
    CIL: 10711
    Drawing Category: Gladiators
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    Drawing of a gladiator helmet

    Graffito:

    ((:galea gladiatoria))
    Description of Drawing (English): gladiator helmet
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Grand Portal (V.35)
    CIL: 10711
    Drawing Category: Gladiators
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    Drawing of a rooster

    Graffito:

    ((:gallus cum crista alisque))
    Description of Drawing (English): rooster with comb and wings
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Samnite House (V.1)
    Drawing Category: Animals
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    Drawing of a stag

    Graffito:

    ((:cervus stans))
    Description of Drawing (English): standing stag
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Central Baths (VI.1,7-10)
    CIL: 10600
    Drawing Category: Animals
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    CVEN
    Translation: to whom in . . .
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Wooden Shrine (V.31)
    CIL: 10586d
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    Series of letters

    Graffito:

    CELES (?)
    COSSSIIIIII
    Translation: (... other letters here...) Cossutius(?)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Fabric (IV.19)
    CIL: 10556b
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    Erotic graffito

    Graffito:

    Vitalio
    p̲e̲dica ut comatus̲
    Urosacula̲
    Suu̲r̲us (:Syrus?)
    Fo̲l̲i̲a̲t̲u̲s̲
    Translation: Vitalio... (more confusing text here).
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1)
    CIL: 10693
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    〈:ad perpendiculum〉
    Numini
    Translation: For the numen (divine will).
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
    CIL: 10641
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    Beginning of a name (?)

    Graffito:

    IANV
    Translation: Ianu(arius?)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Taberna (IV.10)
    CIL: 10524
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    Graffito naming Verus(?)

    Graffito:

    VERIII
    Translation: Verus(?)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Bicentenary (V.15)
    CIL: 10573
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    Tally marks

    Graffito:

    XVII
    Translation: 17
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: (InsulaOrientalisII.2-3)
    CIL: 10653a
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    Greek letters

    Graffito:

    ΚΛΗΒΙΧΝ
    Translation: (series of Greek letters)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
    CIL: 10623
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    Graffito naming Mercurius

    Graffito:

    Mercurius
    Translation: Mercurius
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Taberna of Priapus (IV.17)
    CIL: 10551
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    Graffito mentioning money

    Graffito:

    Assis IIIIHIINII
    CCCXXX
    Translation: Coins (...series of characters) / 330
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Taberna (IV.10)
    CIL: 10523c
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    Drawing of a man

    Graffito:

    ((:figura hominis))
    Description of Drawing (English): figure of a man
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Stags (IV.21)
    CIL: 10561 (nota)
    Drawing Category: Human figures
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    Drawing of a stag

    Graffito:

    ((:cervus))

    Description of Drawing (English): stag
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Stags (IV.21)
    CIL: 10561
    Drawing Category: Animals
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    [- - -]o
    [- - -]foro
    Translation: ... (in the) forum (?)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
    CIL: 10629
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    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
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Stags (IV.21)
    CIL: 10561
    Drawing Category: Other
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    Roman numerals

    Graffito:

    XXVIIII
    Translation: 29
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Taberna of Priapus (IV.17)
    CIL: 10550
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    Insult (?)

    Graffito:

    Fatuus
    Translation: Idiot
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Central Baths (VI.1,7-10)
    CIL: 10601
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    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
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    Drawing of a head

    Graffito:

    ((:caput viri barbati))
    Description of Drawing (English): head of bearded man
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Taberna of Priapus (IV.17)
    Drawing Category: Human figures
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    Graffito naming Hyacinthus and Verginia

    Graffito:

    Hyacinthus hic fu̲i̲t̲
    Verginiam s̲u̲a̲m̲
    Translation: Hyacinthus was here, his Verginia...
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Taberna (IV.10)
    CIL: 10525
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    Graffito naming Crocale

    Graffito:

    Croca̲ḷe
    barbat̲a̲
    Translation: Bearded Crocale
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Taberna of Priapus (IV.17)
    CIL: 10547
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    Drawing of a column base

    Graffito:

