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    Graffito in Greek

    Graffito:

    Φάβ(ιος)
    Translation: Fab(ius)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Bicentenary (V.15)
    CIL: 10574b
    ID: AGP-EDR140186
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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
    ID: AGP-EDR154593
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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
    ID: AGP-EDR140135
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    Vinum a(sses) III
    Quatusui++I VIII
    Nig[---] ((denarius)) V s(emis)
    Capitoni
    Nigro ((denarius)) V
    Nig[---]
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: (VI.2-3)
    CIL: 5448
    ID: AGP-EDR159777
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    Poetic graffito (?)

    Graffito:

    Ursi me comedan[t]
    Translation: Let the bears devour me.
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Palaestra (InsulaOrientalisII.4)
    CIL: 10660
    ID: AGP-EDR153853
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    Drawing of a head with the name Gaius repeated

    Graffito:

    ((:magnum caput viri cum nomine Γαιοϲ in collo))

    Κα+++ (:ΚAÊS? KASTR?)
    〈:columna I〉
    Γαιοϲ
    Γαιοϲ
    Γαιοϲ
    Γαιοϲ
    Γαιοϲ
    Γαιοϲ
    Γαιοϲ
    Γαιοϲ
    Γα[ι]οϲ
    Γαιοϲ
    Γαι[ο]ϲ
    Γα[---]
    Γ[---]

    〈:columna II, in litteris maioribus〉
    Γαιοϲ
    Γαιοϲ
    Γαιοϲ
    Γαιοϲ
    〈:textus non legitur〉
    Description of Drawing (English): head of a man with the name Γαιοc written on his neck
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Locus incertus
    CIL: 12030
    Drawing Category: Human figures
    ID: AGP-EDR159886
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    Greetings

    Graffito:

    [---]lius CINT 〈:vacat〉 genius suae sal(utem)
    [---]CIN N AGIO GORC R
    Translation: [---]lius sends greetings to his (girlfriend?). (...other letters here...)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Grand Taberna (IV.15-16)
    CIL: 10540
    ID: AGP-EDR140219
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    Series of letters

    Graffito:

    PAPAVLIN
    Translation: Paulin(us?)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1)
    CIL: 10699
    ID: AGP-EDR154537
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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
    ID: AGP-EDR151863
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    ((:gladiatores inter se dimicantes))
    Euhodus
    et Satura
    Puteolani
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Grand Taberna (IV.15-16)
    CIL: 10528
    ID: AGP-EDR140190
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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
    ID: AGP-EDR144514
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    Initials (?)

    Graffito:

    MAL
    Translation: M(arcus) A(---) L(---?)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Cardo IV (V.1-9)
    CIL: 10563c
    ID: AGP-EDR140129
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    Graffito in Greek

    Graffito:

    Πρόκλα
    Translation: Πρόκλα
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Upstairs apartment (V.18)
    CIL: 10577
    ID: AGP-EDR140200
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    Warning for Timinia

    Graffito:

    Caves (:caveas), Timinia,
    Iures
    Translation: Beware, Timinia: thieves!
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Central Baths (VI.1,7-10)
    CIL: 10600
    ID: AGP-EDR140248
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    Tally marks

    Graffito:

    IIIIIIIIIIII
    Translation: 12
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Wineshop of Antigonus (InsulaOrientalisII.9)
    CIL: 10663d
    ID: AGP-EDR154441
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    Graffito naming Suellius

    Graffito:

    Hic situs
    Suellius
    Translation: Suellius is located here.
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Mosaic Atrium (IV.2)
    CIL: Varone 2000
    ID: AGP-EDR156999
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    Greek alphabet

    Graffito:

    ΑΒΓΔΕΖΗΘΙΚΛΜΝΞ̲ΟΠΡΣΤΥΦΧΨΩ
    Translation: (The whole alphabet in Greek)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Wineshop of Antigonus (InsulaOrientalisII.9)
    CIL: 10717
    ID: AGP-EDR154595
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    List of names

    Graffito:

    Vin(icius?)
    Florus
    Paris
    C(aius) Messenius
    Translation: Vin(icius?), Florus, Paris, Gaius Messenius
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1)
    CIL: 10701
    ID: AGP-EDR154539
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    Graffito naming Euhodus

