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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 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 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 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 |
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 |
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 head
| Graffito: | ((:caput viri barbati)) |
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| Description of Drawing (English): | head of bearded man |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Taberna of Priapus (IV.17) |
| Drawing Category: | Human figures |
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: | 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 |
Series of letters
| Graffito: | CEN |
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| Translation: | (series of letters) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Wooden Shrine (V.31) |
| CIL: | 10586a |
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 |
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 | ||||
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 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 | |||
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 |
Alphabet
| Graffito: | ABCD |
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| Translation: | (Beginning of an alphabet) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Decumanus Maximus |
| CIL: | 10714 |
Graffito naming a slave
| Graffito: | [--- acce]pit Secundus Crusali ser(vus?) |
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| 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 |
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 |
Tally marks
| Graffito: | IIIIIIIIIII |
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| Translation: | 11 |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Taberna of Priapus (IV.17) |
| CIL: | 10552 |
Series of letters
| Graffito: | [---]N · LA |
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| Translation: | (series of letters) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Wooden Shrine (V.31) |
| CIL: | 10585 |
Tally marks
| Graffito: | XVII |
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| Translation: | 17 | ||
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| City: | Herculaneum | ||
| Findspot: | (InsulaOrientalisII.2-3) | ||
| CIL: | 10653a | ||
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 | ||||||
Beginning of a name
| Graffito: | SAB |
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| Translation: | Sab(inus?) (or Sabina?) | ||
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| City: | Herculaneum | ||
| Findspot: | House of the Mosaic Atrium (IV.2) | ||
| CIL: | 10517 | ||
Beginning of a name
| Graffito: | Romu(lus) |
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| Translation: | Romu(lus?) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Stags (IV.21) |
| CIL: | 10559 |
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 | ||
Graffito mentioning a date
| Graffito: | VIII k(alendas) Iulias |
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| Translation: | Eight days before the Kalends of July |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Terme Suburbane (VII.16.a) |
| CIL: | 10683 |
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 | ||
Graffito mentioning a date
| Graffito: | XI k(alendas) Febarias (:Februarias) |
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| Translation: | The 11th day before the Kalends of February. |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Gem (InsulaOrientalisI.1) |
| CIL: | 10617 |
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 | ||||||
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 |
Greetings (?)
| Graffito: | suis P ave viban (:vivant) |
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| Translation: | Greetings to his own (family? friends?). May they live... |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Grand Taberna (IV.15-16) |
| CIL: | 10544 |
Drawing of a gladiator
| Graffito: | ((:gladiator gladio et scuto longo armatus)) |
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| Description of Drawing (English): | gladiator armed with sword and long shield |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of Argus (II.2) |
| Drawing Category: | Gladiators |
Tally marks
| Graffito: | IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII |
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| Translation: | 18 | ||||
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| City: | Herculaneum | ||||
| Findspot: | (InsulaOrientalisII.2-3) | ||||
| CIL: | 10654f | ||||
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 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 | |||||||
Graffito mentioning a senatorial decree
| Graffito: | M̂ansi solus x (:ex) s(enatus) c(onsulto) |
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| Translation: | I remained alone by decree of the senate |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of Wattlework (III.14) |
| CIL: | 10501 |
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 |
Graffito in Greek
| Graffito: | Κογιτάτουϲ S |
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| Translation: | Cogitatus (i.e. a name) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Mosaic Atrium (IV.2) |
| CIL: | 10505 |
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 |
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 |
Series of characters
| Graffito: | 〈:textus non legitur〉 |
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| Translation: | (Incomprehensible series of characters) |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Fabric (IV.19) |
| CIL: | 10554b |
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 | |||
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 | |||
Initials (?)
