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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    Ἄρτος
    ((signum incertum))
    MME
    Translation: Cake (or loaf of bread). (symbol). MME.
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Two Atria (VI.29)
    CIL: 10612
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    Poetic graffito (?)

    Graffito:

    Ursi me comedant
    Translation: Let the bears devour me.
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Palaestra (InsulaOrientalisII.4)
    CIL: 10656
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    Arrius
    P(ubli) f(ilius)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: So-called College of the Augustales (Curia) (VI.21)
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    Drawing of a gladiator helmet

    Graffito:

    ((:galea gladiatoria cum crista))
    Description of Drawing (English): gladiator helmet with crest facing right
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Grand Portal (V.35)
    CIL: 10711
    Drawing Category: Gladiators
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    Graffito mentioning professions

    Graffito:

    Quam mita (?) vis (?) · Pastores ateque (:atque) · Caste monit erga pugiles (?).
    Translation: How soft is violence? Shepherds too. Chastely, he warns (him?) regarding the boxers.
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1)
    CIL: 10695
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    Greek alphabet

    Graffito:

    ΔΕΖΗ
    Translation: (Part of the Greek alphabet)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
    CIL: 10715
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    Graffito naming Polybius (?)

    Graffito:

    POLY
    Translation: Poly(bius?)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
    CIL: 10637
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    Drawing of a phallus

    Graffito:

    ((:phallus))
    Description of Drawing (English): phallus
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Grand Taberna (IV.15-16)
    CIL: 10535
    Drawing Category: Erotic images
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    ABCDEFG̣H++[---]
    ABC̣[---]
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Locus incertus
    CIL: 2521
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    Greek alphabet

    Graffito:

    ΑΒΓΔ
    Translation: (Beginning of an alphabet)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
    CIL: 10716
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    Inventory

    Graffito:

    Qunei (:cunei) XXIII
    Asseres XV
    Translation: 23 wedges. 15 poles.
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Upper Aula (InsulaOrientalisII.19)
    CIL: 10670b
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    Graffito naming Sabinio (Σαβινιο)

    Graffito:

    Cab=
    inio (:Σαβίνιο)
    S ((S retrogradum))
    Translation: Sabinio (Σαβινιο)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Two Atria (VI.29)
    CIL: 10611
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    Drawing of a gladiator helmet

    Graffito:

    ((:galea gladiatoria cum crista))
    Description of Drawing (English): gladiator helmet with crest
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Grand Portal (V.35)
    CIL: 10711
    Drawing Category: Gladiators
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    Graffito naming Nicanor

    Graffito:

    Ṇicanor ovas̲
    Translation: Nicanor (...?)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Central Baths (VI.1,7-10)
    CIL: 10603
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    Graffito mentioning a date

    Graffito:

    XI k(alendas) Febarias (:Februarias)
    Translation: The 11th day before the Kalends of February.
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Gem (InsulaOrientalisI.1)
    CIL: 10617
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    Drawing of a stag

    Graffito:

    ((:cervus))

    Description of Drawing (English): stag
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Stags (IV.21)
    CIL: 10561
    Drawing Category: Animals
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    Greetings written in the shape of a boat

    Graffito:

    f̣eliter (:feliciter)
    ((:FELICITER in forma navis scriptum))
    Translation: Good luck!
    Description of Drawing (English): FELICITER written in the shape of a boat
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
    CIL: 10622
    Drawing Category: Boats
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    Name written in the shape of a boat

    Graffito:

    Silentiolus
    ((:nomen SILENTIOLUS in forma navis scriptum))
    Translation: Silentiolus
    Description of Drawing (English): name SILENTIOUS written in the shape of a boat
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: (InsulaOrientalisII.2-3)
    CIL: 10655b
    Drawing Category: Boats
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    Mention of a vase

    Graffito:

    Vasa
    Translation: Vase
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Taberna Vasaria (IV.14)
    CIL: 10527
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    Greek letters

    Graffito:

    ΛΙΑΒΙΧΤΛ
    Translation: (series of Greek letters)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
    CIL: 10624
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    Drawing of a gladiator helmet

    Graffito:

    ((:galea gladiatoria))
    Description of Drawing (English): gladiator helmet
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Grand Portal (V.35)
    CIL: 10711
    Drawing Category: Gladiators
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    〈:ad perpendiculum〉
    Iuvari
    Translation: To be helped
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Bicentenary (V.15)
    CIL: 10572
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    Drawing of a man

    Graffito:

    ((:vir ad sin. prospiciens))
    Description of Drawing (English): man facing left
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Wooden Shrine (V.31)
    CIL: 10586
    Drawing Category: Human figures
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    Drawing of a gladiator

    Graffito:

    ((:gladiator gladio et scuto longo armatus))
    Description of Drawing (English): gladiator armed with sword and long shield
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of Argus (II.2)
    Drawing Category: Gladiators
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    Graffito naming Proculus

    Graffito:

    Proculus
    ((:herma viri))
    Translation: Proculus
    Description of Drawing (English): bust of a man
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Decumanus Inferior (IV.10-15)
    CIL: 10526
    Drawing Category: Human figures
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    Graffito naming Suellius

