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Valeri
va(le)
M̂A FI
IVS

Symbol	Meaning
a(bc)	Abbreviation; text was never written out; expanded by editor
ABC	Letters whose reading is clear but meaning is incomprehensible
âbc	Letters joined in ligature, each letter that is joined to the next letter is indicated by a caret

Translation	Bye, Valerius (...other letters here...)
Findspot	Pompeii, Campus ad amphitheatrum (II.7.1) Location metadata ➜
Precise Location	col. XVI, stria 7
Language	Latin
Writing Style	Graffito/incised
Apparatus Criticus	Textus et mensurae secundum (2). Contulerunt Sypniewski et Benefiel (AGP) a. 2019; lapsu tectorii periit (3). vv. 3-4: M(ARCI) FI/(L)IVS (1), MA(RCI) FI/(L)IVS (?) (2) In eadem columna EDR167567 et EDR127406 (stria 4); EDR167439, EDR167440, et EDR167441 (stria 6); EDR128777 et EDR167568 (stria 9); EDR127429 (stria 15)
Bibliography	Not. Sc., 64, 1939, pg. 248, nr. 7 (M. Della Corte) (1) CIL 04, 08555 (2) http://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR128776 (3)
Link to EDR	#EDR128776
Suggested Citation	AGP-EDR128776, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR128776> [accessed: 05 Dec 2025]
Contributions	Editor: Rebecca Benefiel Principal Contributors: Holly Sypniewski, Vergil Par, Holly Sypniewski Contributors: H. Sypniewski, H. Busby, C. Hartline, B. Wright, M. Yorio Last Revision: 2020-06-08
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