Insult

Tiopilus (:Theophilus) canis
cunnu (:cunnum) lingere no=
li puellis in muro


Findspot Pompeii, Via dell'Abbondanza (III.5.1-5)
Precise Location III.5.2-3, facade
Language Latin
Writing Style Graffito/incised
Apparatus Criticus Textus secundum (2)(6), aliter (1), (3-5)
vv. 2-3: CVNNV LINGII RIINO / IIIIVIIILIS IN MVRO (1)
vv. 1-3: ita fere legenda, POPILUS, (ut) CANIS / CVNNV LINGE RENO / MVNLIS (fortasse pro mingis?) MVRO (1)
Bibliography CIL 04, 08898 (1)
Epigraphica, 30, 1968, 115-118 (H. Solin) (2)
Hermes, 105, 1977, 252-253 (J. Hallett) - AE 1984 (3)
Liverp. Class. Month., 7, 1982, 86-87. 150 (J.N. Adams) - AE 1984 (4)
AE 1984, 0205 (5)
J. N. Adams, The Latin Sexual Vocabulary, London 1990, p. 135 (6)
A. Varone, Erotica Pompeiana, Roma 2002, p. 82 (7)
A. Varone, Titulorum graphio exaratorum qui in CIL Vol. IV collecti sunt Imagines, Roma 2012, vol. I p. 206 con foto (8)
HD001872 (9)
http://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR079495 (10)
Link to EDR #EDR079495
Suggested Citation AGP-EDR079495, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR079495> [accessed: 04 Apr 2025]
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Editor: Rebecca Benefiel

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Last Revision: 2022-06-09

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