Ancient Graffiti Project :: Graffito Information

[deli?]ciae
[---]si tangere possem
[---]entur aquas

Symbol	Meaning
[abc]	Letters once present, now missing due to damage to the surface or support
[- - -]	Damage to the surface or support; letters cannot be restored with certainty
?	Represents uncertainty

Translation	my darling (...) if I were able to touch (passive verb here...) waters
Findspot	Herculaneum, House of the Two Atria (VI.29) Location metadata ➜
Language	Latin
Writing Style	charcoal
Apparatus Criticus	Textus et mensurae secundum (1), periit (2). Contulerunt sed non invenerunt Benefiel, Gibson, Hardy, Minnear, Smith, Sypniewski (HGP) a. 2016.
Bibliography	CIL 04, 10610 (1) Zeitschr. Pap. Ep., 62, 1986, p. 49 sg. (W. Lebek) (2) S. Busch, Versus Balnearum, Stuttgart 1999, p. 548 sgg. (3) Stud. Philol. Val. 11, 2008, p. 63 sgg. (P. Cugusi) (4) http://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR152930 (5)
Link to EDR	#EDR152930
Suggested Citation	AGP-EDR152930, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR152930> [accessed: 26 Mar 2025]
Contributions	Editor: Rebecca Benefiel Principal Contributor: Holly Sypniewski Last Revision: 2020-06-24
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