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VII Idus Sep[tem]bres
Q(uintus) Postumius
rogavit
A(ulum) Attium
pedicarim (:pedicarem)

Symbol	Meaning
[abc]	Letters once present, now missing due to damage to the surface or support
a(bc)	Abbreviation; text was never written out; expanded by editor
(:abc)	Gives standard spelling to explain non-standard text in an inscription (used by EDR and AGP)

Translation:	On the 7th day before the Ides of September, Quintus Postumius asked Aulus Attius, Can I screw you?
Findspot:	Pompeii, Campus ad amphitheatrum (II.7.1) Location metadata ➜
Precise Location:	col. CXVII, stria 8
Language:	Latin
Writing Style:	Graffito/incised
Apparatus Criticus:	Textus et mensurae secundum (2). Contulerunt Benefiel, Sypniewski et Zimmermann Damer (AGP) a. 2019; exiguissima vestigia remanent. v. 5: (ut) PEDICAR(E)M (1); (ut?) PEDICARIM pro pedicarem (2); PEDICARIM pro pedica(ve)rim (3), pro p(a)edicarem (4) In eadem columna EDR167506 et EDR168105.
Bibliography:	Not. Sc., 64, 1939, p. 301, nr. 391 con apografo (1) CIL 04, 08805, con apografo (2) V. Väänänen, Le latin vulgaire des inscriptions pompéiennes (3 ed.), Berlin 1966, p. 40 (3) A. Varone, Erotica pompeiana: Love inscriptions on the walls of Pompeii, Roma 2001, p. 135-136 (4) J. Adams, The Latin Sexual Vocabulary, Baltimore 1990, p. 123-125 (5) http://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR167507 (6)
Link to EDR:	#EDR167507
Suggested Citation:	AGP-EDR167507, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR167507> [accessed: 22 Dec 2024]
Contributions:	Editor: Rebecca Benefiel Principal Contributors: Holly Sypniewski, Erika Damer, Holly Sypniewski Contributors: E. Zimmermann Damer, C. Creamer, M. Holcomb, M. P. Lewis, J. Rach Last Revision: 2021-12-23