    Graffito:

    Euhodụs̲
    Translation: Euhodus
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Terme Suburbane (VII.16.a)
    CIL: 10679
    ID: AGP-EDR154189
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    Series of letters

    Graffito:

    CEN
    Translation: (series of letters)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Wooden Shrine (V.31)
    CIL: 10586a
    ID: AGP-EDR140167
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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
    ID: AGP-EDR151865
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    Poetic graffito

    Graffito:

    Qui · se tutari · nescit · nescit · vivere
    Minimum · malu (:malum) · fit contemnendo · maximum
    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).
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
    CIL: 10634
    ID: AGP-EDR153355
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    CVEN
    Translation: to whom in . . .
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Wooden Shrine (V.31)
    CIL: 10586d
    ID: AGP-EDR140178
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    Complaint (?)

    Graffito:

    Algemus
    Translation: We are cold.
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Cardo IV (III.11-19)
    CIL: 10508b
    ID: AGP-EDR140149
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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
    ID: AGP-EDR143832
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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
    ID: AGP-EDR143815
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    Graffito mentioning the city Tomis

    Graffito:

    [- - -]cio s(alutem?) morieris Tomi.
    Feliciter
    Translation: (... other letters here...) you will die in Tomis. Good luck!
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Central Baths (VI.1,7-10)
    CIL: 10595
    ID: AGP-EDR151890
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    ((:phallus))
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Grand Taberna (IV.15-16)
    CIL: 10535
    ID: AGP-EDR163853
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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
    ID: AGP-EDR144353
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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
    ID: AGP-EDR145941
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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
    ID: AGP-EDR140037
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    Graffito naming Severus

    Graffito:

    Severus
    Translation: Severus
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Bicentenary (V.15)
    CIL: 10570
    ID: AGP-EDR140181
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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
    ID: AGP-EDR140180
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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
    ID: AGP-EDR145936
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    Graffito mentioning a price

    Graffito:

    Saturnina[e]
    matr(i) uncus
    a(ssibus) III
    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
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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
    ID: AGP-EDR112869
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    Drawing of a phallus

    Graffito:

    ((:phallus))
    Description of Drawing (English): phallus
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1)
    CIL: 10704
    Drawing Category: Erotic images
    ID: AGP-EDR154541
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    Tally mark

    Graffito:

    I
    Translation: 1
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Skeleton (III.3)
    CIL: 10495b
    ID: AGP-EDR140246
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    Graffito naming a man

    Graffito:

    Q(uintus) M[---] Antu[s ---]
    Translation: Quintus M(---) Antu(s--?)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
    CIL: 10630
    ID: AGP-EDR153110
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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
    ID: AGP-EDR145005
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    [---]ASV M umor[---]
    Translation: (Other letters here...) moisture
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Palaestra (InsulaOrientalisII.4)
    CIL: 10661
    ID: AGP-EDR153854
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    Graffito mentioning travel

    Graffito:

    Spedio Antymo [- - -]
    [redi?]bis e Pompeian[o]
    a Colono sạ(lutem?)
    est augusta̲l̲[is]
    Translation: To Spedius Antymus (... other letters here...) from Colonus (... other letters here...)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Central Baths (VI.1,7-10)
    CIL: 10592
    ID: AGP-EDR151877
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    Initials

    Graffito:

    AḶṢ
    Translation: A(ulus) L(---) S(---?)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Stags (IV.21)
    CIL: 10557
    ID: AGP-EDR151861
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    Insult

    Graffito:

    Lasius cinedus (:cinaedus)
    Translation: Lasius is a pervert.
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Water Tower (WithinWalls.ww2)
    CIL: 10671
    ID: AGP-EDR154575
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    Grammatical exercise

    Graffito:

    〈:columna I〉
    Branc
    broc
    trans
    nus

    〈:columna II〉
    Nos=
    ter
    tros
    men

    〈:columna III〉
    Quod
    quid
    quae
    quas

    〈:columna IV〉
    Rum
    quis
    que
    dem

    〈:columna V〉
    Con
    les
    lis
    muḷ

    〈:columna VI〉
    Mol
    ma
    me
    mae
    Translation: (Series of syllabus and words)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of Neptune and Amphitrite (V.7)
    CIL: 10567
    ID: AGP-EDR140039
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    Numerical graffito

