Graffito mentioning a date and someone teaching

Ηdibus (:Idibus) Ianyaris (:Ianuarias)
mystacogus (:mystagogus, μυσταγωγός) docens
GEBEUM et Ẹṭọẹn
ḷục̣ịạṇ+ VIC̣IC


Translation On the Ides of January, the guide (religious guide?) teaching Gebeus(?) and Etoe(?) (neither name is otherwise known) (...other letters here...)
Findspot Herculaneum, House of Wattlework (III.14)
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Language Latin/Greek
Writing Style cetera creta
Apparatus Criticus Textus secundum (5); mensurae secundum Fiorentino apud (2). Contulerunt ad apographum Loar et Frampton a. 2014; contulerunt et emendaverunt Benefiel et Sypniewski a. 2016.
vv. 1-4: duo apographa a Fiorentino et de Rossi apud (2) edita sunt.
v. 1: litterae Graecae et Latinae intermixtae; ΗDIBUS cum eta pro EIDIBUS (i.e. IDIBUS) scriptum est; IANYARIS cum Y aut upsilon pro IANVARIAS scriptum est
v. 2: MYSTACOGVS pro MYSTAGOGVS (i.e. verbum Graecum μυσταγωγός Latine scriptum) (4); DOCENS aut DISCENS (2)
vv. 3-4: ? Gebeum et Etoen / ? Lucian(...) vici(...) (1), Gebeum et Etoen / lucian[ ] vici[ ] (2).
v. 3: Gebeus et Etoe ut nomina non nota sunt (5)
v. 4: Fortasse in alia manu scripta est. Lectio difficillima. (5)
Prope EDR151816, EDR151818
Bibliography Rend. Ac. Arch. Nap., 33, 1958, p. 249, nr. 64 (M. Della Corte) (1)
CIL 04, 10499 con due apografi (2)
R. De Kind, Houses in Herculaneum: A new view on the town planning and
the building of Insulae III and IV, Amsterdam 1998, p. 117 (3)
Am. Journ. Arch. 122, 2018, pp. 213, 242 (R. Benefiel et H. Sypniewski) (4)
http://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR140254 (5)
Link to EDR #EDR140254
Suggested Citation AGP-EDR140254, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR140254> [accessed: 26 Mar 2025]
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Editor: Rebecca Benefiel

Principal Contributors: Rebecca Benefiel, Matthew Loar

Last Revision: 2019-07-26

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