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Inventory
| Graffito: | Cunei |
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| Translation: | Wedges |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Upper Aula (InsulaOrientalisII.19) |
| CIL: | 10670a |
Greek alphabet
| Graffito: | ΔΕΖΗ |
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| Translation: | (Part of the Greek alphabet) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) |
| CIL: | 10715 |
Graffito naming Albinus
| Graffito: | Albinus |
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| Translation: | Albinus |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) |
| CIL: | 10633 |
Graffito in Greek
| Graffito: | Ἑρμία(ς) |
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| Translation: | Hermias (i.e. a name) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Central Baths (VI.1,7-10) |
| CIL: | 10594 |
Drawing of a phallus
| Graffito: | ((:phallus)) |
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| Description of Drawing (English): | phallus |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1) |
| CIL: | 10704 |
| Drawing Category: | Erotic images |
Graffito naming Artorius
| Graffito: | Artorius |
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| Translation: | Artorius. 5 2 3 |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Gem (InsulaOrientalisI.1) |
| CIL: | 10626 |
Graffito
| Graffito: | ((:phallus)) |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Grand Taberna (IV.15-16) |
| CIL: | 10535 |
Drawing of a man wearing a helmet
| Graffito: | ((:caput viri galeati)) |
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| Description of Drawing (English): | head of man wearing helmet |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Decumanus Maximus |
| Drawing Category: | Human figures |
Drawing of a phallus
| Graffito: | ((:phallus)) |
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| Description of Drawing (English): | phallus |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Grand Taberna (IV.15-16) |
| CIL: | 10535 |
| Drawing Category: | Erotic images |
Drawing of two lanterns
| Graffito: | ((:duae lanternae?)) |
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| Description of Drawing (English): | two lanterns |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Bicentenary (V.15) |
| Drawing Category: | Other |
Tally marks
| Graffito: | Omnes |
|---|---|
| Translation: | All of them, 31 |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Shop of the Gem-cutter (InsulaOrientalisII.10) |
| CIL: | 10666b |
Graffito naming Hilarus (?)
| Graffito: | ILASV (:Hilarus?) |
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| Translation: | Hilarus |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Black Salon (VI.13) |
| CIL: | 10609 |
Graffito mentioning animals
| Graffito: | Misit 〈:vacat〉 iter(um?) |
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| Translation: | He sent, a second time, female lambs (...other letters here...) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Locus incertus |
| CIL: | 5450 |
Graffito mentioning a price
| Graffito: | Saturnina[e] |
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| Translation: | For Saturnina, a mother, a hook that costs three asses (coins). |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Cardo IV (IV.1-9) |
| CIL: | 10519 |
Graffito naming Amata
| Graffito: | Amatạ |
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| Translation: | Amata | ||
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| City: | Herculaneum | ||
| Findspot: | Cardo IV (III.11-19) | ||
| CIL: | 10508a | ||
Greetings to Aulus Tertius
| Graffito: | [---]gius a Tertio S |
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| Translation: | [---]gius says hello to Aulus Tertius. Hello! |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Grand Taberna (IV.15-16) |
| CIL: | 10534 |
Graffito naming Vibidius (?)
| Graffito: | Vibidi |
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| Translation: | Of Vibidius (?) OR Vibidi(us...?) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Grand Taberna (IV.15-16) |
| CIL: | 10537 |
Drawing of a rooster
| Graffito: | ((:gallus cum crista alisque)) |
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| Description of Drawing (English): | rooster with comb and wings | ||||
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| City: | Herculaneum | ||||
| Findspot: | Samnite House (V.1) | ||||
| Drawing Category: | Animals | ||||
Drawing of an erotic scene
| Graffito: | ((:scaena erotica)) |
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| Description of Drawing (English): | erotic scene |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of Argus (II.2) |
| Drawing Categories: | Erotic images , Human figures |
Graffito naming Verus(?)
| Graffito: | VERIII |
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| Translation: | Verus(?) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Bicentenary (V.15) |
| CIL: | 10573 |
Tally marks
| Graffito: | IIIIIIIIIII |
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| Translation: | 11 |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Taberna of Priapus (IV.17) |
| CIL: | 10552 |
Greek alphabet
| Graffito: | ΜΝΞΟΠΡϹΤΥΦΧΨΩ |
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| Translation: | Second half of Greek alphabet |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Wooden Shrine (V.31) |
| CIL: | 10710 |
Drawing of a monster (?)
| Graffito: | ((:gryllus feminae cum cornibus, unguibus, dentibus, et alis, falcem aut baculum tenentis)) |
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| Description of Drawing (English): | caricature of a woman with horns, claws, teeth, and wings, holding a scythe or staff | ||||
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| City: | Herculaneum | ||||
| Findspot: | Samnite House (V.1) | ||||
| Drawing Categories: | Human figures , Animals | ||||
Drawing of an animal
| Graffito: | ((:animal)) |
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| Description of Drawing (English): | animal |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Stags (IV.21) |
| CIL: | 10561 |
| Drawing Category: | Animals |
Drawing of a column base
| Graffito: | ((:basis columnae cum parte columnae ornamentae et fortasse scalae)) |
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| Description of Drawing (English): | base and part of a decorated column and perhaps a ladder |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Stags (IV.21) |
| CIL: | 10561 |
| Drawing Category: | Other |
Graffito mentioning a name
| Graffito: | CAI |
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| Translation: | Gaius! (vocative... or abbreviated nominative, or set of initials) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) |
| CIL: | 10636 |
Statement about a transaction
| Graffito: | Exemta (:exempta) |
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| Translation: | Dung removed for 11 asses (coins) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Black Salon (VI.13) |
| CIL: | 10606 |
Beginning of a name (?)
