Greetings to Regulus (and insult?)
Regulo feliciter quia verpa est ((:phallus))
Reg
Regu
| Translation: | Good luck to Regulus since he is a prick! |
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| Description of Drawing (English): | ((:phallus)) |
| Findspot: |
Pompeii, Terme del Sarno
(VIII.2.17-23)
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| Drawing Category: | Erotic images |
| Language: | Latin |
| Writing Style: | Graffito/incised |
| Apparatus Criticus: | Textus et mensurae secundum (2). Locus inventionis in aedificio: in pariete septentrionali andronis ι prope angulum occidentalem secundum (1), (3). Verpa est vocabulum notum Pompeiis (EDR127815, EDR160078, EDR161769). Fortasse scriptor Regulo salutationem ironice dedit? |
| Bibliography: | Mitt. Deutsch. Arch. Inst.(Roemisch.), 5, 1890, p. 139 n. 7 (A. Mau) (1) CIL 04, 04876 (2) Journ. of Cultural Heritage, 40, 2019, p. 253 (L. Bernardi et al.) (3) http://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR174883 (4) |
| Link to EDR: | #EDR174883 |
| Suggested Citation: | AGP-EDR174883, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <http://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR174883> [accessed: 25 Apr 2024] |
| Contributions: |
Editor: Rebecca Benefiel Principal Contributor: Matthew Panciera Contributor: 20 Last Revision: 2020-07-10 |