    Graffito:

    Quatuor (:quattuor) cer[---]
    Translation: Four (...)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
    CIL: 10632a
    ID: AGP-EDR154567
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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
    ID: AGP-EDR151872
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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
    ID: AGP-EDR140139
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    Graffito naming David

    Graffito:

    David
    Translation: David
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Wooden Shrine (V.31)
    CIL: 10584
    ID: AGP-EDR140134
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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
    ID: AGP-EDR140054
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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
    ID: AGP-EDR145009
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    Tally marks

    Graffito:

    XVII
    Translation: 17
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: (InsulaOrientalisII.2-3)
    CIL: 10653a
    ID: AGP-EDR140193
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    Tally marks

    Graffito:

    IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
    Translation: 20
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Wineshop of Antigonus (InsulaOrientalisII.9)
    CIL: 10663b
    ID: AGP-EDR154439
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    Tally marks

    Graffito:

    IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
    Translation: 18
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: (InsulaOrientalisII.2-3)
    CIL: 10654f
    ID: AGP-EDR140252
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    Tally marks

    Graffito:

    IIII
    Translation: 4
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Wineshop of Antigonus (InsulaOrientalisII.9)
    CIL: 10663e
    ID: AGP-EDR154442
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    Graffito mentioning a date

    Graffito:

    Nonis Iulis MVS[---]N M[---]N[---]
    VIII[ Idus Iul]ias nata CV
    Prid[ie Nonas?] Non[is? H]erclan (:Herculaneo?) Nol(ae?) Pomp[---]ans
    〈:vacat〉 CN I III
    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
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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
    ID: AGP-EDR145036
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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
    ID: AGP-EDR145037
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    Alphabet

    Graffito:

    A̲B̲CDEF̲G̲H̲I̲K̲
    Translation: (Beginning of an alphabet)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Two Atria (VI.29)
    CIL: 10712
    ID: AGP-EDR154590
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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
    ID: AGP-EDR158824
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    Beginning of a word

    Graffito:

    SA
    Translation: SA
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Cardo IV (V.1-9)
    CIL: 10563d
    ID: AGP-EDR140146
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    Tally marks

    Graffito:

    IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
    Translation: 30
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Skeleton (III.3)
    CIL: 10495a
    ID: AGP-EDR140055
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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
    ID: AGP-EDR151801
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    Graffito naming Nicanor

    Graffito:

    Ṇicanor ovas̲
    Translation: Nicanor (...?)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Central Baths (VI.1,7-10)
    CIL: 10603
    ID: AGP-EDR151417
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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
    ID: AGP-EDR140254
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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
    ID: AGP-EDR140223
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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
    ID: AGP-EDR151831
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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
    ID: AGP-EDR144354
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    Graffito mentioning an office

    Graffito:

    P S edituis (:aedituus)
    Translation: P S For the temple-attendants(?)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Wooden Shrine (V.31)
    CIL: 10587
    ID: AGP-EDR140179
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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
    ID: AGP-EDR145007
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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
    ID: AGP-EDR154574
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    Greetings to Phyllis

    Graffito:

    Phyl va(le)

    Translation: Goodbye, Phyllis.
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1)
    CIL: 10692
    ID: AGP-EDR154432
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    Series of letters

    Graffito:

    IPIVS · VI · DV
    Translation: (untranslatable series of letters)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1)
    CIL: 10696
    ID: AGP-EDR140982
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    Greetings

    Graffito:

    [---]inibu[s? ---] feliciter
    Translation: May things go happily for (some group of people - text damaged)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1)
    CIL: 10705
    ID: AGP-EDR154542
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    Graffito mentioning a name

    Graffito:

    Careius
    Translation: Careius (OR Gaius Areius)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1)
    CIL: 10702
    ID: AGP-EDR154540
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    Greek alphabet

    Graffito:

    ΑΒΓΔΕΖΗΘΙΚΛΜ
    Translation: Beginning of Greek alphabet
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Inn (III.19)
    CIL: 10707
    ID: AGP-EDR154588
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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
    ID: AGP-EDR144356
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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
    ID: AGP-EDR140142
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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
    ID: AGP-EDR145030
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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
    ID: AGP-EDR151884
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    Graffito mentioning a name (?)