| Graffito: | REST ((:tres lineae aequae)) |
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| Translation: | Rest(itutus?) | ||
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| City: | Herculaneum | ||
| Findspot: | House of the Stags (IV.21) | ||
| CIL: | 10560 | ||
Graffito
| Graffito: | Vinum a(sses) III |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | (VI.2-3) |
| CIL: | 5448 |
Graffito naming a man
| Graffito: | Q(uintus) M[---] Antu[s ---] |
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| Translation: | Quintus M(---) Antu(s--?) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) |
| CIL: | 10630 |
Tally marks
| Graffito: | XI |
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| Translation: | 11 | ||
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| City: | Herculaneum | ||
| Findspot: | House of the Skeleton (III.3) | ||
| CIL: | 10495c | ||
Graffito mentioning money
| Graffito: | Assis IIIIHIINII |
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| Translation: | Coins (...series of characters) / 330 |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Taberna (IV.10) |
| CIL: | 10523c |
Drawing of a column base
| Graffito: | ((:basis columnae)) |
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| Description of Drawing (English): | column base |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Stags (IV.21) |
| CIL: | 10561 |
| Drawing Category: | Other |
Drawing of a boat
| Graffito: | ((:navis)) |
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| Description of Drawing (English): | boat |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) |
| Drawing Category: | Boats |
Graffito naming Sextus Porcius
| Graffito: | Se(xtus) Porcius |
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| Translation: | Se(xtus) Porcius / s s |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Bronze Herm (III.16) |
| CIL: | 10506 |
Drawing of circles
| Graffito: | ((:sex circuli quorum duo simplices et quattuor duplices sunt)) |
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| Description of Drawing (English): | six circles, two single and four double | |||||
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| City: | Herculaneum | |||||
| Findspot: | Central Baths (VI.1,7-10) | |||||
| Drawing Category: | Geometric designs | |||||
Drawing of a stag
| Graffito: | ((:cervus a viro laqueo captus)) |
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| Description of Drawing (English): | stag captured by a man with a rope |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Stags (IV.21) |
| CIL: | 10561 |
| Drawing Categories: | Other , Animals |
Graffito naming Mercurius
| Graffito: | Mercurius |
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| Translation: | Mercurius |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Taberna of Priapus (IV.17) |
| CIL: | 10551 |
Drawing of a column base
| Graffito: | ((:basis columnae)) |
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| Description of Drawing (English): | column base |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Stags (IV.21) |
| CIL: | 10561 |
| Drawing Category: | Other |
Drawing of a stag
| Graffito: | ((:cervus)) |
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| Description of Drawing (English): | stag |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Stags (IV.21) |
| CIL: | 10561 |
| Drawing Category: | Animals |
Drawing of an animal
| Graffito: | ((:animal)) |
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| Description of Drawing (English): | animal |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Stags (IV.21) |
| CIL: | 10561 |
| Drawing Category: | Animals |
Graffito
| Graffito: | Quis d |
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| Translation: | Who... |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Cardo IV (V.1-9) |
| CIL: | 10563a |
Grammatical exercise
| Graffito: | 〈:columna I〉 |
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| Translation: | (Series of syllabus and words) |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of Neptune and Amphitrite (V.7) |
| CIL: | 10567 |
Statement about a transaction
| Graffito: | XI K(alendas) pane factum |
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| Translation: | Eleven days before the Kalends, bread was made. Three days before the Nones, bread was made. Three |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Upstairs apartment (V.18) |
| CIL: | 10575 |
Greek alphabet
| Graffito: | ΑΒΓΔΕΖΗΘ |
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| Translation: | Beginning of Greek alphabet |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Upstairs apartment (V.18) |
| CIL: | 10709 |
Drawing of a head
| Graffito: | ((:caput acutum cum nasone longo et corona, gryllus?)) |
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| Description of Drawing (English): | pointed head with long nose and garland wreath, caricature? | |||
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| City: | Herculaneum | |||
| Findspot: | Terme Suburbane (VII.16.a) | |||
| CIL: | 10676 | |||
| Drawing Category: | Human figures | |||
Drawing of a stag and a dog
| Graffito: | ((:cervus a cane assultatus)) |
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| Description of Drawing (English): | stag attacked by dog |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Stags (IV.21) |
| CIL: | 10561 |
| Drawing Category: | Animals |
Drawing of a stag
| Graffito: | ((:cervus)) |
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| Description of Drawing (English): | stag |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Stags (IV.21) |
| CIL: | 10561 |
| Drawing Category: | Animals |
Name written in the shape of a boat
| Graffito: | Silentiolus |
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| Translation: | Silentiolus | ||||
| Description of Drawing (English): | name SILENTIOUS written in the shape of a boat | ||||
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| City: | Herculaneum | ||||
| Findspot: | (InsulaOrientalisII.2-3) | ||||
| CIL: | 10655a | ||||
| Drawing Category: | Boats | ||||
Drawing of a boat
| Graffito: | ((:navis oneraria)) |
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| Description of Drawing (English): | cargo ship |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Decumanus Maximus |
| Drawing Category: | Boats |
Tally mark
| Graffito: | I |
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| Translation: | 1 |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Skeleton (III.3) |
| CIL: | 10495b |
Graffito mentioning dates
| Graffito: | XVII k(alendas), X k(alendas), VII id(us) |
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| 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 |
Graffito naming Sabina
| Graffito: | Sabin(a) |
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| Translation: | Sabina, Sabina | ||
