Graffito

Amantis (:amantes) ut apis (:apes) vita(m) mellita(m) exigunt
Velle (:vellem)


Findspot Pompeii, Casa degli Amanti (I.10.11)
Language Latin
Writing Style Graffito/incised
Apparatus Criticus Textus secundum (1)
Litteris leviter incisis scriptum est.
-IS scriptum pro -ES in verbis AMANTES et APES.
v. 1: MELLITA · X EXIGUNT apud apographum in (1), sed X sunt lineae alienae (3)
vv. 1-2: ultima littera M non scriptum pro VITA(M), MELLITA(M), et VELLE(M)
v. 2: Alia manu scriptus est (1)(4). Litterae VE nunc perierunt (4).
Bibliography CIL 04, 08408a,b con apographo (1)
Zeitschr. Pap. Ep., 32, 1978, p. 220-221 (W.D. Lebek) (2)
A. Varone, Erotica Pompeiana, Roma 2002, p. 60 (3)
A. Varone, Titulorum graphio exaratorum qui in CIL Vol. IV collecti sunt imagines, Roma 2012, vol. I, p. 83 con foto (4)
http://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR175601 (5)
Link to EDR #EDR175601
Suggested Citation AGP-EDR175601, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR175601> [accessed: 30 Mar 2025]
Contributions

Editor: Rebecca Benefiel

Principal Contributor: Rebecca Benefiel

Last Revision: 2020-07-18

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