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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 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 |
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 |
Tally marks
| Graffito: | Omnes |
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| Translation: | All of them, 31 |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Shop of the Gem-cutter (InsulaOrientalisII.10) |
| CIL: | 10666b |
Graffito
| Graffito: | Ultas |
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| Translation: | The (women?) who have avenged (?) |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Palaestra (InsulaOrientalisII.4) |
| CIL: | 10658 |
Graffito naming Tiberius Claudius
| Graffito: | Ti(berius) Claud(ius) |
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| Translation: | Tiberius Claudius |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Dye shop (InsulaOrientalisII.11-12) |
| CIL: | 10667 |
Graffito
| Graffito: | Felices |
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| Translation: | Lucky ones |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Mosaic Atrium (IV.2) |
| CIL: | 10514 |
Graffito naming Epicurus
| Graffito: | A Epicurus |
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| Translation: | A(ulus?) Epicurus, if you are at Utica . . . |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Mosaic Atrium (IV.2) |
| CIL: | 10515 |
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 Remnius Rufus
| Graffito: | Rẹmmius Rufus |
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| Translation: | Remnius Rufus |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Wooden Screen/Partition (III.11) |
| CIL: | 10496 |
Graffito
| Graffito: | Mus nequa(m) |
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| Translation: | Mus never(?) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Wooden Screen/Partition (III.11) |
| CIL: | 10498a |
Graffito
| Graffito: | Qu[aesi]vi hic facias re[s s]erva omnes res tuas [- - -] quem nol[i - - -] nobi[s iun]ge neque servabo |
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| Translation: | ... I asked that you do this... all your affairs... which... safe. | ||
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| City: | Herculaneum | ||
| Findspot: | Taberna (IV.10) | ||
| CIL: | 10522 | ||
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 | ||
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 |
Graffito mentioning money
| Graffito: | VII a(sses) III |
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| Translation: | 7 asses (coins). 3 |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Sewer Access (WithinWalls.ww3) |
| CIL: | 10673 |
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 |
Greetings to Procamus
| Graffito: | V̂ale Procam̂u (:Procame) |
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| Translation: | Goodbye, Procamus |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Grand Taberna (IV.15-16) |
| CIL: | 10545 |
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 | |||
Series of letters
| Graffito: | CELE |
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| Translation: | (Incomprehensible series of characters) |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Fabric (IV.19) |
| CIL: | 10556a |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Graffito
| Graffito: | M |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Cardo IV (V.1-9) |
| CIL: | 10484 |
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 |
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 | |||||
Greetings (?)
| Graffito: | Stirisc[us? - - -] |
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| Translation: | Stirisc(us?...) / (M)oschus to Noetus |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Central Baths (VI.1,7-10) |
| CIL: | 10604c |
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 | |||
Poetic graffito
| Graffito: | Qui · se tutari · nescit · nescit · vivere |
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| 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 |
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 |
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 | ||||
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: | 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
| Graffito: | Mortus (:Mortuus) |
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| Translation: | Symphorus is dead | ||
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| City: | Herculaneum | ||
| Findspot: | Terme Suburbane (VII.16.a) | ||
| CIL: | 10680 | ||
Drawing of a man
| Graffito: | ((:herma viri cum palma)) |
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| 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 |
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 |
Greetings to Echio
| Graffito: | Echio va(le) |
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| Translation: | Goodbye Echio. |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Central Baths (VI.1,7-10) |
| CIL: | 10596 |
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
| Graffito: | [---]ASV M umor[---] |
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| Translation: | (Other letters here...) moisture |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Palaestra (InsulaOrientalisII.4) |
| CIL: | 10661 |
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 |
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 | |||
Mention of weights and measures
| Graffito: | Saco(mata?) XX |
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| Translation: | Counterweights(?) 20 |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Central Baths (VI.1,7-10) |
| CIL: | 10593 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Tally marks
| Graffito: | S IIIIIIIIIIII XX |
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| Translation: | S 32 |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | (InsulaOrientalisII.2-3) |
| CIL: | 10651b |
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 |
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 |
Graffito
| Graffito: | ((:phallus)) |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Grand Taberna (IV.15-16) |
| CIL: | 10535 |
Initials (?)