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| City: | Herculaneum | ||
| Findspot: | Decumanus Maximus | ||
Graffito
| Graffito: | 〈:ad perpendiculum〉 |
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| Translation: | To be helped |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Bicentenary (V.15) |
| CIL: | 10572 |
Drawing of a man
| Graffito: | ((:vir ad sin. prospiciens)) |
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| Description of Drawing (English): | man facing left |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Wooden Shrine (V.31) |
| CIL: | 10586 |
| Drawing Category: | Human figures |
Numerical graffito
| Graffito: | Quatuor (:quattuor) cer[---] |
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| Translation: | Four (...) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) |
| CIL: | 10632a |
Inventory
| Graffito: | Qunei (:cunei) XXIII |
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| Translation: | 23 wedges. 15 poles. |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Upper Aula (InsulaOrientalisII.19) |
| CIL: | 10670b |
Graffito naming Modestus
| Graffito: | Modesti |
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| Translation: | of Modestus |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1) |
| CIL: | 10691 |
Graffito
| Graffito: | Mamium(:Mammium) Anicetum |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | So-called College of the Augustales (Curia) (VI.21) |
Graffito
| Graffito: | Arrius |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | So-called College of the Augustales (Curia) (VI.21) |
Graffito
| Graffito: | M̂M̂M̂Mu̲s̲ |
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| Translation: | MMMMus (personal name) OR MMMMouse | |||
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| City: | Herculaneum | |||
| Findspot: | House of the Wooden Screen/Partition (III.11) | |||
| CIL: | 10498d | |||
Graffito naming Marcellus
| Graffito: | vol cum Marcello bona[---] |
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| Translation: | If (...) with Marcellus good (...?) | ||
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| City: | Herculaneum | ||
| Findspot: | Grand Taberna (IV.15-16) | ||
| CIL: | 10541 | ||
Greetings
| Graffito: | [---]inibu[s? ---] feliciter |
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| Translation: | May things go happily for (some group of people - text damaged) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1) |
| CIL: | 10705 |
Drawing of a gladiator
| Graffito: | ((:gladiator, murmillo galea et scuto armatus)) |
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| Description of Drawing (English): | gladiator, murmillo type with helmet and shield |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Stags (IV.21) |
| CIL: | 10561 |
| Drawing Category: | Gladiators |
Drawing of a stag
| Graffito: | ((:cervus a cane assultatus)) |
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| Description of Drawing (English): | stag attacked by dog |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Stags (IV.21) |
| CIL: | 10561 |
| Drawing Category: | Animals |
Drawing of a stag
| Graffito: | ((:cervus)) |
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| Description of Drawing (English): | stag |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Stags (IV.21) |
| CIL: | 10561 |
| Drawing Category: | Animals |
Statement about love
| Graffito: | Hic amor sapiet |
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| Translation: | Here love will be wise | |||
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| City: | Herculaneum | |||
| Findspot: | Cardo IV (V.1-9) | |||
| CIL: | 10562 | |||
Inventory
| Graffito: | 〈:columna I〉 |
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| Translation: | Column I: Two water jugs with bases, two (hand-sized?) water jugs with bases, two water buckets with bases, a (hand-sized?) water jug with a base for everyday use, two little pitchers, four lamp-stands, one night lamp, a bronze lamp, one small water bucket, a basin with a base, and a hand basin, three flasks, two small drinking vessels, seven iron strigils, four bronze (objects?). // Column II: marble with a base, two bronze fire-pokers(?) |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of Neptune and Amphitrite (V.7) |
| CIL: | 10566 |
Graffito in Greek
| Graffito: | Φάβ(ιος) |
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| Translation: | Fab(ius) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Bicentenary (V.15) |
| CIL: | 10574b |
Graffito
| Graffito: | Burṛ[us] 〈:vacat〉 p̣edad (:petat) H |
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| Translation: | Burr(us) seeks (?) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Wooden Shrine (V.31) |
| CIL: | 10582 |
Graffito
| Graffito: | Q(uintus) ++++++++ |
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| Translation: | Quintus (...other text illegible) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Wooden Shrine (V.31) |
| CIL: | 10583a |
Roman numerals
| Graffito: | ((:circulus duplex)) IIIII |
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| Translation: | 5 20 20 10 | |||||
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| City: | Herculaneum | |||||
| Findspot: | House of the Grand Portal (V.35) | |||||
| CIL: | 10590 | |||||
Graffito
| Graffito: | Ἄρτος |
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| Translation: | Cake (or loaf of bread). (symbol). MME. |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Two Atria (VI.29) |
| CIL: | 10612 |
Graffito mentioning dates
| Graffito: | K(alendas) Aug̣(ustas) |
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| Translation: | Kalends of August, Nones of April at Atina. | |||||
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| City: | Herculaneum | |||||
| Findspot: | House of the Two Atria (VI.29) | |||||
| CIL: | 10614 | |||||
Numerical graffito
| Graffito: | Extan[+1?+] pisu |
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| Translation: | There exist (...other letters here...) ...fourth(?) not five |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) |
| CIL: | 10632b |
Greetings to Lucius Actius
| Graffito: | L(uci) Acti va(le). Mystice mus comici Icui 〈:vacat〉 pro 〈:vacat〉 te fuimus. |
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| 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 |
Graffito
| Graffito: | Charca miam (:meam?), Sira (:Syra?) |
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| Translation: | (unknown meaning) | ||
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| City: | Herculaneum | ||
| Findspot: | (InsulaOrientalisII.2-3) | ||
| CIL: | 10648 | ||
Tally marks
| Graffito: | IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII |
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| Translation: | 18 | ||||
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| City: | Herculaneum | ||||