| Graffito: | MAL |
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| Translation: | M(arcus) A(---) L(---?) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Cardo IV (V.1-9) |
| CIL: | 10563c |
Graffito
| Graffito: | IIII P(ublius) Quin(tilius?) |
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| Translation: | 4 Publius Quin(tilius?) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Inn (III.19) |
| CIL: | 10512 |
Graffito
| Graffito: | 〈:ad perpendiculum〉 |
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| Translation: | To be helped |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Bicentenary (V.15) |
| CIL: | 10572 |
Graffito
| Graffito: | S nequa(m) |
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| Translation: | S never(?) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Wooden Screen/Partition (III.11) |
| CIL: | 10498b |
Graffito mentioning a date and someone teaching
| Graffito: | Ηdibus (:Idibus) Ianyaris (:Ianuarias) |
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| Translation: | On the Ides of January, the guide (religious guide?) teaching Gebeus(?) and Etoe(?) (neither name is otherwise known) (...other letters here...) |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of Wattlework (III.14) |
| CIL: | 10499 |
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 | |||||
Roman numerals
| Graffito: | XII |
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| Translation: | 12 |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Terme Suburbane (VII.16.a) |
| CIL: | 10682 |
Inventory
| Graffito: | Qunei (:cunei) XXIII |
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| Translation: | 23 wedges. 15 poles. |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Upper Aula (InsulaOrientalisII.19) |
| CIL: | 10670b |
Graffito
| Graffito: | Urso |
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| Translation: | To the bear |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1) |
| CIL: | 10687 |
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 |
Insult
| Graffito: | Iustus cinaedu[- - -] |
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| Translation: | Iustus (is a) pervert |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | (InsulaOrientalisII.2-3) |
| CIL: | 10654c |
Insult
| Graffito: | IINIIDII (:c̣inaede) |
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| Translation: | Pervert! | |||
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| City: | Herculaneum | |||
| Findspot: | (InsulaOrientalisII.2-3) | |||
| CIL: | 10654d | |||
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 | ||||||
Graffito
| Graffito: | Q(uintus) M[---]ANTV[---] |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) |
| CIL: | 10630 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Graffito
| Graffito: | 〈:ad perpendiculum〉 |
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| Translation: | For the numen (divine will). |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) |
| CIL: | 10641 |
Series of letters
| Graffito: | CA |
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| Translation: | CA |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) |
| CIL: | 10642 |
Greetings to Amethystus
| Graffito: | Amethyste v̂a(le) |
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| Translation: | Goodbye, Amethystus. | |||
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| City: | Herculaneum | |||
| Findspot: | (InsulaOrientalisII.2-3) | |||
| CIL: | 10649 | |||
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 | ||||
Numerical graffito
| Graffito: | ((mille)) ((mille)) |
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| Translation: | 1000 1000 |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Palaestra (InsulaOrientalisII.4) |
| CIL: | 10659 |
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 |
Tally marks
| Graffito: | IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII |
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| Translation: | 21 | |||
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| City: | Herculaneum | |||
| Findspot: | Wineshop of Antigonus (InsulaOrientalisII.9) | |||
| CIL: | 10663a | |||
Tally marks
| Graffito: | IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII |
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| Translation: | 20 | ||||
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| City: | Herculaneum | ||||
| Findspot: | Wineshop of Antigonus (InsulaOrientalisII.9) | ||||
| CIL: | 10663b | ||||
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 |
Tally marks
| Graffito: | IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII |
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| Translation: | 19 | |||
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| City: | Herculaneum | |||
| Findspot: | Wineshop of Antigonus (InsulaOrientalisII.9) | |||
| CIL: | 10663c | |||
Tally marks
| Graffito: | IIIIIIIIIIII |
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| Translation: | 12 | |||
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| City: | Herculaneum | |||
| Findspot: | Wineshop of Antigonus (InsulaOrientalisII.9) | |||
| CIL: | 10663d | |||
Numerical graffito
| Graffito: | Quatuor (:quattuor) cer[---] |
|---|---|
| Translation: | Four (...) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) |
| CIL: | 10632a |
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 | |||||
Names written in the shape of boats
| Graffito: | Θ |
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| Translation: | Θ Faustus Nothus Nothus | ||||
| Description of Drawing (English): | names FAVSTVS and NOTHVS written in the shape of three boats, NOTHVS twice | ||||
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| City: | Herculaneum | ||||
| Findspot: | Grand Taberna (IV.15-16) | ||||
| CIL: | 10532 | ||||
| Drawing Category: | Boats | ||||
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 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 |
Drawing of a column base
| Graffito: | ((:basis columnae)) |
|---|---|
| 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 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 gladiator helmet
| Graffito: | ((:galea gladiatoria cum crista)) |
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| Description of Drawing (English): | gladiator helmet with crest | |||
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| City: | Herculaneum | |||
| Findspot: | House of the Grand Portal (V.35) | |||
| CIL: | 10711 | |||
| Drawing Category: | Gladiators | |||
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 and a man
| Graffito: | ((:vir cervum equitans)) |
|---|---|
| Description of Drawing (English): | man riding stag |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Stags (IV.21) |
| CIL: | 10561 |
| Drawing Categories: | Human figures , Animals |
Graffito mentioning a name (?)
