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Sabine calos (:καλός) Hermeros te amat ((:palma))
Sabine calos HIIRMIROIITEAMATA ((:palma))

Symbol	Meaning
ABC	Letters whose reading is clear but meaning is incomprehensible
((:abc))	Description of a figural graffito (used by EDR and AGP)
(:abc)	Gives standard spelling to explain non-standard text in an inscription (used by EDR and AGP)

Findspot	Pompeii, Via delle Terme (VI.8.4-11) Location metadata ➜
Precise Location	VI.8.5, Facade, Via delle Terme
Language	Latin/Greek
Writing Style	Graffito/incised
Apparatus Criticus	Textus secundum (1) vv. 1-2: CALOS pro Graecum καλός scriptum est. v. 2: verba ad finem sine spatio scripta sunt. Littera E ut II scripta est. Litteris quadratis praeter R et S (1).
Bibliography	CIL 04, 01256 (1) Class. Journ. 81, 1986, p. 325 (J.L. Franklin, Jr.) (2) A. Varone, Erotica Pompeiana, Roma 2002, pp. 133-134 (3) http://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR175590 (4)
Link to EDR	#EDR175590
Suggested Citation	AGP-EDR175590, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR175590> [accessed: 30 Mar 2025]
Contributions	Editor: Rebecca Benefiel Principal Contributor: Rebecca Benefiel Last Revision: 2021-07-27