    Graffito:

    Quartu
    Translation: Quartu(s)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Two Atria (VI.29)
    CIL: 10615
    ID: AGP-EDR152999
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    Quid
    Translation: What
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Cardo IV (V.1-9)
    CIL: 10563b
    ID: AGP-EDR140125
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    Burṛ[us] 〈:vacat〉 p̣edad (:petat) H
    Translation: Burr(us) seeks (?)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Wooden Shrine (V.31)
    CIL: 10582
    ID: AGP-EDR140138
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    Greetings to Lucius Actius

    Graffito:

    L(uci) Acti va(le). Mystice mus comici Icui 〈:vacat〉 pro 〈:vacat〉 te fuimus.
    Translation: Lucius Actius, farewell. Mysticus, mus(ician), (slave?) of the comedian Icuus...we were for you. (trans. Cooley and Cooley)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
    CIL: 10643c
    ID: AGP-EDR154535
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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
    ID: AGP-EDR144349
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    Mortus (:Mortuus)
    Sumpo(rus) (:Symphorus)
    Translation: Symphorus is dead
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Terme Suburbane (VII.16.a)
    CIL: 10680
    ID: AGP-EDR154190
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    Greetings to Anicetus

    Graffito:

    Anicete va(le)
    Translation: Goodbye, Anicetus
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Grand Taberna (IV.15-16)
    CIL: 10535
    ID: AGP-EDR140230
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    Insult

    Graffito:

    IINIIDII (:c̣inaede)
    Translation: Pervert!
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: (InsulaOrientalisII.2-3)
    CIL: 10654d
    ID: AGP-EDR154573
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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
    ID: AGP-EDR153485
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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
    ID: AGP-EDR144784
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    Tally marks

    Graffito:

    IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
    Translation: 16
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Shop of the Gem-cutter (InsulaOrientalisII.10)
    CIL: 10666d
    ID: AGP-EDR154446
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    Graffito naming Bucolus

    Graffito:

    Bucolus
    Translation: Bucolus
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Gem (InsulaOrientalisI.1)
    CIL: 10620
    ID: AGP-EDR140050
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    Initials (?)

    Graffito:

    PÂM
    Translation: P(ublius) A(---) M(---?)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
    CIL: 10625b
    ID: AGP-EDR140150
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    Ara
    Translation: Altar
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Mosaic Atrium (IV.2)
    CIL: 10518
    ID: AGP-EDR140192
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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
    ID: AGP-EDR147158
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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
    ID: AGP-EDR140177
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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
    ID: AGP-EDR140237
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    Insult

    Graffito:

    Iustus cinaedu[- - -]
    Translation: Iustus (is a) pervert
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: (InsulaOrientalisII.2-3)
    CIL: 10654c
    ID: AGP-EDR154572
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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
    ID: AGP-EDR142439
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    Graffito naming Remnius Rufus

    Graffito:

    Rẹmmius Rufus
    Translation: Remnius Rufus
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Wooden Screen/Partition (III.11)
    CIL: 10496
    ID: AGP-EDR151948
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    Alphabet

    Graffito:

    ABCDEFGHIKLMNOPQRTV
    Translation: Most of a Latin alphabet
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Grand Portal (V.35)
    CIL: 10711
    ID: AGP-EDR140130
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    Graffito mentioning the city of Cumae

    Graffito:

    Cereales sint Cums (:Cumis)
    Translation: Cerialis and Cerialis might be at Cumae.
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Grand Taberna (IV.15-16)
    CIL: 10538
    ID: AGP-EDR140213
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    Greetings to Urbanus

    Graffito:

    Urban(e) v̂a(le)
    Translation: Goodbye, Urbanus
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1)
    CIL: 10689
    ID: AGP-EDR154429
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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
    ID: AGP-EDR159869
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    Graffito mentioning dates

