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    Graffito

    Graffito:

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

    Graffito:

    Ultas
    Translation: The (women?) who have avenged (?)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Palaestra (InsulaOrientalisII.4)
    CIL: 10658
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    Greetings to Anicia

    Graffito:

    Anịciaẹ f̲e̲l̲i̲c̲i̲t̲e̲r̲
    Translation: May things go happily for Anicia.
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Inn (III.19)
    CIL: 10511
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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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    Warning for Timinia

    Graffito:

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

    Graffito:

    ΑΒΓΔΕΖΗΘΙΚΛΜΝΞ̲ΟΠΡΣΤΥΦΧΨΩ
    Translation: (The whole alphabet in Greek)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Wineshop of Antigonus (InsulaOrientalisII.9)
    CIL: 10717
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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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    Graffito in Greek

    Graffito:

    Ἑρμία(ς)
    Translation: Hermias (i.e. a name)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Central Baths (VI.1,7-10)
    CIL: 10594
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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:

    ABCDEFG̣H++[---]
    ABC̣[---]
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Locus incertus
    CIL: 2521
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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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    Graffito naming Hilarus (?)

    Graffito:

    ILASV (:Hilarus?)
    Translation: Hilarus
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Black Salon (VI.13)
    CIL: 10609
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    Graffito about Diogenes the Cynic philosopher

    Graffito:

    Διογένης ὁ κυνικὸς φιλόσοφος
    ἰδὼν γυναῖκα ὑπὸ ποταμοῦ φε=
    ρομένην, εἶπεν· ἄφες φέρεσσθαι(:φέρεσθαι)
    τὸ κακ⌜ὸ⌝ν ὑπὸ κα`κοῦ´ ΚΙΥΣ.
    Translation: Diogenes the Cynic philospher, seeing a woman being carried off by the river, said: let the bad thing be carried away by the worse.
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Grand Taberna (IV.15-16)
    CIL: 10529
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    CVEN
    Translation: to whom in . . .
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Wooden Shrine (V.31)
    CIL: 10586d
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    Graffito naming Moderatus

    Graffito:

    Mode̲r̲atus̲
    Translation: Moderatus
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Two Atria (VI.29)
    CIL: 10616
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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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    Series of letters

    Graffito:

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

    Graffito:

    [---]at veniat
    Translation: ...let him/her come.
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Shop (InsulaOrientalisII.16)
    CIL: 10669
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    Inventory

    Graffito:

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

    Graffito:

    Vasa
    Translation: Vase
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Taberna Vasaria (IV.14)
    CIL: 10527
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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: Suburban Baths (OutsideWalls.ow2)
    CIL: 10676
    Drawing Category: Human figures
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    Graffito naming Caetronius

    Graffito:

    Caetronius
    Translation: Caetronius
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1)
    CIL: 10685
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    Statement about love

    Graffito:

    Hic amor sapiet
    Translation: Here love will be wise
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Cardo IV (V.1-9)
    CIL: 10562
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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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    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

    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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    Tally marks

    Graffito:

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

    Graffito:

    AB
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Upstairs apartment (V.18)
    CIL: 10709
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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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    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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    Beginning of a name (?)

    Graffito:

    MAM
    Translation: Mam(ius?)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Samnite House (V.1)
    CIL: 10564
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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 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 mentioning a name (?)

    Graffito:

    Eueno
    Translation: to Euenus(?)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Taberna of Priapus (IV.17)
    CIL: 10549
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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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    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:

    IVIIRIIHIIRI
    Translation: (untranslateable series of letters)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
    CIL: 10627
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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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    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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    Alphabet

    Graffito:

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

    Graffito:

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

    Graffito:

    ΑΒΓΔΕΖΗΘ
    Translation: Beginning of Greek alphabet
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Upstairs apartment (V.18)
    CIL: 10709
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    Drawing of circles

    Graffito:

    ((:sex circuli quorum duo simplices et quattuor duplices sunt))
    Description of Drawing (English): six circles, two single and four double
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Central Baths (VI.1,7-10)
    Drawing Category: Geometric designs
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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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    Tally marks

    Graffito:

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

    Graffito:

    IIII P(ublius) Quin(tilius?)
    Translation: 4 Publius Quin(tilius?)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Inn (III.19)
    CIL: 10512
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    Series of letters

    Graffito:

    CEN
    Translation: (series of letters)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Wooden Shrine (V.31)
    CIL: 10586a
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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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    Tally marks

    Graffito:

    XI
    Translation: 11
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Grand Taberna (IV.15-16)
    CIL: 10546b
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    Numerical graffito

    Graffito:

    S(emis) C Y ((mille)) S(emis) S(emis)
    Translation: (Series of numbers?)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Palaestra (InsulaOrientalisII.4)
    CIL: 10657
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    Graffito naming Cilix

    Graffito:

    [F]usci Cilix
    Cilix
    Translation: Cilix, (slave) of Fuscus. Cilix.
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Suburban Baths (OutsideWalls.ow2)
    CIL: 10681
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    Tally marks

    Graffito:

    IIIIIIIIIII
    Translation: 11
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Taberna of Priapus (IV.17)
    CIL: 10552
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    Statement about a transaction

    Graffito:

    Exemta (:exempta)
    stecora (:stercora)
    a(ssibus) XI
    Translation: Dung removed for 11 asses (coins)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Black Salon (VI.13)
    CIL: 10606
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    Graffito mentioning a name

    Graffito:

    CAI
    Translation: Gaius! (vocative... or abbreviated nominative, or set of initials)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
    CIL: 10636
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    Beginning of a name (?)

    Graffito:

    METI
    Translation: Metienus(?) OR Mettius(?)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
    CIL: 10644
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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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    Beginning of a name (?)

    Graffito:

    REST ((:tres lineae aequae))
    Translation: Rest(itutus?)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Stags (IV.21)
    CIL: 10560
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    Series of letters

    Graffito:

    [- - - d]ece[mbr?- - -]
    Translation: (D)ece(mber?)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Central Baths (VI.1,7-10)
    CIL: 10605
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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 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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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    M̂M̂M̂Mu̲s̲
    Translation: MMMMus (personal name) OR MMMMouse
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Wooden Screen/Partition (III.11)
    CIL: 10498d
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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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    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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    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 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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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    [- - -]o
    [- - -]foro
    Translation: ... (in the) forum (?)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
    CIL: 10629
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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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    Series of letters

    Graffito:

    GENT[--]RR[---]
    Translation: (series of letters)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Wooden Shrine (V.31)
    CIL: 10586b
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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

    Graffito:

    eribus (:heribus) miscella
    Translation: a mish-mash
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Central Baths (VI.1,7-10)
    CIL: 10604b
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    Series of letters

    Graffito:

    ON
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Taberna (IV.10)
    CIL: 10523b
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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 naming Marcus

    Graffito:

    Marcus
    Translation: Marcus
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1)
    CIL: 10703
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    Series of letters

    Graffito:

    IPIVS · VI · DV
    Translation: (untranslatable series of letters)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1)
    CIL: 10696
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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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    Graffito mentioning a vow

    Graffito:

    L(uci) Aviani votus (:votum)
    Translation: A vow (literally, something vowed) of Lucius Avianus
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Bicentenary (V.15)
    CIL: 10574a
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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 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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    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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    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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    Mention of a flask (?)

    Graffito:

    Lagunas (:lagoenas)
    Translation: Flasks
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of Wattlework (III.14)
    CIL: 10500
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

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

    Graffito:

    NO
    Translation: NO
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
    CIL: 10625a
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    Beginning of a name

    Graffito:

    Bal̂b(us)
    Translation: Balbus
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Decumanus Inferior (V.34-35)
    CIL: 10588a
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    M
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Cardo IV (V.1-9)
    CIL: 10484
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    Mention of a name (?)

    Graffito:

    [---]bius
    Translation: Vibius?
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Central Baths (VI.1,7-10)
    CIL: 10599b
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    Graffito mentioning a date

    Graffito:

    K(alends) III Iulias
    Translation: Three days before the Kalends of July
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Wooden Shrine (V.31)
    CIL: Varone 2000
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    AXBVCD
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of Argus (II.2)
    CIL: 2543
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    Greetings (?) to Isidorus

    Graffito:

    va(le?)
    [---]rio [I?]sidoru
    IX
    ((:viri caput))
    Translation: Greetings . . . to Isidorus(?). 9
    Description of Drawing (English): head of a man
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Decumanus Inferior
    CIL: 10493
    Drawing Category: Human figures
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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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    Tally marks

    Graffito:

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

    Graffito:

    CELES (?)
    COSSSIIIIII
    Translation: (... other letters here...) Cossutius(?)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Fabric (IV.19)
    CIL: 10556b
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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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    Greetings to Anicetus and Paris

    Graffito:

    Anicete Paris, va(lete)
    Translation: Goodbye, Anicetus (and) Paris.
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
    CIL: 10643a
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    Mention of food

    Graffito:

    Alica
    Translation: Porridge
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Grand Taberna (IV.15-16)
    CIL: 10533
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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:

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

    Graffito:

    A Epicurus
    si es Utica
    Translation: A(ulus?) Epicurus, if you are at Utica . . .
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Mosaic Atrium (IV.2)
    CIL: 10515
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    Graffito naming Vibidius (?)

