Greetings to Lucius Actius

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


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)
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: 30 Mar 2025]
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