Graffito mentioning Nuelas and Barnaeus

O cu̲r̲a̲t̲o̲res Nuelas et Barnaee ne vos esset̲is̲ vi̲re̲i̲ (:viri) b̲o̲n̲e̲i̲ (:boni) s̲e̲i̲ (:si) c̲ommea̲tum O̲G̲I̲N̲T̲I̲T̲R̲A̲I̲[+1?+]+̲+̲
〈:vacat〉 a̲d̲ te̲mpus daretis na̲m semper̲ n̲e̲g̲a̲t̲i̲s̲ 〈:vacat〉 R̲E̲D̲X̲A̲E̲ 〈:vacat〉 N̲
〈:vacat〉 P̲a̲n̲ ti̲bi̲ [+2?+]D̲ECO et 〈:vacat〉 CA̲VDAṆOS 〈:vacat〉 n̲u̲n̲[c] Q̲V̲[+1?+]M̲N̲E̲ n̲u̲m̲ +̲


Translation: Oh supervisors Nuelas and Barnaeus, you should have been good men. If supplies (incomprehensible series of letters) you were giving at the time. For you always deny (incomprehensible series of letters) Pan for you (incomprehensible series of letters) now (incomprehensible series of letters) whether
Findspot: Pompeii, Corridoio dei Teatri (VIII.7.20)
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Language: Latin
Writing Style: Graffito/incised
Apparatus Criticus: Textus secundum (2)(6), mensurae secundum (6). Contulerunt DiBiasie-Sammons et Helms (AGP) a. 2019.
v. 1: NVELAS et BARNAEE ut cognomina semitica intellegenda sunt (5).
v. 1: ad finem vestigia nimis ambigua, fortasse etiam VM+PṚAXNI·TFN̂E legi possunt cum duabus ultimis fortuitis (2). haec vestigia a. 2019 non extant (6).
v. 1: COMMEATVM [DI]VTI[N]VM (1). ab NVELAS usque ad BONEI fortasse tetrameter iambicus aut trochaicus (2).
v. 2: in verbo TEMPVS, littera E clare lecta esse videtur (1), sed tectorium mutilum iam a. 1871 (2); NIGATIS (1).
v. 3: PAN in indice rerum sacrarum p. 768 (2). PA[N] TIBI .I.IC DEC CAVDA... VOS NVNC OM...NI...N...M (1). ad finem, CAVDANOS NVN[C]QV[A?]M NE NVM[...] (3). Post CAVDANOS, solum pauca vestigia a. 2019 extant (6).
Ante EDR167839
Pone EDR167717
Supra EDR167858
Bibliography: R. Garrucci, Graffiti de Pompéi: Inscriptions et Gravures, Tracées au Stylet, Recueillies et Interprétées, Paris 1856, p. 70, tav. XI 4, con apografo (1)
CIL 04, 02430 con apografo, Tab. XXXIX 1 (2)
E. Diehl, Pompeianische Wandinschriften und Verwandtes, Bonn 1910, p. 21, nr. 301 (3)
A. Varone, Titulorum graphio exaratorum qui in C.I.L. vol. IV collecti sunt, Imagines, Roma 2012, vol. II, p. 410, con foto (4)
L'iscrizione e il suo doppio: Atti del Convegno Borghesi 2013, Faenza 2014, p. 240 (H. Solin) (5)
http://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR167186 (6)
Link to EDR: #EDR167186
Suggested Citation: AGP-EDR167186, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <http://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR167186> [accessed: 23 Apr 2024]
Contributions:

Editor: Rebecca Benefiel

Principal Contributor: Kyle Helms

Last Revision: 2020-07-18

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