Graffito mentioning a centurion?

((centuria)) Semproni


Translation The century (unit) of Sempronius
Findspot Pompeii, Campus ad amphitheatrum (II.7.1)
Location metadata ➜
Precise Location col. LXXIII, striae 9-10
Language Latin
Writing Style Graffito/incised
Apparatus Criticus Textus et mensurae secundum (2). Contulerunt Benefiel et Sypniewski (AGP) a. 2019.
In duabus striis sed non fasciola interveniente scriptus est.

Idem titulus ((centuria)) Semproni in columna LXXXV invenitur (EDR167976)
Octo tituli in campo ad amphitheatrum hoc signum (centurio?) mostrant, EDR127297 (col. XIV), EDR127160 (col. XXIX), EDR127807 (col. XXXIV), EDR128067 (col. LXVIII), EDR128082 (col. LXIX), EDR127579 et EDR127578 (col. LXXIII), EDR167976 (col. LXXXV)
Hic titulus in striis 9-10 prope et paene eadem altitudine ut ((centuria)) TIRONIS in stria 14 (EDR127578) scriptus est.
In eadem columna EDR128056 (stria 8), EDR127578 (stria 14)
Bibliography Not. Sc., 64, 1939, p. 276, nr. 206 (M. Della Corte) (1)
CIL 04, 08664 (2)
A. Varone, Titulorum graphio exaratorum qui in CIL Vol. IV collecti sunt imagines, Roma 2012, vol. I, p. 155 con foto (3)
http://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR127579 (4)
Link to EDR #EDR127579
Suggested Citation AGP-EDR127579, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR127579> [accessed: 05 Dec 2025]
Contributions

Editor: Rebecca Benefiel

Principal Contributors: Holly Sypniewski, Amy Nizolek, Holly Sypniewski

Contributors: E. Zimmermann Damer, C. Creamer, M. Holcomb, M. P. Lewis, J. Rach

Last Revision: 2020-03-11

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