Graffito

ΜμνήσθΙΙ (:Ἐμνήσθη) Π̲ρ̲ε̲ι̲μ̲έ̲ν̲η̲ς̲ (:Πρειμογένης) 〈:servus〉 π̲ύ̲π̲λεικος (:publicus) Καίσαρ̲ος

〈:spatium 20cm〉
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μνσθη (:Ἐμνήσθη) ΠΡΙΙ (:Πριμ̣?)


Findspot Pompeii, Casa degli Amorini Dorati (VI.16.7)
Location metadata ➜
Language Latin/Greek
Writing Style Graffito/incised
Apparatus Criticus Textus secundum (12), mensurae secundum (12). Contulerunt A. Kißmann, V. Musovic, L. Saarikiviet, A. Wilhelm, a. 2024 (AGP).
Status litterarum a. 2024.
v. 1: ΜΗΗϹΘΙΙ (1), (Ἐ)μν(ή)σθη (11), ΜNΗϹΘΙΙ (12)
Titulus memorialis est.
v. 1: Πρειμ(ογ)ένης nomen Graeco-Latinum esse puto. Primi- vel Primo- et -γενης, non -genius.
v. 2: Sub linea prima, litterae sine sensu scriptae sunt.
v. 3: Verbum secundum initium nominis Πρειμογένης videtur.
v.1: Primogenes, a public slave, has remembered the emperor because a public slave cannot at the same time be an imperial slave (2)(9)
Mensurae (a. 2024, AGP):
lat. v. 1: 9,5 cm;
lat. v. 3: 2,7 cm
alt., totum: 25 cm
litt. alt., v. 1: 0,3-0,5 cm
litt. alt., v. 2: 0,4 cm
litt. alt., v. 3: 0,4-0,6 cm
Bibliography CIL 04, 06828 (1), cfr. p. 1900 (2)
V. Väänänen, Le latin vulgaire des inscriptions pompéiennes. Paris 1937, p. 93 (3)
M. Della Corte, Case ed abitanti, 3 ed., Napoli 1965, p. 79 n. 102a (4)
M. Gigante, Civiltà delle forme letterarie nell'antica Pompei. Napoli 1979, p. 47 (5)
J. L. Franklin, Pompeis difficile est, 2001, 113 n. 105 cum versione Anglica (6)
Latin vulgaire-latin tardif VI. Actes du VIe colloque international sur le latin vulgaire et tardif, Helsinki, 29 août - 2 septembre 2000, Hildesheim 2003, p. 229 (F. Biville) (7)
R. R. Benefiel, Rome in Pompeii. Wall Inscriptions and GIS, in: F. Feraudi-Gruénais (ed.) Latin on Stone. Epigraphic Research and Electronic Archives, 2010, 59 (8)
Variation and change in Greek and Latin, Helsinki 2012, p. 102-103 (H. Solin) (9)
A. Varone, Titulorum graphio exaratorum qui in C.I.L. Vol. IV collecti sunt, Imagines, Roma 2012, p. 279, con photo (10)
P. Lohmann, Graffiti als Interaktionsform, Berlin 2018, 202, 349, 383, Kat. nr. D 27, con foto et apografo p. 425 (11)
http://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR165346 (12)
Link to EDR #EDR165346
Suggested Citation AGP-EDR165346, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR165346> [accessed: 09 Dec 2025]
Contributions

Editor: Rebecca Benefiel

Principal Contributors: Rebecca Benefiel, Sandra Cruz

Last Revision: 2024-08-19

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