Drawing of a gladiator match

〈:ad sinistram〉
Q(uintus) Ptronius (:Petronius) m(issus)
Otavs (:Octavus) 〈:pugnarum〉 XXXIIII
((:gladiator fugiens))

〈:ad dextram〉
Severus · v(icit)
lib(ertus) 〈:pugnarum〉 XXXXXV
((:gladiator qui alterum illum persequitur))


Translation Quintus Petronius Octavus, 34 wins - sent away (i.e. lost) Severus, freedman, 55 wins - winner!
Description of Drawing (English) ((:gladiator fleeing)) ((:gladiator pursuing the other))
Findspot Pompeii, Terme del Sarno (VIII.2.17-23)
Location metadata ➜
Drawing Category Gladiators
Language Latin
Writing Style Graffito/incised
Apparatus Criticus Textus et mensurae secundum (3)(4). Periit (6).
v.1 (sinistram): litt. alt. 0,6
v.2 (sinistram): litt. alt. 0,8
v.1 (dextram): litt. alt. 1,2
v.2 (dextram): litt. alt. 0,8
II pro E (Severus) bis scriptum est.
Locus inventionis in aedificio: in pariete occidentali andronis ζ secundum (8), qui est andron ξ apud (1)(3).
v.2 (sin.): Otaus pro Octavus secundum (3)(7). Prima littera O est minutissima (1)(2).
Locus inventionis: VIII.2.20 (3). Totum aedificium, Terme del Sarno, continet VIII.2.17-23 et multos ingressus habet.
Bibliography Mitt. Deutsch. Arch. Inst.(Roemisch.), 5, 1890, p. 32 (A. Mau) (1)
Not. Sc., 1893, p. 42 (A. Sogliano) (2)

CIL 04, 04870 (3), cfr. Add. p. 705 (4), cfr. p. 1855 (5)
M. Langner, Antike Graffitizeichnungen, Wiesbaden 2001, no. 1029 (Gladiatorenkampf) (6)

J.N. Adams, Social Variation and the Latin Language, Cambridge 2013, p. 168
 (7)
Journ. of Cultural Heritage, 40, 2019, p. 253 (L. Bernardi et al.) (8)
http://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR175508 (9)
Link to EDR #EDR175508
Suggested Citation AGP-EDR175508, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR175508> [accessed: 02 Apr 2025]
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