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Mulạ fellaat (:fellat) [A]ntoṇi
Fortunata a(eris) a(ssibus) II
((:caput hominis))

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
ạḅ	Characters damaged or unclear that would be unintelligible without context
((:abc))	Description of a figural graffito (used by EDR and AGP)
(:abc)	Gives standard spelling to explain non-standard text in an inscription (used by EDR and AGP)

Translation	Mula performs fellatio(?) Antoni(us?). Fortunata - 2 (bronze) asses (coins).
Findspot	Pompeii, Bottega del fruttivendolo Felix (I.8.1) Location metadata ➜
Drawing Category	Human figures
Language	Latin
Writing Style	Graffito/incised
Apparatus Criticus	Textus secundum (1)(5) v. 1: FELLAAT pro FELLAT, lectio non certa est. v. 3: herma muliebris prospiciens (1), sed imago feminae esse non videtur
Bibliography	CIL 04, 08185 (1) J. N. Adams, The Latin Sexual Vocabulary, London 1990, p. 122 (2) A. Varone, Erotica Pompeiana: iscrizioni d'amore sui muri di Pompei, Rome 1994, p. 75, 140 (3) M. Langner, Antike Graffitizeichnungen: Motive, Gestaltung Und Bedeutung. Wiesbaden 2001, n. 189 (Kopf: Fortunata) (4) Off the Beaten Track: Epigraphy at the Borders, Oxford 2016, p. 41 (R. Benefiel and H. Sypniewski) (5) http://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR128557 (6)
Link to EDR	#EDR128557
Suggested Citation	AGP-EDR128557, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR128557> [accessed: 02 Apr 2025]
Contributions	Editor: Rebecca Benefiel Principal Contributor: Vergil Par Last Revision: 2022-08-17
More info	Trismegistos: 258616