    Graffito:

    Vibidi
    Translation: Of Vibidius (?) OR Vibidi(us...?)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Grand Taberna (IV.15-16)
    CIL: 10537
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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:

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

    Graffito:

    Mercurius
    Translation: Mercurius
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Taberna of Priapus (IV.17)
    CIL: 10551
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    Tally marks

    Graffito:

    IIII
    Translation: 4
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Grand Taberna (IV.15-16)
    CIL: 10546a
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    Beginning of a name (?)

    Graffito:

    IANV
    Translation: Ianu(arius?)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Taberna (IV.10)
    CIL: 10524
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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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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    〈:ad perpendiculum〉
    Rare lali omnes a
    Translation: Infrequently, all the lullabies(?)...
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Black Salon (VI.13)
    CIL: 10608
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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 boat

    Graffito:

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

    Graffito:

    ((:duae lanternae))
    Description of Drawing (English): two lanterns
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Bicentenary (V.15)
    Drawing Category: Other
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    ((:phallus))
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Grand Taberna (IV.15-16)
    CIL: 10535
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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 the city of Puteoli

    Graffito:

    Vasileus habitat
    Putelis (:Puteolis) in castris August[i - - -]
    su(b) Valeri[o - - -]
    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
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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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    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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    Drawing of a rooster

    Graffito:

    ((:gallus cum crista alisque))
    Description of Drawing (English): rooster with comb and wings
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Samnite House (V.1)
    Drawing Category: Animals
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    Initials (?)

    Graffito:

    C C ego
    Translation: C. C. I (myself)....
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Gem (InsulaOrientalisI.1)
    CIL: 10618
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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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    Beginning of a name

    Graffito:

    SAB
    Translation: Sab(inus?) (or Sabina?)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Mosaic Atrium (IV.2)
    CIL: 10517
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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: Human figures , Plants
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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:

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

    Graffito:

    Ara
    Translation: Altar
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Mosaic Atrium (IV.2)
    CIL: 10518
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    Graffito naming Sextus Porcius

    Graffito:

    Se(xtus) Porcius
    s s
    Translation: Se(xtus) Porcius / s s
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Bronze Herm (III.16)
    CIL: 10506
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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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    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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    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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    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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    Greetings

    Graffito:

    Va(le) va(le)
    Translation: Goodbye, goodbye
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1)
    CIL: 10706
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    Mus
    Translation: Mus (personal name) OR mouse
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Wooden Screen/Partition (III.11)
    CIL: 10498c
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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 naming Albinus

    Graffito:

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

    Graffito:

    Vidimus
    Translation: We saw
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
    CIL: 10635
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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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    Beginning of a word

    Graffito:

    SA
    Translation: SA
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Cardo IV (V.1-9)
    CIL: 10563d
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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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    Roman numerals

    Graffito:

    XII
    Translation: 12
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Suburban Baths (OutsideWalls.ow2)
    CIL: 10682
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    Roman numerals

    Graffito:

    LXXII
    Translation: 72
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of Granianus (InsulaOrientalisI.1a)
    CIL: 10647
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    Tally marks

    Graffito:

    IIIIIIIIIIII
    Translation: 12
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Wineshop of Antigonus (InsulaOrientalisII.9)
    CIL: 10663d
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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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    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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    Greetings to Phyllis

    Graffito:

    Phyl va(le)

    Translation: Goodbye, Phyllis.
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1)
    CIL: 10692
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    Graffito naming Paris

    Graffito:

    Paris
    Translation: Paris
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Decumanus Maximus
    CIL: Varone 2000
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    Erotic graffito

    Graffito:

    Apelles Mus cum fratre Dextro
    amabiliter futuimus bis
    bina (:binas)
    Translation: Apelles Mus (was here) with his brother Dexter. We had a great time (literally, lovingly had intercourse), twice with two girls.
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Suburban Baths (OutsideWalls.ow2)
    CIL: 10678
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    Graffito mentioning a name (?)