| Graffito: | A(ulus) Memm(ius) |
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| Translation: | Aulus Memm(ius) | ||
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| City: | Herculaneum | ||
| Findspot: | House of the Black Salon (VI.13) | ||
| CIL: | Varone 2000 | ||
Graffito
| Graffito: | ABCDEFG̣H++[---] |
|---|---|
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Locus incertus |
| CIL: | 2521 |
Erotic graffito
| Graffito: | Masueta (:Mansueta) |
|---|---|
| Translation: | Mansueta, hold (on/it?) |
| Description of Drawing (English): | phallus |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Taberna (V.10) |
| CIL: | 10568 |
| Drawing Category: | Erotic images |
Series of letters
| Graffito: | [---] DIII VII |
|---|---|
| Translation: | (series of letters) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Wooden Shrine (V.31) |
| CIL: | 10586c |
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 |
Greek letters
| Graffito: | ΚΛΗΒΙΧΝ |
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| Translation: | (series of Greek letters) | |||||
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| City: | Herculaneum | |||||
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) | |||||
| CIL: | 10623 | |||||
Tally marks
| Graffito: | IIII |
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| Translation: | 4 | |||
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| City: | Herculaneum | |||
| Findspot: | Grand Taberna (IV.15-16) | |||
| CIL: | 10546a | |||
Warning for Timinia
| Graffito: | Caves (:caveas), Timinia, |
|---|---|
| Translation: | Beware, Timinia: thieves! |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Central Baths (VI.1,7-10) |
| CIL: | 10600 |
Series of letters
| Graffito: | GENT[--]RR[---] |
|---|---|
| Translation: | (series of letters) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Wooden Shrine (V.31) |
| CIL: | 10586b |
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 |
Graffito mentioning the city Tomis
| Graffito: | [- - -]cio s(alutem?) morieris Tomi. |
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| Translation: | (... other letters here...) you will die in Tomis. Good luck! |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Central Baths (VI.1,7-10) |
| CIL: | 10595 |
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 | |||
Greetings (?)
| Graffito: | Stirisc[us? - - -] |
|---|---|
| Translation: | Stirisc(us?...) / (M)oschus to Noetus |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Central Baths (VI.1,7-10) |
| CIL: | 10604c |
Greetings written in the shape of a boat
| Graffito: | f̣eliter (:feliciter) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Translation: | Good luck! | ||||
| Description of Drawing (English): | FELICITER written in the shape of a boat | ||||
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| City: | Herculaneum | ||||
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) | ||||
| CIL: | 10622 | ||||
| Drawing Category: | Boats | ||||
Poetic graffito
| Graffito: | Qui · se tutari · nescit · nescit · vivere |
|---|---|
| Translation: | He who does not know to guard himself does not know how to live. The tiniest trouble, if ignored, becomes tremendous (i.e. the smallest evil becomes the greatest). |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) |
| CIL: | 10634 |
Graffito mentioning a game player
| Graffito: | TVS lusor |
|---|---|
| Translation: | (Ius)tus, the game player |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | (InsulaOrientalisII.2-3) |
| CIL: | 10654b |
Inventory
| Graffito: | Nuc (:nuces?) 〈:vacat〉 biber(es) XIIII (assibus) |
|---|---|
| Translation: | nuts, drinks(?) - 14 (small coins, probably - this number appears to be the price); pork rinds - 3; three (loaves of) bread - 51; three cutlets - 12; four thyme-flavored sausages - 8 |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Terme Suburbane (VII.16.a) |
| CIL: | 10674 |
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 | |||
Series of letters
| Graffito: | PAPAVLIN |
|---|---|
| Translation: | Paulin(us?) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1) |
| CIL: | 10699 |
Graffito mentioning professions
| Graffito: | Quam mita (?) vis (?) · Pastores ateque (:atque) · Caste monit erga pugiles (?). |
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| Translation: | How soft is violence? Shepherds too. Chastely, he warns (him?) regarding the boxers. | |||||||
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| City: | Herculaneum | |||||||
| Findspot: | Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1) | |||||||