| Findspot: | (InsulaOrientalisII.2-3) | ||||
| CIL: | 10654f | ||||
Tally marks
| Graffito: | IIII |
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| Translation: | 4 |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Wineshop of Antigonus (InsulaOrientalisII.9) |
| CIL: | 10663e |
Graffito
| Graffito: | M |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Cardo IV (V.1-9) |
| CIL: | 10484 |
Statement about a transaction
| Graffito: | Septembr(es) |
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| Translation: | On the third day before the Ides of September, (I spent) one denarius and eight asses for a tunic. |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Shop of the Gem-cutter (InsulaOrientalisII.10) |
| CIL: | 10664 |
Graffito about leisure
| Graffito: | Duo sodales hic fuerunt, et, cum diu malum |
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| 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. |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Terme Suburbane (VII.16.a) |
| CIL: | 10675 |
List of names
| Graffito: | Vin(icius?) |
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| Translation: | Vin(icius?), Florus, Paris, Gaius Messenius |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1) |
| CIL: | 10701 |
Mention of a vase
| Graffito: | Vasa |
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| Translation: | Vase |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Taberna Vasaria (IV.14) |
| CIL: | 10527 |
Graffito naming Marcus
| Graffito: | Marcus |
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| Translation: | Marcus | ||||||||
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| City: | Herculaneum | ||||||||
| Findspot: | Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1) | ||||||||
| CIL: | 10703 | ||||||||
Drawing of a gladiator helmet
| Graffito: | ((:galea gladiatoria)) |
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| Description of Drawing (English): | gladiator helmet |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Grand Portal (V.35) |
| CIL: | 10711 |
| Drawing Category: | Gladiators |
Drawing of a gladiator helmet
| Graffito: | ((:galea gladiatoria)) |
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| Description of Drawing (English): | gladiator helmet | |||||
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| City: | Herculaneum | |||||
| Findspot: | House of the Grand Portal (V.35) | |||||
| CIL: | 10711 | |||||
| Drawing Category: | Gladiators | |||||
Drawing of a stag
| Graffito: | ((:cervus stans)) |
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| Description of Drawing (English): | standing stag |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Central Baths (VI.1,7-10) |
| CIL: | 10600 |
| Drawing Category: | Animals |
Drawing of a gladiator helmet
| Graffito: | ((:galea gladiatoria cum crista ad dext.)) |
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| Description of Drawing (English): | gladiator helmet with crest facing right | ||||||
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| City: | Herculaneum | ||||||
| Findspot: | House of the Grand Portal (V.35) | ||||||
| CIL: | 10711 | ||||||
| Drawing Category: | Gladiators | ||||||
Greek letters
| Graffito: | ΛΙΑΒΙΧΤΛ |
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| Translation: | (series of Greek letters) | ||||||
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| City: | Herculaneum | ||||||
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) | ||||||
| CIL: | 10624 | ||||||
Drawing of a man
| Graffito: | ((:figura hominis)) |
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| Description of Drawing (English): | figure of a man |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Stags (IV.21) |
| CIL: | 10561 (nota) |
| Drawing Category: | Human figures |
Beginning of a poem
| Graffito: | Cum quidam pauper ligas VI[- - -] NQ |
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| Translation: | When a certain poor man... | ||||||
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| City: | Herculaneum | ||||||
| Findspot: | House of the Bicentenary (V.15) | ||||||
| CIL: | 10569 | ||||||
Graffito naming Oceanus
| Graffito: | Ocaeanus (:Oceanus) |
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| Translation: | (...) Oceanus |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Upstairs apartment (V.18) |
| CIL: | 10578 |
Greek alphabet
| Graffito: | ΑΒΓΔΕΖΗΘΙΚΛΜΝΞ̲ΟΠΡΣΤΥΦΧΨΩ |
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| Translation: | (The whole alphabet in Greek) | |||||||
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| City: | Herculaneum | |||||||
| Findspot: | Wineshop of Antigonus (InsulaOrientalisII.9) | |||||||
| CIL: | 10717 | |||||||
Drawing of a gladiator helmet
| Graffito: | ((:galea gladiatoria)) |
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| Description of Drawing (English): | gladiator helmet | ||||
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| City: | Herculaneum | ||||
| Findspot: | House of the Grand Portal (V.35) | ||||
| CIL: | 10711 | ||||
| Drawing Category: | Gladiators | ||||
Graffito
| Graffito: | Augu |
|---|---|
| Translation: | (Something about augury or the emperor?) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Grand Taberna (IV.15-16) |
| CIL: | 10536 |
Tally marks
| Graffito: | XI |
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| Translation: | 11 | |||
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| City: | Herculaneum | |||
| Findspot: | Grand Taberna (IV.15-16) | |||
| CIL: | 10546b | |||
Graffito naming Caetronius
| Graffito: | Caetronius |
|---|---|
| Translation: | Caetronius |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1) |
| CIL: | 10685 |
Greek alphabet
| Graffito: | ΑΒΓΔΕΖΗΘΙΚΛΜ |
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| Translation: | Beginning of Greek alphabet |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Inn (III.19) |
| CIL: | 10707 |
Graffito mentioning a date
| Graffito: | K(alendas) III Iulias |
|---|---|
| Translation: | Three days before the Kalends of July |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Wooden Shrine (V.31) |
| CIL: | Varone 2000 |
Drawing of a gladiator helmet
| Graffito: | ((:galea gladiatoria cum crista)) |
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| Description of Drawing (English): | gladiator helmet with crest facing right | |||||
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| City: | Herculaneum | |||||
| Findspot: | House of the Grand Portal (V.35) | |||||
| CIL: | 10711 | |||||
| Drawing Category: | Gladiators | |||||
Drawing of a column base
| Graffito: | ((:basis columnae)) |
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| Description of Drawing (English): | column base |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Stags (IV.21) |
| CIL: | 10561 |
| Drawing Category: | Other |
Beginning of a name (?)
