Ancient Graffiti Project :: Graffito Information

Hermeros Primigeniae dominae
veni Puteolos in vico Tyaniano et quaere
a Messio numulario(:nummulario) Hermerotem Phoebi

Symbol	Meaning
(:abc)	Gives standard spelling to explain non-standard text in an inscription (used by EDR and AGP)

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.
Findspot	Herculaneum, Terme Suburbane (VII.16.a) Location metadata ➜
Language	Latin
Writing Style	Graffito/incised
Apparatus Criticus	Textus secundum (2)
Bibliography	CIL 04, 10676 (1) Ostraka, 9, 2000, p. 281 sgg., con foto e facsimile (G. Camodeca) - AE 2000 (2) AE 2000, 0332 (3) Titulorum graphio exaratorum qui in C.I.L. IV collecti sunt Imagines, 2, Roma 2012, p. 509, con foto (A. Varone) (4)
Link to EDR	#EDR102191
Suggested Citation	AGP-EDR102191, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR102191> [accessed: 27 Mar 2025]