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[- - -]ṢF̣[- - -] belissimus (:bellissimus)

Symbol	Meaning
[- - -]	Damage to the surface or support; letters cannot be restored with certainty
ABC	Letters whose reading is clear but meaning is incomprehensible
ạḅ	Characters damaged or unclear that would be unintelligible without context
(:abc)	Gives standard spelling to explain non-standard text in an inscription (used by EDR and AGP)

Translation:	(…other letters here) The most handsome man
Findspot:	Pompeii, Corridoio dei Teatri (VIII.7.20) Location metadata ➜
Language:	Latin
Writing Style:	Graffito/incised
Apparatus Criticus:	Textus secundum (3), mensurae secundum (5). Contulerunt DiBiasie-Sammons et Helms (AGP) a. 2019. v. 1: A. VINVGIO / BELISSIMVS F (1)(2). v. 1: Litterae B, tertia S, et M iam a. 2019 mutilae. Ante EDR166751 Pone EDR167049 Sub EDR167049, EDR168058 Supra EDR168167
Bibliography:	R. Garrucci, Graffiti de Pompéi: inscriptions et gravures tracées au stylet, recueillies et interprétées, Paris 1856, p. 90, con apografo, Tab. XXVII 12 (1) CIL 04, 00135* (2) CIL 04, 03201 (3) A. Varone, Titulorum graphio exaratorum qui in C.I.L. vol. IV collecti sunt, Imagines, Roma 2012, vol. II, p. 412, con foto (4) http://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR167545 (5)
Link to EDR:	#EDR167545
Suggested Citation:	AGP-EDR167545, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR167545> [accessed: 23 Dec 2024]
Contributions:	Editor: Rebecca Benefiel Principal Contributor: Kyle Helms Contributors: J. DiBiasie-Sammons, K. Helms, A. Acevedo, L. Barth, V. Guyton, J. Lee, N. Sumrall Last Revision: 2019-10-21