| Graffito: | C C ego |
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| Translation: | C. C. I (myself).... |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Gem (InsulaOrientalisI.1) |
| CIL: | 10618 |
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 |
Graffito
| Graffito: | [- - -]o |
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| Translation: | ... (in the) forum (?) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) |
| CIL: | 10629 |
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 |
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 |
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 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 | |||
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 | ||||||||
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 | ||||||
Series of letters
| Graffito: | ON |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Taberna (IV.10) |
| CIL: | 10523b |
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 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 |
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 | |||||
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 | |||||
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 | ||||
Greetings to Aulus Tertius
| Graffito: | [---]gius a Tertio S |
|---|---|
| Translation: | [---]gius says hello to Aulus Tertius. Hello! |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Grand Taberna (IV.15-16) |
| CIL: | 10534 |
Poetic graffito (?)
| Graffito: | P P P redire si minus innecteb(is?) et te [---] |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Greetings from Secundus
| Graffito: | Secundus quo Hectic [+10?+ plu]rimam salutem |
|---|---|
| Translation: | Secundus, from whom Hectic(...?) many greetings. |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Grand Taberna (IV.15-16) |
| CIL: | 10543 |
Greetings (?)
| Graffito: | suis P ave viban (:vivant) |
|---|---|
| Translation: | Greetings to his own (family? friends?). May they live... |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Grand Taberna (IV.15-16) |
| CIL: | 10544 |
Graffito naming Onesimus
| Graffito: | Onesimus |
|---|---|
| Translation: | Onesimus |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Stags (IV.21) |
| CIL: | 10561 |
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 |
Graffito
| Graffito: | Mus |
|---|---|
| Translation: | Mus (personal name) OR mouse |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Wooden Screen/Partition (III.11) |
| CIL: | 10498c |
Greek alphabet
| Graffito: | ΑΒΓΔΕΖΗΘΙΚΛΜ |
|---|---|
| Translation: | Beginning of Greek alphabet |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Inn (III.19) |
| CIL: | 10707 |
Greek alphabet
| Graffito: | ΑΒΓΔ |
|---|---|
| Translation: | (Beginning of an alphabet) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) |
| CIL: | 10716 |
Series of letters
| Graffito: | Chie IMN |
|---|---|
| Translation: | Chius, (...other letters here...) |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | (InsulaOrientalisII.2-3) |
| CIL: | 10650 |
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 | ||
Poetic graffito (?)
| Graffito: | Ursi me comedan[t] |
|---|---|
| Translation: | Let the bears devour me. |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Palaestra (InsulaOrientalisII.4) |
| CIL: | 10660 |
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 | |||||
Drawing of a head
| Graffito: | ((:caput viri barbati)) |
|---|---|
| Description of Drawing (English): | head of bearded man |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Taberna of Priapus (IV.17) |
| Drawing Category: | Human figures |
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 head
| Graffito: | ((:facies)) |
|---|---|
| Description of Drawing (English): | face |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Taberna of Priapus (IV.17) |
| Drawing Category: | Human figures |
Graffito naming Paris
| Graffito: | Paris |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Translation: | Paris | ||||
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| City: | Herculaneum | ||||
| Findspot: | Decumanus Maximus | ||||
| CIL: | Varone 2000 | ||||
Greek alphabet
| Graffito: | ΑΒΓΔΕ |
|---|---|
| Translation: | Beginning of Greek alphabet |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Mosaic Atrium (IV.2) |
| CIL: | 10708 |
Graffito in Greek
| Graffito: | Κογιτάτουϲ S |
|---|---|
| Translation: | Cogitatus (i.e. a name) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Mosaic Atrium (IV.2) |
| CIL: | 10505 |
Drawing of a stag and a dog
| Graffito: | ((:cervus a cane assultatus)) |
|---|---|
| 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 a cane assultatus)) |
|---|---|
| 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 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 |
Roman numerals
| Graffito: | XII |
|---|---|
| Translation: | 12 |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Terme Suburbane (VII.16.a) |
| CIL: | 10682 |
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 an animal
| Graffito: | ((:animal)) |
|---|---|
| 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 an animal
| Graffito: | ((:animal)) |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Translation: | Who... |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Cardo IV (V.1-9) |
| CIL: | 10563a |
Erotic graffito
| Graffito: | Salar[ius] glabe (:glaber) RVSIVNNAE Lavinia (:Laviniam) futui |
|---|---|
| Translation: | Bald Sala(rius?)... Lavinia... |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1) |
| CIL: | 10684 |
Graffito
| Graffito: | Est res INCOSID |
|---|---|
| Translation: | The matter is in ... |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Grand Taberna (IV.15-16) |
| CIL: | 10530 |
Initials (?)
