Ancient Graffiti Project :: Graffito Information

Extan[+1?+] pisu
[- - -]QVATVS ne
quinque

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
ABC	Letters whose reading is clear but meaning is incomprehensible
+	Illegible/unclear character
?	Represents uncertainty

Translation	There exist (...other letters here...) ...fourth(?) not five
Findspot	Herculaneum, House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2) Location metadata ➜
Language	Latin
Writing Style	Graffito/incised
Apparatus Criticus	Textus et mensurae secundum (2); periit (3). Quaesivit sed non invenit Benefiel et DiBiasie-Sammons (HGP) a. 2016. v. 1: PISV (1) sed RISV ex apographo collato (2). v. 2: Lectiones consideratae apud (2): [TOR]QVATUS, aut QVATVS scriptum pro QVATTVS vel QVARTVS vel QVATTVOR vel QVADRVPLVM. II pro littera E scriptum. v. 1: lat.: 5,3; litt. alt.: 0,4-1,2 v. 2: lat.: 6,5; litt. alt.: 0,4-0,8 v. 3: lat.: 4,6; litt. alt.: 0,4-1,8 Prope et eadem manu ut EDR154567 et EDR154569
Bibliography	Rend. Ac. Arch. Nap., 33, 1958, p. 278, nr. 476 (M. Della Corte) (1) CIL 04, 10632b (2) http://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR154568 (3)
Link to EDR	#EDR154568
Suggested Citation	AGP-EDR154568, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR154568> [accessed: 05 Dec 2025]
Contributions	Editor: Rebecca Benefiel Principal Contributor: Holly Sypniewski Last Revision: 2025-07-09
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