| Graffito: | ROM |
|---|---|
| Translation: | Rom(ulus?), or Rom(a?) |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Upstairs apartment (V.18) |
| CIL: | 10576 |
Drawing of a column base
| Graffito: | ((:basis columnae)) |
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| Description of Drawing (English): | column base |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Stags (IV.21) |
| CIL: | 10561 |
| Drawing Category: | Other |
Series of letters
| Graffito: | ovas EVCL E VA M X P vectat |
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| Translation: | You rejoice (...other letters here...) it carries. |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Grand Taberna (IV.15-16) |
| CIL: | 10539 |
Insult
| Graffito: | Iustus cinaedu[- - -] |
|---|---|
| Translation: | Iustus (is a) pervert |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | (InsulaOrientalisII.2-3) |
| CIL: | 10654c |
Graffito naming Julia
| Graffito: | Iulaiam (:Iuliam?) |
|---|---|
| Translation: | To Julia, mistress |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of Granianus (InsulaOrientalisI.1a) |
| CIL: | 10646 |
Graffito mentioning travel
| Graffito: | Spedio Antymo [- - -] |
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| Translation: | To Spedius Antymus (... other letters here...) from Colonus (... other letters here...) |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Central Baths (VI.1,7-10) |
| CIL: | 10592 |
Greetings to Proculus
| Graffito: | F̲e̲licitẹṛ [P]rọc̣ụḷọ |
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| Translation: | Good luck, Proculus. | |||
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| City: | Herculaneum | |||
| Findspot: | Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1) | |||
| CIL: | 10700 | |||
Series of letters
| Graffito: | VMVCOSV |
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| Translation: | (untranslatable series of letters) | |||||||||
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| City: | Herculaneum | |||||||||
| Findspot: | Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1) | |||||||||
| CIL: | 10688 | |||||||||
Greetings
| Graffito: | [---]lius CINT 〈:vacat〉 genius suae sal(utem) |
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| Translation: | [---]lius sends greetings to his (girlfriend?). (...other letters here...) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Grand Taberna (IV.15-16) |
| CIL: | 10540 |
Graffito mentioning a date
| Graffito: | III non(as) M̂âi(as) |
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| Translation: | Three days before the Nones of May. Seven days before the Ides, he (it?) died. | ||||||
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| City: | Herculaneum | ||||||
| Findspot: | Shop (InsulaOrientalisII.16) | ||||||
| CIL: | 10668 | ||||||
Erotic graffito
| Graffito: | Salar[ius] glabe (:glaber) RVSIVNNAE Lavinia (:Laviniam) futui |
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| Translation: | Bald Sala(rius?)... Lavinia... |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1) |
| CIL: | 10684 |
Graffito naming Salvia Superba
| Graffito: | Salvia Superba |
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| Translation: | Salvia Superba |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Wooden Shrine (V.31) |
| CIL: | 10583b |
Graffito naming Bucolus
| Graffito: | Bucolus |
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| Translation: | Bucolus | |||
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| City: | Herculaneum | |||
| Findspot: | House of the Gem (InsulaOrientalisI.1) | |||
| CIL: | 10620 | |||
Graffito naming Apollinaris (doctor of the emperor)
| Graffito: | Apollinaris medicus Tìtì Impe(ratoris) 〈:servus〉 |
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| Translation: | Apollinaris, doctor, slave of the emperor Titus, pooped well here |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Gem (InsulaOrientalisI.1) |
| CIL: | 10619 |
Poetic graffito (?)
| Graffito: | Ursi me comedan[t] |
|---|---|
| Translation: | Let the bears devour me. |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Palaestra (InsulaOrientalisII.4) |
| CIL: | 10660 |
Graffito naming Hyacinthus and Verginia
| Graffito: | Hyacinthus hic fu̲i̲t̲ |
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| Translation: | Hyacinthus was here, his Verginia... | ||||
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| City: | Herculaneum | ||||
| Findspot: | Taberna (IV.10) | ||||
| CIL: | 10525 | ||||
Graffito
| Graffito: | ((:gladiatores inter se dimicantes)) |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Grand Taberna (IV.15-16) |
| CIL: | 10528 |
Graffito mentioning the cities of Puteoli and Herculaneum
| Graffito: | [---]A̲S̲[---] conclave Puteolis |
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| Translation: | ... the place at Puteoli... the small Herculanean boats dock. | |||||
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| City: | Herculaneum | |||||
| Findspot: | House of the Painted Papyrus (IV.8) | |||||
| CIL: | 10520 | |||||
Graffito
| Graffito: | [- - -] socio F[---] |
|---|---|
| Translation: | (...) with a friend (...) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Grand Portal (V.35) |
| CIL: | 10589 |
Poetic graffito (?)