| Graffito: | MAL |
|---|---|
| Translation: | M(arcus) A(---) L(---?) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Cardo IV (V.1-9) |
| CIL: | 10563c |
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 |
Statement about a centurion
| Graffito: | Centurio |
|---|---|
| Translation: | The centurion does not have a blanket (...) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Wooden Shrine (V.31) |
| CIL: | 10581 |
Graffito naming Salvia Superba
| Graffito: | Salvia Superba |
|---|---|
| Translation: | Salvia Superba |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Wooden Shrine (V.31) |
| CIL: | 10583b |
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 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 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: | Quatuor (:quattuor) cer[---] |
|---|---|
| Translation: | Four (...) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) |
| CIL: | 10632a |
Greetings to Echio
| Graffito: | Echio · va(le) |
|---|---|
| Translation: | Goodbye, Echio. |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) |
| CIL: | 10643b |
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 | |||
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: | IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Translation: | 20 | ||||
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| City: | Herculaneum | ||||
| Findspot: | Wineshop of Antigonus (InsulaOrientalisII.9) | ||||
| CIL: | 10663b | ||||
Erotic graffito
| Graffito: | Apelles Mus cum fratre Dextro |
|---|---|
| Translation: | Apelles Mus (was here) with his brother Dexter. We had a great time (literally, lovingly had intercourse), twice with two girls. |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Terme Suburbane (VII.16.a) |
| CIL: | 10678 |
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 | ||||||
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 | |||||||
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 |
List of names
| Graffito: | Vin(icius?) |
|---|---|
| Translation: | Vin(icius?), Florus, Paris, Gaius Messenius |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1) |
| CIL: | 10701 |
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 phallus
| Graffito: | ((:phallus)) |
|---|---|
| Description of Drawing (English): | phallus |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Grand Portal (V.35) |
| CIL: | 10711 |
| Drawing Category: | Erotic images |
Drawing of a stag
| Graffito: | ((:cervus stans)) |
|---|---|
| Description of Drawing (English): | standing stag |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Central Baths (VI.1,7-10) |
| CIL: | 10600 |
| Drawing Category: | Animals |
Drawing of an erotic scene
| Graffito: | ((:scaena erotica)) |
|---|---|
| Description of Drawing (English): | erotic scene |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of Argus (II.2) |
| Drawing Categories: | Erotic images , Human figures |
Graffito mentioning dates
| Graffito: | XVII k(alendas), X k(alendas), VII id(us) |
|---|---|
| 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 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 | ||||
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 naming Paris
| Graffito: | R̲ |
|---|---|
| Translation: | R(?). Paris, you love |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Black Salon (VI.13) |
| CIL: | 10607 |
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 | ||||
Graffito naming Oceanus
| Graffito: | Ocaeanus (:Oceanus) |
|---|---|
| Translation: | (...) Oceanus |
|
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Upstairs apartment (V.18) |
| CIL: | 10578 |
Drawing of a stag
| Graffito: | ((:cervus a viro laqueo captus)) |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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 | ||
Drawing of a stag
| Graffito: | ((:cervus)) |
|---|---|
| Description of Drawing (English): | stag |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Stags (IV.21) |
| CIL: | 10561 |
| Drawing Category: | Animals |
Graffito
| Graffito: | Debere |
|---|---|
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of Argus (II.2) |
| CIL: | 2513a |
Drawing of a man
| Graffito: | ((:figura hominis)) |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Tally mark
| Graffito: | I |
|---|---|
| Translation: | 1 |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Skeleton (III.3) |
| CIL: | 10495b |
Tally marks
| Graffito: | IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Translation: | 21 | |||
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| City: | Herculaneum | |||
| Findspot: | Wineshop of Antigonus (InsulaOrientalisII.9) | |||
