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Greek letters
| Graffito: | ΚΛΗΒΙΧΝ |
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| Translation: | (series of Greek letters) | |||||
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| City: | Herculaneum | |||||
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) | |||||
| CIL: | 10623 | |||||
Greek alphabet
| Graffito: | ΔΕΖΗ |
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| Translation: | (Part of the Greek alphabet) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) |
| CIL: | 10715 |
Beginning of a name (?)
| Graffito: | METI |
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| Translation: | Metienus(?) OR Mettius(?) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) |
| CIL: | 10644 |
Greek letters
| Graffito: | ΛΙΑΒΙΧΤΛ |
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| Translation: | (series of Greek letters) | ||||||
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| City: | Herculaneum | ||||||
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) | ||||||
| CIL: | 10624 | ||||||
Numerical graffito
| Graffito: | Extan[+1?+] pisu |
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| Translation: | There exist (...other letters here...) ...fourth(?) not five |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) |
| CIL: | 10632b |
Graffito naming a man
| Graffito: | Q(uintus) M[---] Antu[s ---] |
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| Translation: | Quintus M(---) Antu(s--?) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) |
| CIL: | 10630 |
Erotic grafitto
| Graffito: | V Bombycion (:Βομβύκιον) |
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| Translation: | Bombycion sucks |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) |
| CIL: | 10628 |
Drawing of a boat
| Graffito: | ((:navis)) |
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| Description of Drawing (English): | boat |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) |
| Drawing Category: | Boats |
Greetings to Anicetus and Paris
| Graffito: | Anicete Paris, va(lete) |
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| Translation: | Goodbye, Anicetus (and) Paris. |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) |
| CIL: | 10643a |
Poetic graffito
| Graffito: | Venimus, |
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| 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 |
Drawing of a boat
| Graffito: | ((:carina navis)) |
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| Description of Drawing (English): | keel of ship | |||||
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| City: | Herculaneum | |||||
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) | |||||
| Drawing Category: | Boats | |||||
Greetings to Echio
| Graffito: | Echio · va(le) |
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| Translation: | Goodbye, Echio. |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) |
| CIL: | 10643b |
Series of letters
| Graffito: | CA |
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| Translation: | CA |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) |
| CIL: | 10642 |
Graffito mentioning a name
| Graffito: | CAI |
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| Translation: | Gaius! (vocative... or abbreviated nominative, or set of initials) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) |
| CIL: | 10636 |
Numerical graffito
| Graffito: | Quatuor (:quattuor) cer[---] |
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| Translation: | Four (...) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) |
| CIL: | 10632a |
Wordplay (?)
| Graffito: | VS SVMM |
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| Translation: | the greatest (?) (with letters rearranged?) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) |
| CIL: | 10638 |
Greek alphabet
| Graffito: | ΑΒΓΔ |
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| Translation: | (Beginning of an alphabet) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) |
| CIL: | 10716 |
Graffito naming Polybius (?)
| Graffito: | POLY |
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| Translation: | Poly(bius?) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) |
| CIL: | 10637 |
Graffito naming Albinus
| Graffito: | Albinus |
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| Translation: | Albinus |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) |
| CIL: | 10633 |
Graffito
| Graffito: | Vidimus |
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| Translation: | We saw |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) |
| CIL: | 10635 |
Initials (?)
| Graffito: | PÂM |
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| Translation: | P(ublius) A(---) M(---?) | ||||
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| City: | Herculaneum | ||||
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) | ||||
| CIL: | 10625b | ||||
Graffito
| Graffito: | NO |
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| Translation: | NO |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) |
| CIL: | 10625a |
Series of letters
| Graffito: | IVIIRIIHIIRI |
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| Translation: | (untranslateable series of letters) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) |
| CIL: | 10627 |
Graffito
| Graffito: | Q(uintus) M[---]ANTV[---] |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) |
| CIL: | 10630 |
Series of letters
| Graffito: | HIMME |
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| Translation: | (untranslateable series of letters) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) |
| CIL: | 10639 |
Graffito naming Phoebus
| Graffito: | Fuibus (:Phoebus) |
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| Translation: | Phoebus - May you fall ill. |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) |
| CIL: | 10631 |
Poetic graffito
| Graffito: | Qui · se tutari · nescit · nescit · vivere |
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| 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). |
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| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) |
| CIL: | 10634 |
Graffito
| Graffito: | [- - -]o |
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| Translation: | ... (in the) forum (?) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) |
| CIL: | 10629 |
Greetings to Lucius Actius
| Graffito: | L(uci) Acti va(le). Mystice mus comici Icui 〈:vacat〉 pro 〈:vacat〉 te fuimus. |
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| Translation: | Lucius Actius, farewell. Mysticus, mus(ician), (slave?) of the comedian Icuus...we were for you. (trans. Cooley and Cooley) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) |
| CIL: | 10643c |
Greetings written in the shape of a boat
| Graffito: | f̣eliter (:feliciter) |
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| Translation: | Good luck! | ||||
| Description of Drawing (English): | FELICITER written in the shape of a boat | ||||
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| City: | Herculaneum | ||||
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) | ||||
| CIL: | 10622 | ||||
| Drawing Category: | Boats | ||||
Mention of food
| Graffito: | Casium et |
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| Translation: | You have cheese and three (...) |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) |
| CIL: | 10632c |
Graffito
| Graffito: | 〈:ad perpendiculum〉 |
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| Translation: | For the numen (divine will). |
| City: | Herculaneum |
| Findspot: | House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) |
| CIL: | 10641 |