Ancient Graffiti Project :: Graffito Information

L(uci) Acti va(le). Mystice mus comici Icui 〈:vacat〉 pro 〈:vacat〉 te fuimus.

Symbol	Meaning
a(bc)	Abbreviation; text was never written out; expanded by editor
〈:abc〉	Explanation of editor, either subaudible word or regarding the layout of the text, e.g.〈:col. I〉 (used by EDR and AGP)

Translation:	Lucius Actius, farewell. Mysticus, mus(ician), (slave?) of the comedian Icuus...we were for you. (trans. Cooley and Cooley)
Findspot:	Herculaneum, House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) Location metadata ➜
Language:	Latin
Writing Style:	Graffito/incised
Apparatus Criticus:	Textus et mensura secundum (1) v. 1: L in errore scriptum (2), cf. (1). MVS intelligitur ut cognomen (1); aliter (2) ut MVS(ICE). FVIMU(S) (2). Infra EDR154533 et EDR154534
Bibliography:	CIL 04, 10643c (1) Am. Journ. Philol., 108, 1987, p. 95-107 (J. Franklin) (2) A. Cooley and M. Cooley, Pompeii and Herculaneum: a Sourcebook. New York, 2014, p. 99, nr. D76 (3) http://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR154535 (4)
Link to EDR:	#EDR154535
Suggested Citation:	AGP-EDR154535, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR154535> [accessed: 22 Dec 2024]
Contributions:	Editor: Rebecca Benefiel Principal Contributor: Holly Sypniewski Last Revision: 2019-06-14