Graffito mentioning food

Pan[em? ---]
PVRTARIVM+
X


Translation Bread? Porridge, 10
Findspot Pompeii, Campus ad amphitheatrum (II.7.1)
Location metadata ➜
Precise Location col. XVII, stria 10
Language Latin
Writing Style Graffito/incised
Apparatus Criticus Textus secundum (3); mensurae secundum apographum apud (2). Quaesiverunt sed non invenerunt Sypniewski et Benefiel (AGP) a. 2019; lapsu tectorii periit.
Hic titulus principium indicis ciborum videtur.
v. 2: Fortasse scriptus pro PVLTARIVM (vas) aut PVL(MEN)TARIVM (cibus) (3)
v. 1: PAN(? . . . ) (1), PAN aut potius PAR(IS?) (2)
v. 2: PVEL(L)AR(VM) NILI (1), PVEL[L]AR(UM AMATOR?) NILI, (pro nihili?) (2)
v. 2: tertia littera intelligitur ut E apud (1)-(2), sed clare in apographis ut R scripta est; quarta littera L, E, aut T scripta possit (3), litterae ultimae non certae sunt.
v. 3: X (?) (1), X (aut A) (2)-(3)
In proxima columna (col. XVIII), alter titulus, index ciborum, cum similibus primis duobus versibus incipit (EDR128734: vv. 1-2: PANE(m) A II / PVRM(entarium) A III / . . .).
Pultarius vas ad pultem coquendam aut cibo aut potibus erat (Plin. 7, 53, 54; Petr. 42; Col. 12, 43, 7; Apic. 3.15.2, 6.2.15, 9.8.1) Cf. HD047642 (Vini... Pultarius)
Supra EDR167445
In eadem columna EDR127421 (stria 6, 7), EDR128779 (stria 16)
Bibliography Not. Sc., 64, 1939, p. 249, nr. 48 con apografo (M. Della Corte) (1)
CIL 04, 08559 con apografo (2)
http://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR128778 (3)
Link to EDR #EDR128778
Suggested Citation AGP-EDR128778, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR128778> [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: 2025-07-09

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