| CIL: | 10695 | |||||||
Alphabet
| Graffito: | A̲B̲CDEF̲G̲H̲I̲K̲ |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Translation: | (Beginning of an alphabet) | |||
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| City: | Herculaneum | |||
| Findspot: | House of the Two Atria (VI.29) | |||
| CIL: | 10712 | |||
Graffito naming Sabina
| Graffito: | Sabin(a) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Translation: | Sabina, Sabina | ||
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| City: | Herculaneum | ||
| Findspot: | Decumanus Maximus | ||
Greek alphabet
| Graffito: | ΑΒΓΔΕΖΗΘΙΚΛΜ |
|---|---|
| Translation: | Beginning of Greek alphabet |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Inn (III.19) |
| CIL: | 10707 |
Series of letters
| Graffito: | IPIVS · VI · DV |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Translation: | (untranslatable series of letters) | ||||||
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| City: | Herculaneum | ||||||
| Findspot: | Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1) | ||||||
| CIL: | 10696 | ||||||
Graffito
| Graffito: | Mus nequa(m) |
|---|---|
| Translation: | Mus never(?) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Wooden Screen/Partition (III.11) |
| CIL: | 10498a |
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 |
Graffito naming Suellius
| Graffito: | Hic situs |
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| Translation: | Suellius is located here. | |||
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| City: | Herculaneum | |||
| Findspot: | House of the Mosaic Atrium (IV.2) | |||
| CIL: | Varone 2000 | |||
Drawing of a boat
| Graffito: | ((:navis oneraria)) |
|---|---|
| Description of Drawing (English): | cargo ship |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Decumanus Maximus |
| Drawing Category: | Boats |
Insult (?)
| Graffito: | Fatuus |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Translation: | Idiot | |||
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| City: | Herculaneum | |||
| Findspot: | Central Baths (VI.1,7-10) | |||
| CIL: | 10601 | |||
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 |
Drawing of a man wearing a helmet
| Graffito: | ((:caput viri galeati)) |
|---|---|
| Description of Drawing (English): | head of man wearing helmet |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Decumanus Maximus |
| Drawing Category: | Human figures |
Drawing of two lanterns
| Graffito: | ((:duae lanternae?)) |
|---|---|
| Description of Drawing (English): | two lanterns |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Bicentenary (V.15) |
| Drawing Category: | Other |
Graffito
| Graffito: | ((:phallus)) |
|---|---|
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Grand Taberna (IV.15-16) |
| CIL: | 10535 |
Graffito naming Mercurius
| Graffito: | Mercurius |
|---|---|
| Translation: | Mercurius |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Taberna of Priapus (IV.17) |
| CIL: | 10551 |
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
| Graffito: | M |
|---|---|
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Cardo IV (V.1-9) |
| CIL: | 10484 |
Greek alphabet
| Graffito: | ΜΝΞΟΠΡϹΤΥΦΧΨΩ |
|---|---|
| Translation: | Second half of Greek alphabet |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Wooden Shrine (V.31) |
| CIL: | 10710 |
Greetings to Echio
| Graffito: | Echio va(le) |
|---|---|
| Translation: | Goodbye Echio. |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Central Baths (VI.1,7-10) |
| CIL: | 10596 |
Graffito naming Caetronius
| Graffito: | Caetronius |
|---|---|
| Translation: | Caetronius |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1) |
| CIL: | 10685 |
Greek alphabet
| Graffito: | ΑΒΓΔΕ |
|---|---|
| Translation: | Beginning of Greek alphabet |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Mosaic Atrium (IV.2) |
| CIL: | 10708 |
Initials
| Graffito: | AḶṢ |
|---|---|
| Translation: | A(ulus) L(---) S(---?) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Stags (IV.21) |
| CIL: | 10557 |
Graffito naming Albinus
| Graffito: | Albinus |
|---|---|
| Translation: | Albinus |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) |
| CIL: | 10633 |
Graffito
| Graffito: | Vidimus |
|---|---|
| Translation: | We saw |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) |
| CIL: | 10635 |
Drawing of a phallus
| Graffito: | ((:phallus)) |
|---|---|
| Description of Drawing (English): | phallus |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1) |
| CIL: | 10704 |
| Drawing Category: | Erotic images |
Initials (?)