    ((:basis columnae))
    Description of Drawing (English): column base
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Stags (IV.21)
    CIL: 10561
    Drawing Category: Other
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    Drawing of a stag and a man

    Graffito:

    ((:vir cervum equitans))
    Description of Drawing (English): man riding stag
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Stags (IV.21)
    CIL: 10561
    Drawing Categories: Human figures , Animals
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    Drawing of a gladiator helmet

    Graffito:

    ((:galea gladiatoria cum crista ad dext.))
    Description of Drawing (English): gladiator helmet with crest facing right
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Grand Portal (V.35)
    CIL: 10711
    Drawing Category: Gladiators
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    Drawing of a column base

    Graffito:

    ((:basis columnae))

    Description of Drawing (English): column base
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Stags (IV.21)
    CIL: 10561
    Drawing Category: Other
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    Drawing of a gladiator

    Graffito:

    ((:gladiator gladio et scuto longo armatus))
    Description of Drawing (English): gladiator armed with sword and long shield
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of Argus (II.2)
    Drawing Category: Gladiators
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    Drawing of a stag

    Graffito:

    ((:cervus))

    Description of Drawing (English): stag
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Stags (IV.21)
    CIL: 10561
    Drawing Category: Animals
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    Beginning of a name (?)

    Graffito:

    ROM
    〈:vacat〉
    R
    Translation: Rom(ulus?), or Rom(a?)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Upstairs apartment (V.18)
    CIL: 10576
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    Series of letters

    Graffito:

    [---]N · LA
    Translation: (series of letters)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Wooden Shrine (V.31)
    CIL: 10585
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    Numerical graffito

    Graffito:

    Extan[+1?+] pisu
    [- - -]QVATVS ne
    quinque
    Translation: There exist (...other letters here...) ...fourth(?) not five
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
    CIL: 10632b
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    Statement about a transaction

    Graffito:

    [+1?+]anthi
    trama
    p(ondo) IX
    stame(n)
    p(ondo) VII
    VIII
    Translation: Cloth for (literally of) Xanthus: weft - 9 (units by weight), warp - 7 (units), 8
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of Granianus (InsulaOrientalisI.1a)
    CIL: 10645
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    Greek alphabet

    Graffito:

    ΑΒΓΔΕΖΗΘΙΚΛΜΝΞ̲ΟΠΡΣΤΥΦΧΨΩ
    Translation: (The whole alphabet in Greek)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Wineshop of Antigonus (InsulaOrientalisII.9)
    CIL: 10717
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    Tally marks

    Graffito:

    S IIIII
    Translation: S 5
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: (InsulaOrientalisII.2-3)
    CIL: 10651a
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    Graffito mentioning a game player

    Graffito:

    TVS lusor
    Translation: (Ius)tus, the game player
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: (InsulaOrientalisII.2-3)
    CIL: 10654b
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    Insult

    Graffito:

    IINIIDII (:c̣inaede)
    Translation: Pervert!
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: (InsulaOrientalisII.2-3)
    CIL: 10654d
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    Numerical graffito

    Graffito:

    XXXIXXVVV
    Translation: (Series of numbers)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: (InsulaOrientalisII.2-3)
    CIL: 10654e
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    Name written in the shape of a boat

    Graffito:

    Silentiolus
    ((:nomen SILENTIOLUS in forma navis scriptum))
    Translation: Silentiolus
    Description of Drawing (English): name SILENTIOUS written in the shape of a boat
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: (InsulaOrientalisII.2-3)
    CIL: 10655b
    Drawing Category: Boats
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    Drawing of a head

    Graffito:

    ((:caput acutum cum nasone longo et corona, gryllus?))
    Description of Drawing (English): pointed head with long nose and garland wreath, caricature?
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Suburban Baths (OutsideWalls.ow2)
    CIL: 10676
    Drawing Category: Human figures
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    Graffito naming Vivanius

    Graffito:

    Vivaniu̲ṣ Aṭer ụḅịque
    Translation: Vivanius Ater everywhere
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1)
    CIL: 10686
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    Graffito naming Modestus

    Graffito:

    Modesti
    Translation: of Modestus
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1)
    CIL: 10691
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    Graffito naming Sabina

    Graffito:

    Sabin(a)
    Sabina
    Translation: Sabina, Sabina
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Decumanus Maximus
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    Graffito mentioning a date

    Graffito:

    K(alends) III Iulias
    Translation: Three days before the Kalends of July
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Wooden Shrine (V.31)
    CIL: Varone 2000
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    Soli
    Translation: Alone...
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Gem (InsulaOrientalisI.1)
    CIL: 10621
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    Statement about a transaction

    Graffito:

    Vinum acceptum
    ab domino VII Idus Apriles
    Translation: Wine (was) received from the master seven days before the Ides of April.
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of Neptune and Amphitrite (V.7)
    CIL: 10565
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    Tally marks

    Graffito:

    IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
    Translation: 19
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Wineshop of Antigonus (InsulaOrientalisII.9)
    CIL: 10663c
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    Graffito mentioning a name

    Graffito:

    CAI
    Translation: Gaius! (vocative... or abbreviated nominative, or set of initials)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
    CIL: 10636
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    Initials

    Graffito:

    AḶṢ
    Translation: A(ulus) L(---) S(---?)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Stags (IV.21)
    CIL: 10557
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    Greek letters

    Graffito:

    ΛΙΑΒΙΧΤΛ
    Translation: (series of Greek letters)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
    CIL: 10624
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    〈:ad perpendiculum〉
    Rare lali omnes a
    Translation: Infrequently, all the lullabies(?)...
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Black Salon (VI.13)
    CIL: 10608
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    Mention of weights and measures

    Graffito:

    Saco(mata?) XX
    Translation: Counterweights(?) 20
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Central Baths (VI.1,7-10)
    CIL: 10593
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    Tally marks

    Graffito:

    IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
    Translation: 21
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Wineshop of Antigonus (InsulaOrientalisII.9)
    CIL: 10663a
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    Graffito naming Oceanus

    Graffito:

    Ocaeanus (:Oceanus)
    ω
    Translation: (...) Oceanus
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Upstairs apartment (V.18)
    CIL: 10578
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    Graffito naming Myrine

    Graffito:

    Myrine mari
    Translation: Myrine to the sea (?)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Painted Papyrus (IV.8)
    CIL: 10521
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    Poetic graffito

    Graffito:

    Venimus,
    venimus
    hoc cupidi,
    multo magis ire cupimus.
    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
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    Graffito naming Polybius (?)

    Graffito:

    POLY
    Translation: Poly(bius?)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
    CIL: 10637
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    〈:columna I〉
    CΤΡΑ=
    ΤΟΝΙ=
    ΚΟC (:Στρατόνικος)

    〈:columna II〉
    Stra=
    tonicos (:Stratonicus)
    scrips(it)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of Argus (II.2)
    CIL: 2513
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    Augu
    Translation: (Something about augury or the emperor?)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Grand Taberna (IV.15-16)
    CIL: 10536
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    Graffito mentioning a date

    Graffito:

    VIII k(alendas) Iulias
    Translation: Eight days before the Kalends of July
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Suburban Baths (OutsideWalls.ow2)
    CIL: 10683
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    Greetings

    Graffito:

    Va(le) va(le)
    Translation: Goodbye, goodbye
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1)
    CIL: 10706
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    Graffito naming Sextus Porcius

    Graffito:

    Se(xtus) Porcius
    s s
    Translation: Se(xtus) Porcius / s s
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Bronze Herm (III.16)
    CIL: 10506
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    Debere
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of Argus (II.2)
    CIL: 2513a
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    Drawing of a stag

    Graffito:

    ((:cervus a cane assultatus))

    Description of Drawing (English): stag attacked by dog
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Stags (IV.21)
    CIL: 10561
    Drawing Category: Animals
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    AB
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Upstairs apartment (V.18)
    CIL: 10709
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    Drawing of a stag and a dog

    Graffito:

    ((:cervus a cane assultatus))
    Description of Drawing (English): stag attacked by dog
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Stags (IV.21)
    CIL: 10561
    Drawing Category: Animals
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