Graffito wishing Vitalio well
Vit
Vitalio baliat (:valeat?) car (:carus?) est.
Musicus
| Translation: | May Vitalio be well. He is dear. Musicus. |
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| Findspot: |
Pompeii, Terme del Sarno
(VIII.2.17-23)
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| Language: | Latin |
| Writing Style: | Graffito/incised |
| Apparatus Criticus: | Textus et mensurae secundum (3). v. 1: VII (2) v. 2: BALIATOR IIST (2), CAR pro CAR(E) = QUARE (4), BALIAT scriptum est pro valeat. II pro littera E scriptum est. v. 3: musicus non ut nomen sed adiectivum legitur (4). Nomen Vitalio est notum Herculaneo (EDR154433) et Pompeiis (EDR146087). Nomen Musicus est notum Herculaneo (EDR129306) et Pompeiis (EDR163530). Locus inventionis in aedificio: in pariete sinistro portae membri χ (2), (4). Fortasse Musicus de amico suo Vitalione scripsit? |
| Bibliography: | Mitt. Deutsch. Arch. Inst.(Roemisch.), 5, 1890, p. 139 n. 5 (A. Mau) (1) Not. Sc., 1893, p. 42 n. 1 (A. Sogliano) (2) CIL 04, 04874 con apografo (3) Latin vulgaire - latin tardif, VIII, Hildesheim 2008, p. 67 (H. Solin) (4) Journ. of Cultural Heritage, 40, 2019, p. 253 (L. Bernardi et al.) (5) http://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR174880 (6) |
| Link to EDR: | #EDR174880 |
| Suggested Citation: | AGP-EDR174880, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <http://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR174880> [accessed: 25 Apr 2024] |
| Contributions: |
Editor: Rebecca Benefiel Principal Contributor: Matthew Panciera Contributor: 20 Last Revision: 2020-07-10 |