    Graffito:

    Hic situs
    Suellius
    Translation: Suellius is located here.
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Mosaic Atrium (IV.2)
    CIL: Varone 2000
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    Greek letters

    Graffito:

    ΚΛΗΒΙΧΝ
    Translation: (series of Greek letters)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
    CIL: 10623
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    Statement about gladiatorial games

    Graffito:

    VIII K(alendas) Martias
    Numisii Genialis
    gladiatorum paria X
    Herculani
    Translation: On the eighth day before the Kalends of March (= February 22), ten pairs of gladiators (sponsored by) Numisius Genialis (will fight) at Herculaneum
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Corinthian Atrium (V.30)
    CIL: 10579
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    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
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    Series of characters

    Graffito:

    〈:textus non legitur〉
    Translation: (Incomprehensible series of characters)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Fabric (IV.19)
    CIL: 10554b
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    Felices
    Translation: Lucky ones
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Mosaic Atrium (IV.2)
    CIL: 10514
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    Greek alphabet

    Graffito:

    ΑΒΓΔΕΖΗΘΙΚΛΜ
    Translation: Beginning of Greek alphabet
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Inn (III.19)
    CIL: 10707
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    Greek alphabet

    Graffito:

    ΜΝΞΟΠΡϹΤΥΦΧΨΩ
    Translation: Second half of Greek alphabet
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Wooden Shrine (V.31)
    CIL: 10710
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    Greek alphabet

    Graffito:

    ΑΒΓΔΕ
    Translation: Beginning of Greek alphabet
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Mosaic Atrium (IV.2)
    CIL: 10708
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    Drawing of a boat

    Graffito:

    ((:navis oneraria))
    Description of Drawing (English): cargo ship
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Decumanus Maximus
    Drawing Category: Boats
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    Tally marks

    Graffito:

    IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
    Translation: 30
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Skeleton (III.3)
    CIL: 10495a
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    Graffito naming Amata

    Graffito:

    Amatạ
    Translation: Amata
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Cardo IV (III.11-19)
    CIL: 10508a
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    Graffito mentioning a price

    Graffito:

    Saturnina[e]
    matr(i) uncus
    a(ssibus) III
    Translation: For Saturnina, a mother, a hook that costs three asses (coins).
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Cardo IV (IV.1-9)
    CIL: 10519
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    Graffito mentioning the cities of Puteoli and Herculaneum

    Graffito:

    [---]A̲S̲[---] conclave Puteolis
    C̣[-]AṆẠ
    [---]V̲LII consitont (:consistunt) Herculaneses (:Herculanenses) navculae (:naviculae)
    Translation: ... the place at Puteoli... the small Herculanean boats dock.
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Painted Papyrus (IV.8)
    CIL: 10520
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    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
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    Qu[aesi]vi hic facias re[s s]erva omnes res tuas [- - -] quem nol[i - - -] nobi[s iun]ge neque servabo
    ne q[ui]s ius lum(inum) salvum

    Translation: ... I asked that you do this... all your affairs... which... safe.
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Taberna (IV.10)
    CIL: 10522
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    Graffito mentioning money

    Graffito:

    Assis IIIIHIINII
    CCCXXX
    Translation: Coins (...series of characters) / 330
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Taberna (IV.10)
    CIL: 10523c
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    Drawing of a man wearing a helmet

    Graffito:

    ((:caput viri galeati))
    Description of Drawing (English): head of man wearing helmet
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Decumanus Maximus
    Drawing Category: Human figures
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    Names written in the shape of boats

    Graffito:

    Θ
    Faustus
    Nothus
    Nothus
    ((:nomina FAVSTVS et NOTHVS scripta in forma trium navium, NOTHVS bis))
    Translation: Θ Faustus Nothus Nothus
    Description of Drawing (English): names FAVSTVS and NOTHVS written in the shape of three boats, NOTHVS twice
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Grand Taberna (IV.15-16)
    CIL: 10532
    Drawing Category: Boats
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    Drawing of a column base

    Graffito:

    ((:basis columnae))

    Description of Drawing (English): column base
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Stags (IV.21)
    CIL: 10561
    Drawing Category: Other
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    Graffito naming Crocale

    Graffito:

    Croca̲ḷe
    barbat̲a̲
    Translation: Bearded Crocale
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Taberna of Priapus (IV.17)
    CIL: 10547
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    Drawing of a stag and a dog

    Graffito:

    ((:cervus a cane assultatus))
    Description of Drawing (English): stag attacked by dog
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Stags (IV.21)
    CIL: 10561
    Drawing Category: Animals
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    Drawing of an animal

    Graffito:

    ((:animal))
    Description of Drawing (English): animal
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Stags (IV.21)
    CIL: 10561
    Drawing Category: Animals
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    ((:phallus))
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Grand Taberna (IV.15-16)
    CIL: 10535
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    Quis d
    Translation: Who...
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Cardo IV (V.1-9)
    CIL: 10563a
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    Beginning of a name (?)