| Graffito: | P P P redire si minus innecteb(is?) et te [---] |
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| Translation: | To return, to return, if (I? he? she?) was not entangling (being entangled?) ... and you... |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Grand Taberna (IV.15-16) |
| CIL: | 10542 |
Graffito naming Vivanius
| Graffito: | Vivaniu̲ṣ Aṭer ụḅịque |
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| Translation: | Vivanius Ater everywhere | |||||||
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| City: | Herculaneum | |||||||
| Findspot: | Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1) | |||||||
| CIL: | 10686 | |||||||
Insult
| Graffito: | IINIIDII (:c̣inaede) |
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| Translation: | Pervert! | |||
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| City: | Herculaneum | |||
| Findspot: | (InsulaOrientalisII.2-3) | |||
| CIL: | 10654d | |||
Poetic graffito
| Graffito: | [deli?]ciae |
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| Translation: | my darling (...) if I were able to touch (passive verb here...) waters |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Two Atria (VI.29) |
| CIL: | 10610 |
Inventory
| Graffito: | Asas n(umero) LXI · |
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| Translation: | Handles (geese?) - 59. Ducklings - 126. |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Shop of the Gem-cutter (InsulaOrientalisII.10) |
| CIL: | 10665 |
Greek alphabet
| Graffito: | ΑΒΓΔ |
|---|---|
| Translation: | (Beginning of an alphabet) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) |
| CIL: | 10716 |
Drawing of a gladiator's head
| Graffito: | ((:caput gladiatoris ad sin. versum et galea armatum)) |
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| Description of Drawing (English): | head of a gladiator with helmet, facing left |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Sewer Access (WithinWalls.ww3) |
| CIL: | 10673 |
| Drawing Category: | Gladiators |
Mention of food
| Graffito: | Alica |
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| Translation: | Porridge |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Grand Taberna (IV.15-16) |
| CIL: | 10533 |
Graffito in Greek
| Graffito: | [Ὀ]ν̲έ̲ϲ̲ι̲μ̲ο̲ϲ̲ |
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| Translation: | Onesimus (. . .) | |||
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| City: | Herculaneum | |||
| Findspot: | Central Baths (VI.1,7-10) | |||
| CIL: | 10598 | |||
Graffito
| Graffito: | [- - -]o |
|---|---|
| Translation: | ... (in the) forum (?) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) |
| CIL: | 10629 |
Graffito
| Graffito: | Quid |
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| Translation: | What | |||||
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| City: | Herculaneum | |||||
| Findspot: | Cardo IV (V.1-9) | |||||
| CIL: | 10563b | |||||
Graffito naming Publius Septumius
| Graffito: | P(ublius) Septumius |
|---|---|
| Translation: | Publius Septumius |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Fabric (IV.19) |
| CIL: | 10553 |
Greetings to Procamus
| Graffito: | V̂ale Procam̂u (:Procame) |
|---|---|
| Translation: | Goodbye, Procamus |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Grand Taberna (IV.15-16) |
| CIL: | 10545 |
Roman numerals
| Graffito: | XII |
|---|---|
| Translation: | 12 |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Terme Suburbane (VII.16.a) |
| CIL: | 10682 |
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 |
Series of letters
| Graffito: | IVIIRIIHIIRI |
|---|---|
| Translation: | (untranslateable series of letters) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) |
| CIL: | 10627 |
Graffito giving directions
| Graffito: | Hermeros Prìmigeniae dominae: |
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| Translation: | Hermeros to his mistress Primigenia: come to Puteoli in the Tyanian street and ask from Messius, the money lender, for Hermeros (slave) of Phoebus. |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Terme Suburbane (VII.16.a) |
| CIL: | 10676 |
Tally marks
| Graffito: | XX IIIIIIIII |
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| Translation: | 20 9 |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Two Atria (VI.29) |
| CIL: | 10613 |
Graffito naming Moderatus
| Graffito: | Mode̲r̲atus̲ |
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| Translation: | Moderatus | ||||
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| City: | Herculaneum | ||||
| Findspot: | House of the Two Atria (VI.29) | ||||
| CIL: | 10616 | ||||
Graffito
| Graffito: | 〈:ad perpendiculum〉 |
|---|---|
| Translation: | Infrequently, all the lullabies(?)... |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Black Salon (VI.13) |
| CIL: | 10608 |
Graffito
| Graffito: | S nequa(m) |
|---|---|
| Translation: | S never(?) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Wooden Screen/Partition (III.11) |
| CIL: | 10498b |
Tally marks
| Graffito: | IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII |
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| Translation: | 30 | |||
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| City: | Herculaneum | |||
| Findspot: | House of the Skeleton (III.3) | |||
| CIL: | 10495a | |||
Graffito naming Colonus
| Graffito: | Col= |
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| Translation: | A denarius to (for?) Colonus | |||
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| City: | Herculaneum | |||
| Findspot: | House of the Wooden Screen/Partition (III.11) | |||
| CIL: | 10497 | |||
Graffito naming Paris
| Graffito: | R̲ |
|---|---|
| Translation: | R(?). Paris, you love |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Black Salon (VI.13) |
| CIL: | 10607 |
Tally marks
| Graffito: | IIII |
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| Translation: | 4 | |||
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| City: | Herculaneum | |||
| Findspot: | Grand Taberna (IV.15-16) | |||
| CIL: | 10546a | |||
Greetings (?)