| Graffito: | PÂM |
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| Translation: | P(ublius) A(---) M(---?) | ||||
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| City: | Herculaneum | ||||
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) | ||||
| CIL: | 10625b | ||||
Name written in the shape of a boat
| Graffito: | C(aius) Iunius |
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| Translation: | Gaius Iunius | ||||
| Description of Drawing (English): | name CAIUS IUNIUS written in the shape of a boat | ||||
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| City: | Herculaneum | ||||
| Findspot: | (InsulaOrientalisII.2-3) | ||||
| CIL: | 10652 | ||||
| Drawing Category: | Boats | ||||
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 | ||||||||
Initials
| Graffito: | Q(uintus?) V(---) R(---) |
|---|---|
| Translation: | Quintus V(- - -) R(- - -?) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Mosaic Atrium (IV.2) |
| CIL: | 10516 |
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 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 | |||||
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
| Graffito: | Quid |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Translation: | What | |||||
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| City: | Herculaneum | |||||
| Findspot: | Cardo IV (V.1-9) | |||||
| CIL: | 10563b | |||||
Beginning of a name (?)
| Graffito: | IANV |
|---|---|
| Translation: | Ianu(arius?) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Taberna (IV.10) |
| CIL: | 10524 |
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 |
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 | |||
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
| Graffito: | ((:gladiatores inter se dimicantes)) |
|---|---|
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Grand Taberna (IV.15-16) |
| CIL: | 10528 |
Roman numerals
| Graffito: | CLXX |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Translation: | 170 | ||||
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| City: | Herculaneum | ||||
| Findspot: | House of the Bicentenary (V.15) | ||||
| CIL: | 10571 | ||||
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 |
Greek alphabet
| Graffito: | ΑΒΓΔΕΖΗΘ |
|---|---|
| Translation: | Beginning of Greek alphabet |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Upstairs apartment (V.18) |
| CIL: | 10709 |
Series of letters
| Graffito: | CELE |
|---|---|
| Translation: | (Incomprehensible series of characters) |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Fabric (IV.19) |
| CIL: | 10556a |
Graffito mentioning a name (?)
| Graffito: | Eueno |
|---|---|
| Translation: | to Euenus(?) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Taberna of Priapus (IV.17) |
| CIL: | 10549 |
Graffito mentioning the city of Cumae
| Graffito: | Cereales sint Cums (:Cumis) |
|---|---|
| Translation: | Cerialis and Cerialis might be at Cumae. |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Grand Taberna (IV.15-16) |
| CIL: | 10538 |
Graffito naming Vibidius (?)
| Graffito: | Vibidi |
|---|---|
| Translation: | Of Vibidius (?) OR Vibidi(us...?) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Grand Taberna (IV.15-16) |
| CIL: | 10537 |
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 | |||
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 | |||
Mention of a name (?)
| Graffito: | [---]bius |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Translation: | Vibius? | ||
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| City: | Herculaneum | ||
| Findspot: | Central Baths (VI.1,7-10) | ||
| CIL: | 10599b | ||
Graffito naming Sabinio (Σαβινιο)
| Graffito: | Cab= |
|---|---|
| Translation: | Sabinio (Σαβινιο) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Two Atria (VI.29) |
| CIL: | 10611 |
Graffito
| Graffito: | 〈:ad perpendiculum〉 |
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| Translation: | Infrequently, all the lullabies(?)... |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Black Salon (VI.13) |
| CIL: | 10608 |
Graffito mentioning the city of Puteoli
| Graffito: | Vasileus habitat |
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| Translation: | Vasileus lives at Puteoli in the camp of the emperor under (the command of) Valerius |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of Wattlework (III.14) |
| CIL: | 10502 |
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 |
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 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 | |||||
Graffito
| Graffito: | Ara |
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| Translation: | Altar | ||||
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| City: | Herculaneum | ||||
| Findspot: | House of the Mosaic Atrium (IV.2) | ||||
| CIL: | 10518 | ||||
Statement about gladiatorial games
| Graffito: | VIII K(alendas) Martias |
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| Translation: | On the eighth day before the Kalends of March (= February 22), ten pairs of gladiators (sponsored by) Numisius Genialis (will fight) at Herculaneum |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Corinthian Atrium (V.30) |
| CIL: | 10579 |
Drawing of a phallus
| Graffito: | ((:phallus)) |
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| Description of Drawing (English): | phallus |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Grand Portal (V.35) |
| CIL: | 10711 |
| Drawing Category: | Erotic images |
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 |
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 |
Erotic graffito
| Graffito: | Longinus IV Idu[s Iu]lias |
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| Translation: | Longinus - Four days before the Ides of July, he received physical force cheerfully. Starling(?)... |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1) |
