Graffito mentioning professions

Quam mita (?) vis (?) · Pastores ateque (:atque) · Caste monit erga pugiles (?).


Translation: How soft is violence? Shepherds too. Chastely, he warns (him?) regarding the boxers.
Findspot: Herculaneum, Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1)
Location metadata ➜
Language: Latin
Writing Style: Graffito/incised
Apparatus Criticus: Textus secundum (1). Contulerunt Loar, Sypniewski, Dillard, King (HGP) a. 2016.
v. 1: II pro E scriptum
v. 1: pro PASTORES, fortasse CASTALES vel CASTORES; VIS, ERGA, PVGILES dubiae sunt lectionis (2).
Prope EDR140979, EDR154429, EDR154430, EDR154431, EDR154432, EDR154433, EDR154434, EDR140982, EDR140983, EDR140986, EDR154537
Bibliography: Rend. Ac. Arch. Nap., 33, 1958, p. 303, nr. 810, tab. IV (M. Della Corte) (1)
CIL 04, 10695 con apografo (2)
A. Varone, Titulorum graphio exaratorum qui in CIL vol. IV collecti sunt Imagines, Roma 2012, vol. II, p. 512, con foto (3)
http://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR140980 (4)
Link to EDR: #EDR140980
Suggested Citation: AGP-EDR140980, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <http://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR140980> [accessed: 27 Apr 2024]
Contributions:

Editor: Rebecca Benefiel

Principal Contributor: Kyle Helms

Last Revision: 2017-08-08

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