| Graffito: | Stirisc[us? - - -] |
|---|---|
| Translation: | Stirisc(us?...) / (M)oschus to Noetus |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Central Baths (VI.1,7-10) |
| CIL: | 10604c |
Erotic graffito
| Graffito: | Longinus IV Idu[s Iu]lias |
|---|---|
| Translation: | Longinus - Four days before the Ides of July, he received physical force cheerfully. Starling(?)... |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1) |
| CIL: | 10694 |
Graffito
| Graffito: | Lollian(us) |
|---|---|
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of Argus (II.2) |
| CIL: | 2509 |
Graffito naming Nicanor
| Graffito: | Ṇicanor ovas̲ |
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| Translation: | Nicanor (...?) | |||
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| City: | Herculaneum | |||
| Findspot: | Central Baths (VI.1,7-10) | |||
| CIL: | 10603 | |||
Series of letters
| Graffito: | Ad Ner[---] |
|---|---|
| Translation: | To Nero (?) |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Fabric (IV.19) |
| CIL: | 10555b |
Graffito naming Crocale
| Graffito: | Croca̲ḷe |
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| Translation: | Bearded Crocale | |||||
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| City: | Herculaneum | |||||
| Findspot: | Taberna of Priapus (IV.17) | |||||
| CIL: | 10547 | |||||
Graffito mentioning names (?)
| Graffito: | A(ulus) Tati(us?) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Translation: | Aulus Tati(us) (...other letters here...) | |||
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| City: | Herculaneum | |||
| Findspot: | Central Baths (VI.1,7-10) | |||
| CIL: | 10599a | |||
Greetings from Secundus
| Graffito: | Secundus quo Hectic [+10?+ plu]rimam salutem |
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| Translation: | Secundus, from whom Hectic(...?) many greetings. |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Grand Taberna (IV.15-16) |
| CIL: | 10543 |
Statement about a transaction
| Graffito: | [+1?+]anthi |
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| 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 |
Graffito naming Euhodus
| Graffito: | Euhodụs̲ |
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| Translation: | Euhodus | ||
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| City: | Herculaneum | ||
| Findspot: | Terme Suburbane (VII.16.a) | ||
| CIL: | 10679 | ||
Poetic graffito (?)
| Graffito: | Ursi me comedant |
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| Translation: | Let the bears devour me. |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Palaestra (InsulaOrientalisII.4) |
| CIL: | 10656 |
Graffito
| Graffito: | Mus |
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| Translation: | Mus (personal name) OR mouse |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Wooden Screen/Partition (III.11) |
| CIL: | 10498c |
Greetings to Anicia
| Graffito: | Anịciaẹ f̲e̲l̲i̲c̲i̲t̲e̲r̲ |
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| Translation: | May things go happily for Anicia. |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Inn (III.19) |
| CIL: | 10511 |
Alphabet
| Graffito: | ABCDEFGHIKLMNOPQRTV |
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| Translation: | Most of a Latin alphabet | ||||||||
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| City: | Herculaneum | ||||||||
| Findspot: | House of the Grand Portal (V.35) | ||||||||
| CIL: | 10711 | ||||||||
Statement about a centurion
| Graffito: | Centurio |
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| Translation: | The centurion does not have a blanket (...) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Wooden Shrine (V.31) |
| CIL: | 10581 |
Mention of a flask (?)
| Graffito: | Lagunas (:lagoenas) |
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| Translation: | Flasks |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of Wattlework (III.14) |
| CIL: | 10500 |
Greetings (?)
| Graffito: | AM |
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| Translation: | Am(andus?), Surus: farewell Ianua(rius?). |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Mosaic Atrium (IV.2) |
| CIL: | 10513 |
Graffito naming Rufula
| Graffito: | Rufûla p(ondo?) V s(emis?) |
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| Translation: | Rufula, 5 1/2 pounds | |||
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| City: | Herculaneum | |||
| Findspot: | Taberna of Priapus (IV.17) | |||
| CIL: | 10548 | |||
Beginning of a name (?)
| Graffito: | MAM |
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| Translation: | Mam(ius?) | ||
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| City: | Herculaneum | ||
| Findspot: | Samnite House (V.1) | ||
| CIL: | 10564 | ||
Graffito naming Proculus
| Graffito: | Proculus |
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| Translation: | Proculus |
| Description of Drawing (English): | bust of a man |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Decumanus Inferior (IV.10-15) |
| CIL: | 10526 |
| Drawing Category: | Human figures |
Warning for Timinia
| Graffito: | Caves (:caveas), Timinia, |
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| Translation: | Beware, Timinia: thieves! |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Central Baths (VI.1,7-10) |
| CIL: | 10600 |
Graffito naming Severus
| Graffito: | Severus |
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| Translation: | Severus | |||
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| City: | Herculaneum | |||
| Findspot: | House of the Bicentenary (V.15) | |||
| CIL: | 10570 | |||
Tally marks
| Graffito: | XVII |
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| Translation: | 17 | ||
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| City: | Herculaneum | ||
| Findspot: | (InsulaOrientalisII.2-3) | ||
| CIL: | 10653a | ||
Greetings to Primigenius
| Graffito: | Prigenio (:Primigenio?) s(alutem) |
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| Translation: | Hello to Primigenius. |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Grand Taberna (IV.15-16) |
| CIL: | 10531 |
Graffito naming David
| Graffito: | David |
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| Translation: | David | ||||
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| City: | Herculaneum | ||||
| Findspot: | House of the Wooden Shrine (V.31) | ||||
| CIL: | 10584 | ||||
Graffito
| Graffito: | eribus (:heribus) miscella |
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| Translation: | a mish-mash |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Central Baths (VI.1,7-10) |
| CIL: | 10604b |
Graffito
| Graffito: | Mortus (:Mortuus) |
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| Translation: | Hercolanius is dead. |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Terme Suburbane (VII.16.a) |
| CIL: | Varone 2000 |
Graffito mentioning a game player
| Graffito: | TVS lusor |
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| Translation: | (Ius)tus, the game player |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | (InsulaOrientalisII.2-3) |
| CIL: | 10654b |
Tally marks
| Graffito: | IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII |
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| Translation: | 17 and 3 |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Shop of the Gem-cutter (InsulaOrientalisII.10) |
| CIL: | 10666c |
Insult
| Graffito: | Lasius cinedus (:cinaedus) |
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| Translation: | Lasius is a pervert. |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Water Tower (WithinWalls.ww2) |
| CIL: | 10671 |
Numerical graffito
| Graffito: | S(emis) C Y ((mille)) S(emis) S(emis) |
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| Translation: | (Series of numbers?) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Palaestra (InsulaOrientalisII.4) |
| CIL: | 10657 |
Series of letters
| Graffito: | HIMME |
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| Translation: | (untranslateable series of letters) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) |
| CIL: | 10639 |
Complaint (?)
