Graffito

Myrtale
Cassacos
fellas

Findspot: Pompeii, Lupanare (VII.12.18-20)
Location metadata ➜
Language: Latin
Writing Style: Graffito/incised
Apparatus Criticus: Textus secundum (1), aliter (4); mensurae ex apographo apud (1).
v. 2 Cassacos ut cognomen (1); vassatos, Myrtale, you suck well hung men (4).
Varone (5) hanc inscriptionem frusta quaesivit.
Bibliography: CIL 04, 02268 con apografo, Tab. XXXVII 28 (1)
J. N. Adams, The Latin Sexual Vocabulary, London 1990, p. 42 (2)
A. Varone, Erotica Pompeiana: iscrizioni d'amore sui muri di Pompei, Rome 1994, p. 75 (3)
W. Krenkel, Naturalia non turpia. Sex and Gender in Ancient Greece and Rome. Schriften zur antiken Kultur- und Sexualwissenschaft, Hildesheim 2006, p. 227 (4)
A. Varone, Titulorum graphio exaratorum qui in C.I.L. vol. IV collecti sunt imagines, Roma 2012, vol. II, p. 328 (5)
http://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR151037 (6)
Link to EDR: #EDR151037
Suggested Citation: AGP-EDR151037, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <http://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR151037> [accessed: 08 May 2024]
Contributions:

Editor: Rebecca Benefiel

Principal Contributor: Kyle Helms

Last Revision: 2021-07-29

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