Graffito naming Gaius (H)ostius

C(aius) Ostius (:Hostius)


Translation Gaius Hostius (here, pronounced Ostius)
Findspot Herculaneum, House of the Stags (IV.21)
Language Latin
Writing Style Graffito/incised
Apparatus Criticus Textus secundum (3), mensurae secundum (2). Contulit et emendavit R. Benefiel a. 2018 ex apographo.
v. 1: C. Ostius (1)(2), sed Ostius pro nomine Hostius scriptum erat.
Contulerunt et non invenerunt Clikeman, Damer, Jepsen, MacDonald (HGP) a. 2016. Tectorium collapsum est.
Bibliography Rend. Ac. Arch. Nap., 33, 1958, p. 268, n. 350 (M. Della Corte) (1)
CIL 04, 10558 (2)
http://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR151863 (3)
Link to EDR #EDR151863
Suggested Citation AGP-EDR151863, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR151863> [accessed: 27 Mar 2025]
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Editor: Rebecca Benefiel

Principal Contributor: Holly Sypniewski

Last Revision: 2018-08-02

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