    Graffito:

    K(alendas) Aug̣(ustas)
    Nonaṣ A̲p̲r̲(ilis)
    At̲i̲n̲a̲s̲
    Translation: Kalends of August, Nones of April at Atina.
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Two Atria (VI.29)
    CIL: 10614
    ID: AGP-EDR152964
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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
    ID: AGP-EDR140983
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    Graffito naming Modestus

    Graffito:

    Modesti
    Translation: of Modestus
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1)
    CIL: 10691
    ID: AGP-EDR154431
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    Quant(?)
    Translation: How much?
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: (InsulaOrientalisII.2-3)
    CIL: 10654a
    ID: AGP-EDR154570
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    Est res INCOSID
    Translation: The matter is in ...
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Grand Taberna (IV.15-16)
    CIL: 10530
    ID: AGP-EDR151835
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    Beginning of a name

    Graffito:

    Bal̂b(us)
    Translation: Balbus
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Decumanus Inferior (V.34-35)
    CIL: 10588a
    ID: AGP-EDR140127
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    Graffito naming Verus(?)

    Graffito:

    VERIII
    Translation: Verus(?)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Bicentenary (V.15)
    CIL: 10573
    ID: AGP-EDR140185
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    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
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    Soli
    Translation: Alone...
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Gem (InsulaOrientalisI.1)
    CIL: 10621
    ID: AGP-EDR140052
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    Beginning of a name (?)

    Graffito:

    IANV
    Translation: Ianu(arius?)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Taberna (IV.10)
    CIL: 10524
    ID: AGP-EDR140170
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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
    ID: AGP-EDR140175
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    Series of letters

    Graffito:

    ON
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Taberna (IV.10)
    CIL: 10523b
    ID: AGP-EDR140176
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    Graffito mentioning a name (?)

    Graffito:

    Eueno
    Translation: to Euenus(?)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Taberna of Priapus (IV.17)
    CIL: 10549
    ID: AGP-EDR140199
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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
    ID: AGP-EDR156782
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    M̂M̂M̂Mu̲s̲
    Translation: MMMMus (personal name) OR MMMMouse
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Wooden Screen/Partition (III.11)
    CIL: 10498d
    ID: AGP-EDR151802
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    Augu
    Translation: (Something about augury or the emperor?)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Grand Taberna (IV.15-16)
    CIL: 10536
    ID: AGP-EDR140231
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    Graffito naming Colonus

    Graffito:

    Col=
    ((denarius))
    ono (:Colono)
    Translation: A denarius to (for?) Colonus
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Wooden Screen/Partition (III.11)
    CIL: 10497
    ID: AGP-EDR140046
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    Graffito mentioning a senatorial decree

    Graffito:

    Ex se[na]tu (:senatus) con=
    sul[to] VVCA
    [---]E ICA
    m̂ansi solus
    Translation: By decree of the senate (... other letters here...), I remained alone
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of Wattlework (III.14)
    CIL: 10503
    ID: AGP-EDR140036
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    M̲O̲E̲ƆCIA C̲C̲
    Translation: (untranslateable series of characters)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Cardo IV (III.11-19)
    CIL: 10504
    ID: AGP-EDR140137
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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
    ID: AGP-EDR140148
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    Graffito naming Epicurus

    Graffito:

    A Epicurus
    si es Utica
    Translation: A(ulus?) Epicurus, if you are at Utica . . .
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Mosaic Atrium (IV.2)
    CIL: 10515
    ID: AGP-EDR140172
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    Graffito mentioning a senatorial decree

    Graffito:

    M̂ansi solus x (:ex) s(enatus) c(onsulto)
    Translation: I remained alone by decree of the senate
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of Wattlework (III.14)
    CIL: 10501
    ID: AGP-EDR151818
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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
    ID: AGP-EDR158823
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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
    ID: AGP-EDR159880
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    Graffito mentioning the cities of Puteoli and Herculaneum

    Graffito:

    [---]A̲S̲[---] conclave Puteolis
    C̣[-]AṆẠ
    [---]V̲LII consitont (:consistunt) Herculaneses (:Herculanenses) navculae (:naviculae)
    Translation: ... the place at Puteoli... the small Herculanean boats dock.
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Painted Papyrus (IV.8)
    CIL: 10520
    ID: AGP-EDR140147
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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
    ID: AGP-EDR140217
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    Greetings (?)

