Ancient Graffiti Project :: Graffito Information

[deli?]ciae
[---]si tangere possem
[---]entur aquas

Symbol	Meaning
[abc]	Letters once present, now missing due to damage to the surface or support
[- - -]	Damage to the surface or support; letters cannot be restored with certainty
?	Represents uncertainty

Translation:	my darling (...) if I were able to touch (passive verb here...) waters
Findspot:	Herculaneum, House of the Two Atria (VI.29) Location metadata ➜
Language:	Latin
Writing Style:	charcoal
Apparatus Criticus:	Textus et mensurae secundum (1), periit (2). Contulerunt sed non invenerunt Benefiel, Gibson, Hardy, Minnear, Smith, Sypniewski (HGP) a. 2016.
Bibliography:	CIL 04, 10610 (1) Zeitschr. Pap. Ep., 62, 1986, p. 49 sg. (W. Lebek) (2) S. Busch, Versus Balnearum, Stuttgart 1999, p. 548 sgg. (3) Stud. Philol. Val. 11, 2008, p. 63 sgg. (P. Cugusi) (4) http://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR152930 (5)
Link to EDR:	#EDR152930
Suggested Citation:	AGP-EDR152930, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <http://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR152930> [accessed: 27 Apr 2024]
Contributions:	Editor: Rebecca Benefiel Principal Contributor: Holly Sypniewski Last Revision: 2020-06-24