    Graffito:

    A(ulus) Memm(ius)
    Translation: Aulus Memm(ius)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Black Salon (VI.13)
    CIL: Varone 2000
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    Tally marks

    Graffito:

    IIIIIIIIIIIIIII
    Translation: 15
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Shop of the Gem-cutter (InsulaOrientalisII.10)
    CIL: 10666a
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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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    Tally marks

    Graffito:

    IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
    Translation: 20
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Wineshop of Antigonus (InsulaOrientalisII.9)
    CIL: 10663b
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    Tally marks

    Graffito:

    IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
    Translation: 16
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Shop of the Gem-cutter (InsulaOrientalisII.10)
    CIL: 10666d
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    Initials

    Graffito:

    AḶṢ
    Translation: A(ulus) L(---) S(---?)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Stags (IV.21)
    CIL: 10557
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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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    Graffito naming Onesimus

    Graffito:

    Onesimus
    Translation: Onesimus
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Stags (IV.21)
    CIL: 10561
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    Erotic graffito

    Graffito:

    Apelles cubicularius
    cum Dextro Caesar(is)
    pranderunt hic
    iucundissime et
    future simul.
    Translation: Apelles, the bedroom attendant, with Dexter, (slave) of Caesar, ate lunch here most agreeably and also had sex.
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Suburban Baths (OutsideWalls.ow2)
    CIL: 10677
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    Graffito mentioning money

    Graffito:

    VII a(sses) III
    Translation: 7 asses (coins). 3
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Sewer Access (WithinWalls.ww3)
    CIL: 10673
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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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    Graffito naming Myrine

    Graffito:

    Myrine mari
    Translation: Myrine to the sea (?)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Painted Papyrus (IV.8)
    CIL: 10521
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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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    Mention of weights and measures

    Graffito:

    Saco(mata?) XX
    Translation: Counterweights(?) 20
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Central Baths (VI.1,7-10)
    CIL: 10593
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    Graffito naming Artorius

    Graffito:

    Artorius
    [- - -]IIIII II III
    Translation: Artorius. 5 2 3
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Gem (InsulaOrientalisI.1)
    CIL: 10626
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    Insult (?)

    Graffito:

    Fatuus
    Translation: Idiot
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Central Baths (VI.1,7-10)
    CIL: 10601
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    Graffito mentioning a name (?)

    Graffito:

    Quartu
    Translation: Quartu(s)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Two Atria (VI.29)
    CIL: 10615
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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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    Series of letters

    Graffito:

    Chie IMN
    Translation: Chius, (...other letters here...)
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: (InsulaOrientalisII.2-3)
    CIL: 10650
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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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    Graffito naming the Salinenses

    Graffito:

    omnibus Salinensi v[---]
    Translation: To all the Salinenses...
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1)
    CIL: 10690
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    Greetings to Fausta

    Graffito:

    [A]ve Fausta s(alutem)
    Translation: Greetings, Fausta!
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1)
    CIL: 10704
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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 naming Quintus Vettius

    Graffito:

    Q̣(uintus) Veṭiuṣ (:Vettius)
    Translation: Quintus Vet(t)ius
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Brick Altar (III.17)
    CIL: 10509
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    Graffito naming Colonus

    Graffito:

    Col=
    ((denarius))
    ono (:Colono)
    Translation: A denarius to (for?) Colonus
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Wooden Screen/Partition (III.11)
    CIL: 10497
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    Graffito naming Oceanus

    Graffito:

    SPI
    Oceanus
    Translation: Hope(?) / Oceanus
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Taberna (IV.10)
    CIL: 10523a
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    Roman numerals

    Graffito:

    CLXX
    Translation: 170
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Bicentenary (V.15)
    CIL: 10571
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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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    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
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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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    Graffito naming Apollinaris (doctor of the emperor)

    Graffito:

    Apollinaris medicus Tìtì 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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    Graffito mentioning a date

    Graffito:

    VIII k(alendas) Iulias
    Translation: Eight days before the Kalends of July
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Suburban Baths (OutsideWalls.ow2)
    CIL: 10683
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    Ìn curia {Aus} Augustiana
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: So-called College of the Augustales (Curia) (VI.21)
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    Roman numerals

    Graffito:

    PR XXX CV[+]XXX
    Translation: Price: 30 Cu(?): 30
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Grand Portal (V.35)
    CIL: 10591
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    Graffito

    Graffito:

    C(aius) Messenius Eunomus im(:in) curia
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: So-called College of the Augustales (Curia) (VI.21)
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    Graffito naming Phoebus

    Graffito:

    Fuibus (:Phoebus)
    egrotes (:aegrotes)
    Translation: Phoebus - May you fall ill.
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
    CIL: 10631
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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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    Graffito naming Sabina

    Graffito:

    Sabin(a)
    Sabina
    Translation: Sabina, Sabina
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Decumanus Maximus
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    Graffito naming Euhodus

    Graffito:

    Euhodụs̲
    Translation: Euhodus
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Suburban Baths (OutsideWalls.ow2)
    CIL: 10679
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    Greetings to Urbanus

    Graffito:

    Urban(e) v̂a(le)
    Translation: Goodbye, Urbanus
    City: Herculaneum
    Findspot: Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1)
    CIL: 10689
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