    Graffito:

    ROM
    〈:vacat〉
    R
    Translation: Rom(ulus?), or Rom(a?)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Upstairs apartment (V.18)
    CIL: 10576
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    Graffito in Greek

    Graffito:

    Πρόκλα
    Translation: Πρόκλα
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Upstairs apartment (V.18)
    CIL: 10577
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    Q(uintus) ++++++++
    Translation: Quintus (...other text illegible)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Wooden Shrine (V.31)
    CIL: 10583a
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    Graffito mentioning the city Tomis

    Graffito:

    [- - -]cio s(alutem?) morieris Tomi.
    Feliciter
    Translation: (... other letters here...) you will die in Tomis. Good luck!
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Central Baths (VI.1,7-10)
    CIL: 10595
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    Greetings to Echio

    Graffito:

    Echio va(le)
    Translation: Goodbye Echio.
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Central Baths (VI.1,7-10)
    CIL: 10596
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    Drawing of a man

    Graffito:

    ((:herma viri cum palma))
    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
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    Graffito mentioning dates

    Graffito:

    K(alendas) Aug̣(ustas)
    Nonaṣ A̲p̲r̲(ilis)
    At̲i̲n̲a̲s̲
    Translation: Kalends of August, Nones of April at Atina.
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Two Atria (VI.29)
    CIL: 10614
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    Numerical graffito

    Graffito:

    Quatuor (:quattuor) cer[---]
    Translation: Four (...)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
    CIL: 10632a
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    Greetings to Echio

    Graffito:

    Echio · va(le)
    Translation: Goodbye, Echio.
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
    CIL: 10643b
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    Numerical graffito

    Graffito:

    Extan[+1?+] pisu
    [- - -]QVATVS ne
    quinque
    Translation: There exist (...other letters here...) ...fourth(?) not five
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
    CIL: 10632b
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    Wordplay (?)

    Graffito:

    VS SVMM
    Translation: the greatest (?) (with letters rearranged?)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
    CIL: 10638
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    Series of letters

    Graffito:

    CA
    Translation: CA
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
    CIL: 10642
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    Est res INCOSID
    Translation: The matter is in ...
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Grand Taberna (IV.15-16)
    CIL: 10530
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    Name written in the shape of a boat

    Graffito:

    C(aius) Iunius
    ((:nomen C(AIUS) IUNIUS in forma navis scriptum))
    Translation: Gaius Iunius
    Description of Drawing (English): name CAIUS IUNIUS written in the shape of a boat
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: (InsulaOrientalisII.2-3)
    CIL: 10652
    Drawing Category: Boats
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    Numerical graffito

    Graffito:

    XXXIXXVVV
    Translation: (Series of numbers)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: (InsulaOrientalisII.2-3)
    CIL: 10654e
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    Insult

    Graffito:

    Iustus cinaedu[- - -]
    Translation: Iustus (is a) pervert
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: (InsulaOrientalisII.2-3)
    CIL: 10654c
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    Graffito mentioning a date

    Graffito:

    Nonis Iulis MVS[---]N M[---]N[---]
    VIII[ Idus Iul]ias nata CV
    Prid[ie Nonas?] Non[is? H]erclan (:Herculaneo?) Nol(ae?) Pomp[---]ans
    〈:vacat〉 CN I III
    Translation: On the Nones of July (... damaged text here...). Eight days before the (...) was born. The day before the Nones and on the Nones (... damaged text here...) at Herculaneum, Nola, Pompeii... (...other text here).
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Wineshop of Antigonus (InsulaOrientalisII.9)
    CIL: 10662
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    Insult

    Graffito:

    Lasius cinedus (:cinaedus)
    Translation: Lasius is a pervert.
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Water Tower (WithinWalls.ww2)
    CIL: 10671
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    Statement about a transaction

    Graffito:

    Septembr(es)
    III idus pro tunica ((denarius)) I a(sses) VIII
    Translation: On the third day before the Ides of September, (I spent) one denarius and eight asses for a tunic.
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Shop of the Gem-cutter (InsulaOrientalisII.10)
    CIL: 10664
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    Graffito about leisure

    Graffito:

    Duo sodales hic fuerunt, et, cum diu malum
    ministrum in omnia haberent
    nomine Epaphroditum, vix tarde
    eum foras exigerunt (:exegerunt).
    Consumpserunt persuavissime cum fu`tu´ere ((sestertii)) CVS
    Translation: Two friends were here, and they had a servant named Epaphroditus who was terrible at everything for the whole time, so they finally kicked him out. (Then?) they spent 105 1/2 sestertii most delightfully when they had sex.
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Terme Suburbane (VII.16.a)
    CIL: 10675
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    Series of letters

    Graffito:

    VMVCOSV
    Translation: (untranslatable series of letters)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1)
    CIL: 10688
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    Erotic graffito

    Graffito:

    Vitalio
    p̲e̲dica ut comatus̲
    Urosacula̲
    Suu̲r̲us (:Syrus?)
    Fo̲l̲i̲a̲t̲u̲s̲
    Translation: Vitalio... (more confusing text here).
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1)
    CIL: 10693
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    Drawing of a gladiator helmet

    Graffito:

    ((:galea gladiatoria cum crista ad dext.))
    Description of Drawing (English): gladiator helmet with crest facing right
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Grand Portal (V.35)
    CIL: 10711
    Drawing Category: Gladiators
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    Drawing of a gladiator helmet

    Graffito:

    ((:galea gladiatoria cum crista ad dext.))
    Description of Drawing (English): gladiator helmet with crest facing right
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Grand Portal (V.35)
    CIL: 10711
    Drawing Category: Gladiators
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    Erotic graffito

    Graffito:

    Masueta (:Mansueta)
    tene ((:phallus))
    Translation: Mansueta, hold (on/it?)
    Description of Drawing (English): phallus
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Taberna (V.10)
    CIL: 10568
    Drawing Category: Erotic images
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    Graffito naming a slave

    Graffito:

    [--- acce]pit Secundus Crusali ser(vus?)
    et Valentina ((:phallus))
    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
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    Drawing of a phallus

    Graffito:

    ((:phallus))
    Description of Drawing (English): phallus
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1)
    CIL: 10704
    Drawing Category: Erotic images
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    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
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    Drawing of a man

    Graffito:

    ((:figura hominis))
    Description of Drawing (English): figure of a man
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Stags (IV.21)
    CIL: 10561 (nota)
    Drawing Category: Human figures
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    Drawing of a boat

    Graffito:

    ((:navis))
    Description of Drawing (English): boat
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
    Drawing Category: Boats
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    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
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    Graffito mentioning an office

    Graffito:

    P S edituis (:aedituus)
    Translation: P S For the temple-attendants(?)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Wooden Shrine (V.31)
    CIL: 10587
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    Drawing of a boat

    Graffito:

    ((:carina navis))
    Description of Drawing (English): keel of ship
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
    Drawing Category: Boats
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    Drawing of a head

    Graffito:

    ((:caput acutum cum nasone longo et corona, gryllus?))
    Description of Drawing (English): pointed head with long nose and garland wreath, caricature?
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Terme Suburbane (VII.16.a)
    CIL: 10676
    Drawing Category: Human figures
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    Drawing of a stag

    Graffito:

    ((:cervus a cane assultatus))

    Description of Drawing (English): stag attacked by dog
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Stags (IV.21)
    CIL: 10561
    Drawing Category: Animals
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    Drawing of a stag and a man

    Graffito:

    ((:vir cervum equitans))
    Description of Drawing (English): man riding stag
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Stags (IV.21)
    CIL: 10561
    Drawing Categories: Human figures , Animals
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    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
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    Graffito in Greek

    Graffito:

    Φάβ(ιος)
    Translation: Fab(ius)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Bicentenary (V.15)
    CIL: 10574b
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    Drawing of a column base

    Graffito:

    ((:basis columnae))
    Description of Drawing (English): column base
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Stags (IV.21)
    CIL: 10561
    Drawing Category: Other
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    Graffito in Greek

    Graffito:

    [Ὀ]ν̲έ̲ϲ̲ι̲μ̲ο̲ϲ̲
    ε̲υ̲νυ̲ϲ̲
    L̲I̲[-]E̲M̲
    Translation: Onesimus (. . .)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Central Baths (VI.1,7-10)
    CIL: 10598
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    Graffito naming Tiberius Claudius

    Graffito:

    Ti(berius) Claud(ius)
    Translation: Tiberius Claudius
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Dye shop (InsulaOrientalisII.11-12)
    CIL: 10667
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    Graffito naming Caetronius

    Graffito:

    Caetronius
    Translation: Caetronius
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1)
    CIL: 10685
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    Ultas
    Translation: The (women?) who have avenged (?)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Palaestra (InsulaOrientalisII.4)
    CIL: 10658
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    Graffito mentioning a date

    Graffito:

    VIII k(alendas) Iulias
    Translation: Eight days before the Kalends of July
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Terme Suburbane (VII.16.a)
    CIL: 10683
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    Prayer to Venus

    Graffito:

    Fo̲rtunatus · amat · Ampl̲i̲a̲nda (:Ampliandam).
    Ianuarius · amat · Veneria (:Veneriam).
    Rogamus · damna (:domina) · Venus
    ut · nos · in · mente · h̲a̲bias (:habeas)
    quod te · modo · introrgamus (:interrogamus)
    Translation: Fortunatus loves Amplianda. Ianuarius loves Veneria. We ask mistress Venus that you keep us in mind (and also) that which we now ask of you.
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1)
    CIL: 10697
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    Erotic grafitto

    Graffito:

    V Bombycion (:Βομβύκιον)
    fellat
    Translation: Bombycion sucks
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
    CIL: 10628
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    Graffito mentioning a date and someone teaching

    Graffito:

    Ηdibus (:Idibus) Ianyaris (:Ianuarias)
    mystacogus (:mystagogus, μυσταγωγός) docens
    GEBEUM et Ẹṭọẹn
    ḷục̣ịạṇ+ VIC̣IC
    Translation: On the Ides of January, the guide (religious guide?) teaching Gebeus(?) and Etoe(?) (neither name is otherwise known) (...other letters here...)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of Wattlework (III.14)
    CIL: 10499
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    Tally marks

    Graffito:

    IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
    Translation: 21
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Wineshop of Antigonus (InsulaOrientalisII.9)
    CIL: 10663a
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    Inventory

    Graffito:

    〈:columna I〉
    Aquaria dua cum basis
    Aqua(ria?) in manus dua cum basis
    Hamas duas cum basis
    Aqua(ria) in manu (:manus) cotidian[u I]
    cum basis
    Urciolos (:urceolos) duos
    Candelabra quatuor (:quattuor)
    et lucubratoriu(m) unum
    Lucerna(m) aenea(m)
    Hamula(m) una(m)
    Pelvi(s) cum basim
    et lytrum (:luterem)
    Gutos tres
    Scapheola dua
    Ferreas strig(i)les VII
    Haenas quattor (:quattuor)

    〈:columna II〉
    Marmor(em) cum basim
    aenea
    Fuminaria dua
    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(?)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of Neptune and Amphitrite (V.7)
    CIL: 10566
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    Alphabet

    Graffito:

    ABCD
    Translation: (Beginning of an alphabet)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Decumanus Maximus
    CIL: 10714
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    Beginning of a name

    Graffito:

    Romu(lus)
    Translation: Romu(lus?)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Stags (IV.21)
    CIL: 10559
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    Inventory

    Graffito:

    Cunei
    Translation: Wedges
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Upper Aula (InsulaOrientalisII.19)
    CIL: 10670a
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    〈:columna I〉
    CΤΡΑ=
    ΤΟΝΙ=
    ΚΟC (:Στρατόνικος)

    〈:columna II〉
    Stra=
    tonicos (:Stratonicus)
    scrips(it)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of Argus (II.2)
    CIL: 2513
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    Drawing of a gladiator helmet

    Graffito:

    ((:galea gladiatoria))
    Description of Drawing (English): gladiator helmet
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Grand Portal (V.35)
    CIL: 10711
    Drawing Category: Gladiators
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    Tally marks

    Graffito:

    XX IIIIIIIII
    Translation: 20 9
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Two Atria (VI.29)
    CIL: 10613
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    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
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    Drawing of a gladiator's head

    Graffito:

    ((:caput gladiatoris ad sin. versum et galea armatum))
    Description of Drawing (English): head of a gladiator with helmet, facing left
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Sewer Access (WithinWalls.ww3)
    CIL: 10673
    Drawing Category: Gladiators
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    Greetings to Primigenius

    Graffito:

    Prigenio (:Primigenio?) s(alutem)
    Translation: Hello to Primigenius.
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Grand Taberna (IV.15-16)
    CIL: 10531
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    Graffito mentioning a senatorial decree

    Graffito:

    Ex se[na]tu (:senatus) con=
    sul[to] VVCA
    [---]E ICA
    m̂ansi solus
    Translation: By decree of the senate (... other letters here...), I remained alone
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of Wattlework (III.14)
    CIL: 10503
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    Graffito naming Hyacinthus and Verginia

    Graffito:

    Hyacinthus hic fu̲i̲t̲
    Verginiam s̲u̲a̲m̲
    Translation: Hyacinthus was here, his Verginia...
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Taberna (IV.10)
    CIL: 10525
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    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
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    Warning for Timinia

    Graffito:

    Caves (:caveas), Timinia,
    Iures
    Translation: Beware, Timinia: thieves!
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Central Baths (VI.1,7-10)
    CIL: 10600
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    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
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    Graffito naming Rufula

    Graffito:

    Rufûla p(ondo?) V s(emis?)
    Translation: Rufula, 5 1/2 pounds
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Taberna of Priapus (IV.17)
    CIL: 10548
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    Drawing of a stag

    Graffito:

    ((:cervus a cane assultatus))

    Description of Drawing (English): stag attacked by dog
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Stags (IV.21)
    CIL: 10561
    Drawing Category: Animals
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    Drawing of an animal

    Graffito:

    ((:animal))
    Description of Drawing (English): animal
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Stags (IV.21)
    CIL: 10561
    Drawing Category: Animals
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    Drawing of a column base

    Graffito:

    ((:basis columnae cum parte columnae ornamentae et fortasse scalae))

    Description of Drawing (English): base and part of a decorated column and perhaps a ladder
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Stags (IV.21)
    CIL: 10561
    Drawing Category: Other
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    Statement about a transaction

    Graffito:

    XI K(alendas) pane factum
    III Nonas pane factum
    〚III〛
    Translation: Eleven days before the Kalends, bread was made. Three days before the Nones, bread was made. Three
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Upstairs apartment (V.18)
    CIL: 10575
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    Burṛ[us] 〈:vacat〉 p̣edad (:petat) H
    Translation: Burr(us) seeks (?)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Wooden Shrine (V.31)
    CIL: 10582
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    Graffito naming Salvia Superba

    Graffito:

    Salvia Superba
    Translation: Salvia Superba
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Wooden Shrine (V.31)
    CIL: 10583b
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    Graffito naming Paris

    Graffito:

    R̲
    P̲a̲r̲i̲s̲
    a̲mas̲
    Translation: R(?). Paris, you love
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Black Salon (VI.13)
    CIL: 10607
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    Poetic graffito