    Graffito:

    suis P ave viban (:vivant)
    Translation: Greetings to his own (family? friends?). May they live...
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Grand Taberna (IV.15-16)
    CIL: 10544
    ID: AGP-EDR140232
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    Graffito naming Crocale

    Graffito:

    Croca̲ḷe
    barbat̲a̲
    Translation: Bearded Crocale
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Taberna of Priapus (IV.17)
    CIL: 10547
    ID: AGP-EDR140131
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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
    ID: AGP-EDR142440
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    Series of letters

    Graffito:

    Ad Ner[---]
    Translation: To Nero (?)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Fabric (IV.19)
    CIL: 10555b
    ID: AGP-EDR142441
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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
    ID: AGP-EDR145004
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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
    ID: AGP-EDR145771
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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
    ID: AGP-EDR145764
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    Quis d
    Translation: Who...
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Cardo IV (V.1-9)
    CIL: 10563a
    ID: AGP-EDR140124
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    Beginning of a name (?)

    Graffito:

    MAM
    Translation: Mam(ius?)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Samnite House (V.1)
    CIL: 10564
    ID: AGP-EDR140132
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    Statement about a transaction

    Graffito:

    XI K(alendas) pane factum
    III Nonas pane factum
    〚III〛
    Translation: Eleven days before the Kalends, bread was made. Three days before the Nones, bread was made. Three
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Upstairs apartment (V.18)
    CIL: 10575
    ID: AGP-EDR140195
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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
    ID: AGP-EDR140197
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    Mention of a name (?)

    Graffito:

    [---]bius
    Translation: Vibius?
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Central Baths (VI.1,7-10)
    CIL: 10599b
    ID: AGP-EDR140709
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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
    ID: AGP-EDR152962
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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
    ID: AGP-EDR140835
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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
    ID: AGP-EDR153111
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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
    ID: AGP-EDR154568
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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
    ID: AGP-EDR154576
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    Charca miam (:meam?), Sira (:Syra?)
    Translation: (unknown meaning)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: (InsulaOrientalisII.2-3)
    CIL: 10648
    ID: AGP-EDR140211
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    Tally marks

    Graffito:

    IIIIIII
    Translation: 7
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: (InsulaOrientalisII.2-3)
    CIL: 10653b
    ID: AGP-EDR140250
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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
    ID: AGP-EDR153743
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    Tally marks

    Graffito:

    IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
    Translation: 21
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Wineshop of Antigonus (InsulaOrientalisII.9)
    CIL: 10663a
    ID: AGP-EDR154437
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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
    ID: AGP-EDR144350
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    Graffito naming a slave

    Graffito:

    [--- acce]pit Secundus Crusali ser(vus?)
    et Valentina ((:phallus))
    Translation: Secundus, the slave of Crusalus(?), along with Valentina, received (...?)
    Description of Drawing (English): phallus
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Central Baths (VI.1,7-10)
    CIL: 10604a
    Drawing Category: Erotic images
    ID: AGP-EDR140061
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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
    ID: AGP-EDR153742
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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
    ID: AGP-EDR159866
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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: Plants , Human figures
    ID: AGP-EDR147607
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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
    ID: AGP-EDR154589
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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
    ID: AGP-EDR154594
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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
    ID: AGP-EDR140053
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    Roman numerals

    Graffito:

    XXVIIII
    Translation: 29
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Taberna of Priapus (IV.17)
    CIL: 10550
    ID: AGP-EDR140203
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    Graffito naming Mercurius

    Graffito:

    Mercurius
    Translation: Mercurius
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Taberna of Priapus (IV.17)
    CIL: 10551
    ID: AGP-EDR140208
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    Initials (?)