| Graffito: | Algemus |
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| Translation: | We are cold. | |||
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| City: | Herculaneum | |||
| Findspot: | Cardo IV (III.11-19) | |||
| CIL: | 10508b | |||
Greetings to Anicetus and Paris
| Graffito: | Anicete Paris, va(lete) |
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| Translation: | Goodbye, Anicetus (and) Paris. |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) |
| CIL: | 10643a |
Tally marks
| Graffito: | IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII |
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| Translation: | 16 | |||
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| City: | Herculaneum | |||
| Findspot: | Shop of the Gem-cutter (InsulaOrientalisII.10) | |||
| CIL: | 10666d | |||
Tally marks
| Graffito: | S IIIIIIIIIIII XX |
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| Translation: | S 32 |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | (InsulaOrientalisII.2-3) |
| CIL: | 10651b |
Graffito mentioning a name (?)
| Graffito: | Quartu |
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| Translation: | Quartu(s) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Two Atria (VI.29) |
| CIL: | 10615 |
Graffito
| Graffito: | Debere |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of Argus (II.2) |
| CIL: | 2513a |
Graffito
| Graffito: | AXBVCD |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of Argus (II.2) |
| CIL: | 2543 |
Initials (?)
| Graffito: | MAL |
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| Translation: | M(arcus) A(---) L(---?) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Cardo IV (V.1-9) |
| CIL: | 10563c |
Tally marks
| Graffito: | IIIIIII |
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| Translation: | 7 | ||||
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| City: | Herculaneum | ||||
| Findspot: | (InsulaOrientalisII.2-3) | ||||
| CIL: | 10653b | ||||
Graffito
| Graffito: | IVSTAR |
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| Translation: | Iusta (i.e. a name)... |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Bronze Herm (III.16) |
| CIL: | 10507 |
Graffito mentioning the city of Cumae
| Graffito: | Cereales sint Cums (:Cumis) |
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| Translation: | Cerialis and Cerialis might be at Cumae. |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Grand Taberna (IV.15-16) |
| CIL: | 10538 |
Series of letters
| Graffito: | CELES (?) |
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| Translation: | (... other letters here...) Cossutius(?) |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Fabric (IV.19) |
| CIL: | 10556b |
Series of letters
| Graffito: | [---] DIII VII |
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| Translation: | (series of letters) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Wooden Shrine (V.31) |
| CIL: | 10586c |
Graffito naming Cilix
| Graffito: | [F]usci Cilix |
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| Translation: | Cilix, (slave) of Fuscus. Cilix. |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Terme Suburbane (VII.16.a) |
| CIL: | 10681 |
Wordplay (?)
| Graffito: | VS SVMM |
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| Translation: | the greatest (?) (with letters rearranged?) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) |
| CIL: | 10638 |
Numerical graffito
| Graffito: | ((mille)) ((mille)) |
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| Translation: | 1000 1000 |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Palaestra (InsulaOrientalisII.4) |
| CIL: | 10659 |
Graffito naming Polybius (?)
| Graffito: | POLY |
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| Translation: | Poly(bius?) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) |
| CIL: | 10637 |
Graffito
| Graffito: | Q(uintus) M[---]ANTV[---] |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) |
| CIL: | 10630 |
Series of letters
| Graffito: | [- - - d]ece[mbr?- - -] |
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| Translation: | (D)ece(mber?) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Central Baths (VI.1,7-10) |
| CIL: | 10605 |
Graffito mentioning a vow
| Graffito: | L(uci) Aviani votus (:votum) |
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| Translation: | A vow (literally, something vowed) of Lucius Avianus |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Bicentenary (V.15) |
| CIL: | 10574a |
Graffto mentioning a name (?)
| Graffito: | Himnûs (:Hymnus) |
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| Translation: | Himnus |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Wooden Screen/Partition (III.11) |
| CIL: | Varone 2000 |
Initials
| Graffito: | Q(uintus?) V(---) R(---) |
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| Translation: | Quintus V(- - -) R(- - -?) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Mosaic Atrium (IV.2) |
| CIL: | 10516 |