| CIL: | 10663a | |||
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 |
Tally marks
| Graffito: | IIIIIIIIIIII |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Translation: | 12 | |||
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| City: | Herculaneum | |||
| Findspot: | Wineshop of Antigonus (InsulaOrientalisII.9) | |||
| CIL: | 10663d | |||
Wordplay (?)
| Graffito: | VS SVMM |
|---|---|
| Translation: | the greatest (?) (with letters rearranged?) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) |
| CIL: | 10638 |
Graffito naming Artorius
| Graffito: | Artorius |
|---|---|
| Translation: | Artorius. 5 2 3 |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Gem (InsulaOrientalisI.1) |
| CIL: | 10626 |
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 | ||||||
Graffito in Greek
| Graffito: | Φιλιππε̣ |
|---|---|
| Translation: | Oh Philippos! |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Decumanus Inferior (V.34-35) |
| CIL: | 10588b |
Graffito
| Graffito: | Ἄρτος |
|---|---|
| Translation: | Cake (or loaf of bread). (symbol). MME. |
|
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Two Atria (VI.29) |
| CIL: | 10612 |
Tally marks
| Graffito: | IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Translation: | 19 | |||
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| City: | Herculaneum | |||
| Findspot: | Wineshop of Antigonus (InsulaOrientalisII.9) | |||
| CIL: | 10663c | |||
Erotic grafitto
| Graffito: | V Bombycion (:Βομβύκιον) |
|---|---|
| Translation: | Bombycion sucks |
|
|
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) |
| CIL: | 10628 |
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 a senatorial decree
| Graffito: | M̂ansi solus x (:ex) s(enatus) c(onsulto) |
|---|---|
| Translation: | I remained alone by decree of the senate |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of Wattlework (III.14) |
| CIL: | 10501 |
Graffito mentioning the city of Puteoli
| Graffito: | Vasileus habitat |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Greek alphabet
| Graffito: | ΑΒΓΔΕΖΗΘ |
|---|---|
| Translation: | Beginning of Greek alphabet |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Upstairs apartment (V.18) |
| CIL: | 10709 |
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 |
Graffito in Greek
| Graffito: | Φάβ(ιος) |
|---|---|
| Translation: | Fab(ius) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Bicentenary (V.15) |
| CIL: | 10574b |
Drawing of a stag
| Graffito: | ((:cervus a viro laqueo captus et a cane assultatus)) |
|---|---|
| Description of Drawing (English): | stag captured by a man with a rope and attacked by a dog |
|
|
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Stags (IV.21) |
| CIL: | 10561 |
| Drawing Categories: | Human figures , Animals |
Tally marks
| Graffito: | IIIIIII |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Translation: | 7 | ||||
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| City: | Herculaneum | ||||
| Findspot: | (InsulaOrientalisII.2-3) | ||||
| CIL: | 10653b | ||||
Graffito
| Graffito: | eribus (:heribus) miscella |
|---|---|
| Translation: | a mish-mash |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Central Baths (VI.1,7-10) |
| CIL: | 10604b |
Graffito naming a man
| Graffito: | Q(uintus) M[---] Antu[s ---] |
|---|---|
| Translation: | Quintus M(---) Antu(s--?) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) |
| CIL: | 10630 |
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 | ||||
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 |
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 |
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 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 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 stag and a man
| Graffito: | ((:vir cervum equitans)) |
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| 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
| Graffito: | Augu |
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| Translation: | (Something about augury or the emperor?) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Grand Taberna (IV.15-16) |
| CIL: | 10536 |
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 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 |
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 | ||||
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 |
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: | 10655b | |||
| Drawing Category: | Boats | |||
Drawing of a gladiator helmet
| Graffito: | ((:galea gladiatoria cum crista ad sin.)) |
