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ven[i]vit
muleri (:mulieri)
D(ecimi) Lucreti Vale(ntis)
Onus(tus?)
eques I
r(ationis?),
Saga
tr(aex) (:thraex)
m(urmillo)
I (rationis)

Symbol	Meaning
[abc]	Letters once present, now missing due to damage to the surface or support
a(bc)	Abbreviation; text was never written out; expanded by editor
(:abc)	Gives standard spelling to explain non-standard text in an inscription (used by EDR and AGP)
?	Represents uncertainty

Translation	Sold(?) to the wife of Decimus Lucretius Valens, Onustus, a first-rate gladiator, and Sagatus, a first-rate Thracian-murmillo.
Findspot	Pompeii, Campus ad amphitheatrum (II.7.1) Location metadata ➜
Language	Latin
Writing Style	Graffito/incised
Apparatus Criticus	Textus secundum (1). Contulerunt E. Zimmermann Damer et R. Benefiel a. 2019 (AGP). Tectorio nunc valde abraso, periit (4). v. 2: MULERI pro MULIERI v. 3: D LUCRETI (1) v. 7: vel Sagatus (2) In eadem columna EDR127976, EDR127977, EDR128059
Bibliography	Not. Sc., 64, 1939, p. 257, nr. 100 (M. Della Corte) (1) CIL 04, 08590 con apografo (2) A. Varone, Erotica Pompeiana: iscrizioni d'amore sui muri di Pompei, Rome 1994, p. 146 (3) http://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR127972 (4)
Link to EDR	#EDR127972
Suggested Citation	AGP-EDR127972, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR127972> [accessed: 21 Mar 2025]
Contributions	Editor: Rebecca Benefiel Principal Contributors: Holly Sypniewski, Caroline Hutchinson, Holly Sypniewski Contributors: E. Zimmermann Damer, C. Creamer, M. Holcomb, M. P. Lewis, J. Rach Last Revision: 2021-08-14
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