    Graffito:

    C C ego
    Translation: C. C. I (myself)....
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Gem (InsulaOrientalisI.1)
    CIL: 10618
    ID: AGP-EDR140040
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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
    ID: AGP-EDR145384
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    Mus nequa(m)
    Translation: Mus never(?)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Wooden Screen/Partition (III.11)
    CIL: 10498a
    ID: AGP-EDR140258
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    Series of characters

    Graffito:

    Phlavia (:Flavia) Θ̲ l̲i̲g̲i̲s̲ (:lingis)
    Translation: Flavia (other letters here)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Central Baths (VI.1,7-10)
    CIL: 10602
    ID: AGP-EDR151898
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    Graffito naming Albinus

    Graffito:

    Albinus
    Translation: Albinus
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
    CIL: 10633
    ID: AGP-EDR153151
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    Vidimus
    Translation: We saw
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
    CIL: 10635
    ID: AGP-EDR153356
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    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
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    Roman numerals

    Graffito:

    LXXII
    Translation: 72
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of Granianus (InsulaOrientalisI.1a)
    CIL: 10647
    ID: AGP-EDR153615
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    Graffito naming Polybius (?)

    Graffito:

    POLY
    Translation: Poly(bius?)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
    CIL: 10637
    ID: AGP-EDR153358
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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
    ID: AGP-EDR154571
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    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
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    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
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    Tally marks

    Graffito:

    IIIIIIIIIIIIIII
    Translation: 15
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Shop of the Gem-cutter (InsulaOrientalisII.10)
    CIL: 10666a
    ID: AGP-EDR154443
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    Tally marks

    Graffito:

    S IIIII
    Translation: S 5
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: (InsulaOrientalisII.2-3)
    CIL: 10651a
    ID: AGP-EDR153800
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    Tally marks

    Graffito:

    Omnes
    XXXI
    Translation: All of them, 31
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Shop of the Gem-cutter (InsulaOrientalisII.10)
    CIL: 10666b
    ID: AGP-EDR154444
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    〈:ad perpendiculum〉
    Iuvari
    Translation: To be helped
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Bicentenary (V.15)
    CIL: 10572
    ID: AGP-EDR140184
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    Poetic graffito (?)

    Graffito:

    Ursi me comedant
    Translation: Let the bears devour me.
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Palaestra (InsulaOrientalisII.4)
    CIL: 10656
    ID: AGP-EDR153849
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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
    ID: AGP-EDR151800
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    Ultas
    Translation: The (women?) who have avenged (?)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Palaestra (InsulaOrientalisII.4)
    CIL: 10658
    ID: AGP-EDR153851
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    〈:columna I〉
    Urso
    〈:columna II〉
    Urso
    Translation: To the bear, to the bear
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1)
    CIL: 10698
    ID: AGP-EDR140986
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    Graffito naming Cilix

    Graffito:

    [F]usci Cilix
    Cilix
    Translation: Cilix, (slave) of Fuscus. Cilix.
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Terme Suburbane (VII.16.a)
    CIL: 10681
    ID: AGP-EDR154368
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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
    ID: AGP-EDR145008
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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
    ID: AGP-EDR144347
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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
    ID: AGP-EDR140239
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    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
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    [---]at veniat
    Translation: ...let him/her come.
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Shop (InsulaOrientalisII.16)
    CIL: 10669
    ID: AGP-EDR154046
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    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
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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
    ID: AGP-EDR151864
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    Inventory

    Graffito:

    Cunei
    Translation: Wedges
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Upper Aula (InsulaOrientalisII.19)
    CIL: 10670a
    ID: AGP-EDR154047
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    Alphabet

    Graffito:

    ABCD
    Translation: (Beginning of an alphabet)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Decumanus Maximus
    CIL: 10714
    ID: AGP-EDR154592
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    Greetings to Aulus Tertius

    Graffito:

    [---]gius a Tertio S
    Translation: [---]gius says hello to Aulus Tertius. Hello!
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Grand Taberna (IV.15-16)
    CIL: 10534
    ID: AGP-EDR140224
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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
    ID: AGP-EDR159772
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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
    ID: AGP-EDR145935
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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
    ID: AGP-EDR143814
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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
    ID: AGP-EDR144659
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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
    ID: AGP-EDR145943
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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
    ID: AGP-EDR145766
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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
    ID: AGP-EDR156776
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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
    ID: AGP-EDR145032
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