| CIL: | 10694 |
Poetic graffito
| Graffito: | Venimus, |
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| Translation: | We came! We came here desiring, much more do we desire to go |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) |
| CIL: | 10640 |
Drawing of a boat
| Graffito: | ((:carina navis)) |
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| Description of Drawing (English): | keel of ship | |||||
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| City: | Herculaneum | |||||
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) | |||||
| Drawing Category: | Boats | |||||
Beginning of a word
| Graffito: | SA |
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| Translation: | SA |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Cardo IV (V.1-9) |
| CIL: | 10563d |
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 |
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 |
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 | |||
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 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 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 |
Drawing of a stag
| Graffito: | ((:cervus a viro laqueo captus et a cane assultatus)) |
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| Description of Drawing (English): | stag captured by a man with a rope and attacked by a dog |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Stags (IV.21) |
| CIL: | 10561 |
| Drawing Categories: | Human figures , Animals |
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 |
Tally marks
| Graffito: | IIII |
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| Translation: | 4 |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Wineshop of Antigonus (InsulaOrientalisII.9) |
| CIL: | 10663e |
Greetings to Echio
| Graffito: | Echio · va(le) |
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| Translation: | Goodbye, Echio. |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) |
| CIL: | 10643b |
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 | |||
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 |
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 |
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 |
Roman numerals
| Graffito: | PR XXX CV[+]XXX |
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| Translation: | Price: 30 Cu(?): 30 |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Grand Portal (V.35) |
| CIL: | 10591 |
Tally marks
| Graffito: | S IIIII |
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| Translation: | S 5 |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | (InsulaOrientalisII.2-3) |
| CIL: | 10651a |
Erotic graffito
| Graffito: | Vitalio |
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| Translation: | Vitalio... (more confusing text here). | ||||||
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| City: | Herculaneum | ||||||
| Findspot: | Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1) | ||||||
| CIL: | 10693 | ||||||
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 |
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 |
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 |
Poetic graffito (?)
| Graffito: | Ursi me comedan[t] |
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| Translation: | Let the bears devour me. |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Palaestra (InsulaOrientalisII.4) |
| CIL: | 10660 |
Graffito naming Paris
| Graffito: | R̲ |
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| Translation: | R(?). Paris, you love |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Black Salon (VI.13) |
| CIL: | 10607 |
Greetings (?)
| Graffito: | Maior va(le) |
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| Translation: | Goodbye, Maior. Goodbye, Maior. (...more text here...) |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Sewer Access (WithinWalls.ww3) |
| CIL: | 10672 |
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 |
Erotic graffito
| Graffito: | Apelles cubicularius |
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| Translation: | Apelles, the bedroom attendant, with Dexter, (slave) of Caesar, ate lunch here most agreeably and also had sex. |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Terme Suburbane (VII.16.a) |
| CIL: | 10677 |
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 |
Beginning of a name
| Graffito: | Bal̂b(us) |
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| Translation: | Balbus | |||||
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| City: | Herculaneum | |||||
| Findspot: | Decumanus Inferior (V.34-35) | |||||
| CIL: | 10588a | |||||
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 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 |
Graffito
| Graffito: | [- - -] socio F[---] |
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| Translation: | (...) with a friend (...) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Grand Portal (V.35) |
| CIL: | 10589 |
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 mentioning a date
| Graffito: | Nonis Iulis MVS[---]N M[---]N[---] |
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| Translation: | On the Nones of July (... damaged text here...). Eight days before the (...) was born. The day before the Nones and on the Nones (... damaged text here...) at Herculaneum, Nola, Pompeii... (...other text here). |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Wineshop of Antigonus (InsulaOrientalisII.9) |
| CIL: | 10662 |
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 |
Graffito
| Graffito: | 〈:columna I〉 |
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| Translation: | To the bear, to the bear | |||||||
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| City: | Herculaneum | |||||||
| Findspot: | Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1) | |||||||
| CIL: | 10698 | |||||||