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| Description of Drawing (English): | gladiator helmet with crest facing left | ||||
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| City: | Herculaneum | ||||
| Findspot: | House of the Grand Portal (V.35) | ||||
| CIL: | 10711 | ||||
| Drawing Category: | Gladiators | ||||
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 Amata
| Graffito: | Amatạ |
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| Translation: | Amata | ||
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| City: | Herculaneum | ||
| Findspot: | Cardo IV (III.11-19) | ||
| CIL: | 10508a | ||
Drawing of a camel
| Graffito: | ((:camelus dromedarius cum cauda, lodicem gerens, ad dext. incedens)) |
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| Description of Drawing (English): | camel, wearing blanket, with tail, walking to the right | ||||
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| City: | Herculaneum | ||||
| Findspot: | Samnite House (V.1) | ||||
| Drawing Category: | Animals | ||||
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 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 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 | |||||
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: | 10555a |
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 | |||||
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 |
Graffito in Greek
| Graffito: | Πρόκλα |
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| Translation: | Πρόκλα |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Upstairs apartment (V.18) |
| CIL: | 10577 |
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 Sabina
| Graffito: | Sabin(a) |
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| Translation: | Sabina, Sabina | ||
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| City: | Herculaneum | ||
| Findspot: | Decumanus Maximus | ||
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 | |||||||
Inventory
| Graffito: | Cunei |
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| Translation: | Wedges |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Upper Aula (InsulaOrientalisII.19) |
| CIL: | 10670a |
Tally marks
| Graffito: | IIII |
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| Translation: | 4 |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Wineshop of Antigonus (InsulaOrientalisII.9) |
| CIL: | 10663e |
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 |
Graffito
| Graffito: | AB |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Upstairs apartment (V.18) |
| CIL: | 10709 |
Graffito
| Graffito: | 〈:columna I〉 |
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| City: | Herculaneum | ||
| Findspot: | House of Argus (II.2) | ||
| CIL: | 2513 | ||
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 naming Mercurius
| Graffito: | Mercurius |
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| Translation: | Mercurius |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Taberna of Priapus (IV.17) |
| CIL: | 10551 |
Roman numerals
| Graffito: | XXVIIII |
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| Translation: | 29 |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Taberna of Priapus (IV.17) |
| CIL: | 10550 |
Graffito
| Graffito: | [---]at veniat |
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| Translation: | ...let him/her come. |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Shop (InsulaOrientalisII.16) |
| CIL: | 10669 |
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= |
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| Translation: | Sabinio (Σαβινιο) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Two Atria (VI.29) |
| CIL: | 10611 |
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 |
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 | ||||||
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 | |||||||
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 |
Mention of food
| Graffito: | Alica |
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| Translation: | Porridge |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | Grand Taberna (IV.15-16) |
| CIL: | 10533 |
Series of characters
| Graffito: | Phlavia (:Flavia) Θ̲ l̲i̲g̲i̲s̲ (:lingis) |
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| Translation: | Flavia (other letters here) | |||
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| City: | Herculaneum | |||
| Findspot: | Central Baths (VI.1,7-10) | |||
| CIL: | 10602 | |||
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 | ||||
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 | ||||