Graffito mentioning a date
III non(as) M̂âi(as)
VII idus paeriit (:periit)
| Translation | Three days before the Nones of May. Seven days before the Ides, he (it?) died. |
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| Findspot |
Herculaneum, Shop
(InsulaOrientalisII.16)
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| Language | Latin |
| Writing Style | Graffito/incised |
| Apparatus Criticus | Textus et mensurae secundum (3) v. 1: lat.: 17,8; litt. alt.: 3,2-11,0 v. 2: lat.: 20,2; litt. alt.: 0,8-6,7 v. 1: MAI in nexu; MAI[AS] (3) sed tectorium remanet et debet legi MAI(AS). v. 2: PAERIIT pro PERIIT; II pro littera E scriptum Contulerunt et mensuras prehenderunt Brewer, Handloser, Helms, Maddy, Nyhuis (HGP) a. 2016. HGP mensurae, alt.: 21,4 HGP mensurae, lat.: 26,0 HGP mensurae, litt. alt.: 0,9 (v. 1, secunda I)-11,5 (v. 1, prima I) Infra, in eodem pariete titulus apparetur in quo littera graeca Σ pro littera E scriptum est: FUGΣO TULLIA NIGRUM LUMΣN ABSTULIT[+]Σ VIVIUM (3). Ex nostra aetate est et legi debet FALSO TULLIA NIGRUM LUMEN ABSTULIT ΣVIVIA (4)-(5). (SVILIA, i.e. AILIVS retrograde, pro nomen Italicum Elio). |
| Bibliography | Helikon, 4, 1962, p. 304 (P. Ciprotti) - AE 1964 (1) AE 1964, 0159 (2) CIL 04, 10668 (3) Riv. Stud. Pomp., 11, 2000, 278, fig. 1d (A. Varone) (4) A. Varone, Titulorum graphio exaratorum qui in CIL vol. IV collecti sunt Imagines, Roma 2012, vol. II, p. 507, con foto (5) http://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR154574 (6) |
| Link to EDR | #EDR154574 |
| Suggested Citation | AGP-EDR154574, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR154574> [accessed: 27 Mar 2025] |
| Contributions |
Editor: Rebecca Benefiel Principal Contributor: Holly Sypniewski Last Revision: 2017-11-18 |
| More info | Trismegistos: 534780 |