    Graffito:

    Qui · se tutari · nescit · nescit · vivere
    Minimum · malu (:malum) · fit contemnendo · maximum
    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).
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
    CIL: 10634
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    〈:ad perpendiculum〉
    Numini
    Translation: For the numen (divine will).
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
    CIL: 10641
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    Tally marks

    Graffito:

    XVII
    Translation: 17
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: (InsulaOrientalisII.2-3)
    CIL: 10653a
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    〈:columna I〉
    Urso
    〈:columna II〉
    Urso
    Translation: To the bear, to the bear
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1)
    CIL: 10698
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    Series of letters

    Graffito:

    PAPAVLIN
    Translation: Paulin(us?)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1)
    CIL: 10699
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    Greetings to Proculus

    Graffito:

    F̲e̲licitẹṛ [P]rọc̣ụḷọ
    Translation: Good luck, Proculus.
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1)
    CIL: 10700
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    Graffito naming Sabina

    Graffito:

    Sabin(a)
    Sabina
    Translation: Sabina, Sabina
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Decumanus Maximus
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    Graffito in Greek

    Graffito:

    Κογιτάτουϲ S
    Translation: Cogitatus (i.e. a name)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Mosaic Atrium (IV.2)
    CIL: 10505
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    Greetings

    Graffito:

    Va(le) va(le)
    Translation: Goodbye, goodbye
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1)
    CIL: 10706
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    Statement about a transaction

    Graffito:

    Vinum acceptum
    ab domino VII Idus Apriles
    Translation: Wine (was) received from the master seven days before the Ides of April.
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of Neptune and Amphitrite (V.7)
    CIL: 10565
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    Tally marks

    Graffito:

    IIIIIII
    Translation: 7
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: (InsulaOrientalisII.2-3)
    CIL: 10653b
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    Tally marks

    Graffito:

    S IIIII
    Translation: S 5
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: (InsulaOrientalisII.2-3)
    CIL: 10651a
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    Tally marks

    Graffito:

    IIII
    Translation: 4
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Wineshop of Antigonus (InsulaOrientalisII.9)
    CIL: 10663e
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    Tally marks

    Graffito:

    Omnes
    XXXI
    Translation: All of them, 31
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Shop of the Gem-cutter (InsulaOrientalisII.10)
    CIL: 10666b
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    Graffto mentioning a name (?)

    Graffito:

    Himnûs (:Hymnus)
    Translation: Himnus
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Wooden Screen/Partition (III.11)
    CIL: Varone 2000
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    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
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    [---]ASV M umor[---]
    Translation: (Other letters here...) moisture
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Palaestra (InsulaOrientalisII.4)
    CIL: 10661
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    Graffito naming Bucolus

    Graffito:

    Bucolus
    Translation: Bucolus
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Gem (InsulaOrientalisI.1)
    CIL: 10620
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    Graffito naming Verus(?)

    Graffito:

    VERIII
    Translation: Verus(?)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Bicentenary (V.15)
    CIL: 10573
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    Drawing of a gladiator helmet

    Graffito:

    ((:galea gladiatoria cum crista ad dext.))
    Description of Drawing (English): gladiator helmet with crest facing right
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Grand Portal (V.35)
    CIL: 10711
    Drawing Category: Gladiators
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    Drawing of a camel

    Graffito:

    ((:camelus dromedarius cum cauda, lodicem gerens, ad dext. incedens))
    Description of Drawing (English): camel, wearing blanket, with tail, walking to the right
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Samnite House (V.1)
    Drawing Category: Animals
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    Augu
    Translation: (Something about augury or the emperor?)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Grand Taberna (IV.15-16)
    CIL: 10536
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    Greetings to Procamus

    Graffito:

    V̂ale Procam̂u (:Procame)
    Translation: Goodbye, Procamus
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Grand Taberna (IV.15-16)
    CIL: 10545
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    Drawing of a column base

    Graffito:

    ((:basis columnae))

    Description of Drawing (English): column base
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Stags (IV.21)
    CIL: 10561
    Drawing Category: Other
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    S nequa(m)
    Translation: S never(?)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Wooden Screen/Partition (III.11)
    CIL: 10498b
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    Drawing of a stag

    Graffito:

    ((:cervus))

    Description of Drawing (English): stag
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Stags (IV.21)
    CIL: 10561
    Drawing Category: Animals
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    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
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    M
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Cardo IV (V.1-9)
    CIL: 10484
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    Complaint (?)

    Graffito:

    Algemus
    Translation: We are cold.
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Cardo IV (III.11-19)
    CIL: 10508b
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    Graffito naming Apollinaris (doctor of the emperor)

    Graffito:

    Apollinaris medicus Titi Impe(ratoris) 〈:servus〉
    hic cacavit bene
    Translation: Apollinaris, doctor, slave of the emperor Titus, pooped well here
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Gem (InsulaOrientalisI.1)
    CIL: 10619
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    Poetic graffito

    Graffito:

    Venimus,
    venimus
    hoc cupidi,
    multo magis ire cupimus.
    Translation: We came! We came here desiring, much more do we desire to go
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
    CIL: 10640
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    Mamium(:Mammium) Anicetum
    rogamus guria(:curia) Augustiana
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: So-called College of the Augustales (Curia) (VI.21)
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    Lollian(us)
    Euodus(:Euhodus),
    Priscus,
    Musicus,
    Atimetus,
    [Am?]p̣ẹlus,
    [---]c̣c̣us,
    G̲l̲aucus,
    C̲o̲mmuni̲s̲
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of Argus (II.2)
    CIL: 2509
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    Tally mark

    Graffito:

    I
    Translation: 1
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Skeleton (III.3)
    CIL: 10495b
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    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
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    Inventory

    Graffito:

    Nuc (:nuces?) 〈:vacat〉 biber(es) XIIII (assibus)
    Singa (:singula) III
    Panem III 〈:vacat〉 LI (assibus)
    Orrellas (:ofellas) III 〈:vacat〉 XII (assibus)
    Thymatla (:thymatula) IIII 〈:vacat〉 VIII (assibus)
    Translation: nuts, drinks(?) - 14 (small coins, probably - this number appears to be the price); pork rinds - 3; three (loaves of) bread - 51; three cutlets - 12; four thyme-flavored sausages - 8
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Terme Suburbane (VII.16.a)
    CIL: 10674
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    Tally marks

    Graffito:

    IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
    Translation: 18
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: (InsulaOrientalisII.2-3)
    CIL: 10654f
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    Greetings (?)

    Graffito:

    AM
    Surus
    Ianua va(le)
    Translation: Am(andus?), Surus: farewell Ianua(rius?).
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Mosaic Atrium (IV.2)
    CIL: 10513
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    Drawing of a stag

    Graffito:

    ((:cervus))
    Description of Drawing (English): stag
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Stags (IV.21)
    CIL: 10561
    Drawing Category: Animals
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    Soli
    Translation: Alone...
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Gem (InsulaOrientalisI.1)
    CIL: 10621
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    Numerical graffito

    Graffito:

    ((mille)) ((mille))
    Translation: 1000 1000
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Palaestra (InsulaOrientalisII.4)
    CIL: 10659
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    P(ublius) Arriûs
    Spaerus
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: So-called College of the Augustales (Curia) (VI.21)
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    Graffito giving directions

    Graffito:

    Hermeros Primigeniae dominae
    veni Puteolos in vico Tyaniano et quaere
    a Messio numulario(:nummulario) Hermerotem Phoebi
    Translation: Hermeros to his mistress Primigenia: come to Puteoli in the Tyanian street and ask from Messius, the money lender, for Hermeros (slave) of Phoebus.
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Terme Suburbane (VII.16.a)
    CIL: 10676
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    Series of letters

    Graffito:

    ovas EVCL E VA M X P vectat
    Translation: You rejoice (...other letters here...) it carries.
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Grand Taberna (IV.15-16)
    CIL: 10539
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    Drawing of a gladiator

    Graffito:

    ((:gladiator, murmillo galea et scuto armatus))

    Description of Drawing (English): gladiator, murmillo type with helmet and shield
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Stags (IV.21)
    CIL: 10561
    Drawing Category: Gladiators
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    Drawing of a column base

    Graffito:

    ((:basis columnae))
    Description of Drawing (English): column base
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Stags (IV.21)
    CIL: 10561
    Drawing Category: Other
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    Quid
    Translation: What
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Cardo IV (V.1-9)
    CIL: 10563b
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    Erotic graffito

    Graffito:

    Longinus IV Idu[s Iu]lias
    Iualias (:Iulias) accepit vim hila(re?)
    Sturnus am(ator?)
    Translation: Longinus - Four days before the Ides of July, he received physical force cheerfully. Starling(?)...
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1)
    CIL: 10694
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    Grammatical exercise

    Graffito:

    〈:columna I〉
    Branc
    broc
    trans
    nus

    〈:columna II〉
    Nos=
    ter
    tros
    men

    〈:columna III〉
    Quod
    quid
    quae
    quas

    〈:columna IV〉
    Rum
    quis
    que
    dem

    〈:columna V〉
    Con
    les
    lis
    muḷ

    〈:columna VI〉
    Mol
    ma
    me
    mae
    Translation: (Series of syllabus and words)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of Neptune and Amphitrite (V.7)
    CIL: 10567
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    Graffito naming Remnius Rufus

    Graffito:

    Rẹmmius Rufus
    Translation: Remnius Rufus
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Wooden Screen/Partition (III.11)
    CIL: 10496
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    Drawing of a head

    Graffito:

    ((:facies))
    Description of Drawing (English): face
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Taberna of Priapus (IV.17)
    Drawing Category: Human figures
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    Series of letters

    Graffito:

    Ad Ner[---]
    Translation: To Nero (?)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Fabric (IV.19)
    CIL: 10555b
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    Graffito mentioning a date

    Graffito:

    III non(as) M̂âi(as)
    VII idus paeriit (:periit)
    Translation: Three days before the Nones of May. Seven days before the Ides, he (it?) died.
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Shop (InsulaOrientalisII.16)
    CIL: 10668
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    Graffito naming Julia

    Graffito:

    Iulaiam (:Iuliam?)
    ad dom
    Translation: To Julia, mistress
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of Granianus (InsulaOrientalisI.1a)
    CIL: 10646
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    Greetings

    Graffito:

    [---]inibu[s? ---] feliciter
    Translation: May things go happily for (some group of people - text damaged)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1)
    CIL: 10705
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    Beginning of a poem

    Graffito:

    Cum quidam pauper ligas VI[- - -] NQ
    Translation: When a certain poor man...
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Bicentenary (V.15)
    CIL: 10569
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    Tally marks

    Graffito:

    IIII
    Translation: 4
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Grand Taberna (IV.15-16)
    CIL: 10546a
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    Graffito naming Vivanius

    Graffito:

    Vivaniu̲ṣ Aṭer ụḅịque
    Translation: Vivanius Ater everywhere
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1)
    CIL: 10686
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    Name written in the shape of a boat

    Graffito:

    Silentiolus
    ((:nomen SILENTIOLUS in forma navis scriptum))
    Translation: Silentiolus
    Description of Drawing (English): name SILENTIOUS written in the shape of a boat
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: (InsulaOrientalisII.2-3)
    CIL: 10655a
    Drawing Category: Boats
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    Poetic graffito

    Graffito:

    [deli?]ciae
    [---]si tangere possem
    [---]entur aquas
    Translation: my darling (...) if I were able to touch (passive verb here...) waters
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Two Atria (VI.29)
    CIL: 10610
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    Series of characters

    Graffito:

    Phlavia (:Flavia) Θ̲ l̲i̲g̲i̲s̲ (:lingis)
    Translation: Flavia (other letters here)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Central Baths (VI.1,7-10)
    CIL: 10602
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    AB
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Upstairs apartment (V.18)
    CIL: 10709
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    Greek alphabet

    Graffito:

    ΑΒΓΔΕΖΗΘ
    Translation: Beginning of Greek alphabet
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Upstairs apartment (V.18)
    CIL: 10709
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    Greetings to Amethystus

    Graffito:

    Amethyste v̂a(le)
    Translation: Goodbye, Amethystus.
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: (InsulaOrientalisII.2-3)
    CIL: 10649
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    Vinum a(sses) III
    Quatusui++I VIII
    Nig[---] ((denarius)) V s(emis)
    Capitoni
    Nigro ((denarius)) V
    Nig[---]
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: (VI.2-3)
    CIL: 5448
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    Graffito naming Albinus

    Graffito:

    Albinus
    Translation: Albinus
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
    CIL: 10633
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    Tally marks

    Graffito:

    IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
    Translation: 19
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Wineshop of Antigonus (InsulaOrientalisII.9)
    CIL: 10663c
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    Graffito naming Oceanus

    Graffito:

    Ocaeanus (:Oceanus)
    ω
    Translation: (...) Oceanus
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Upstairs apartment (V.18)
    CIL: 10578
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    Graffito in Greek

    Graffito:

    Φιλιππε̣
    Translation: Oh Philippos!
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Decumanus Inferior (V.34-35)
    CIL: 10588b
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    Graffito mentioning names (?)

    Graffito:

    A(ulus) Tati(us?)
    [- - -]p̲r̲ius
    Translation: Aulus Tati(us) (...other letters here...)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Central Baths (VI.1,7-10)
    CIL: 10599a
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    Drawing of a monster (?)

    Graffito:

    ((:gryllus feminae cum cornibus, unguibus, dentibus, et alis, falcem aut baculum tenentis))
    Description of Drawing (English): caricature of a woman with horns, claws, teeth, and wings, holding a scythe or staff
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Samnite House (V.1)
    Drawing Categories: Human figures , Animals
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    Tally marks

    Graffito:

    IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
    〈:vacat〉 III
    Translation: 17 and 3
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Shop of the Gem-cutter (InsulaOrientalisII.10)
    CIL: 10666c
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    Graffito naming Marcellus

    Graffito:

    vol cum Marcello bona[---]
    Translation: If (...) with Marcellus good (...?)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Grand Taberna (IV.15-16)
    CIL: 10541
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    Graffito naming Gaius (H)ostius

    Graffito:

    C(aius) Ostius (:Hostius)
    Translation: Gaius Hostius (here, pronounced Ostius)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Stags (IV.21)
    CIL: 10558
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    Tally marks

    Graffito:

    S IIIIIIIIIIII XX
    Translation: S 32
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: (InsulaOrientalisII.2-3)
    CIL: 10651b
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    Mortus (:Mortuus)
    Ercolanius (:Hercolanius)
    Translation: Hercolanius is dead.
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Terme Suburbane (VII.16.a)
    CIL: Varone 2000
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    Initials (?)

    Graffito:

    PÂM
    Translation: P(ublius) A(---) M(---?)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
    CIL: 10625b
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    Series of letters

    Graffito:

    HIMME
    Translation: (untranslateable series of letters)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
    CIL: 10639
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    Graffito mentioning a name (?)

    Graffito:

    Q(uintus) [-] LA
    Translation: Q(uintus) La(elius?)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Fabric (IV.19)
    CIL: 10554a
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