Ancient Graffiti Project :: Graffito Information

Avete ûtres sumus
Cot (:quod) estis (a)ere voluimus
Quando venistis (a)ere exi(vi)mus

Symbol	Meaning
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)
âbc	Letters joined in ligature, each letter that is joined to the next letter is indicated by a caret

Findspot	Pompeii, Caupona (II.2.3) Location metadata ➜
Language	Latin
Writing Style	Graffito/incised
Apparatus Criticus	Textus et mensurae secundum (1) v. 1: Avete, utres (vini) sumus (1) v. 1-3: II scriptum pro littera E Litteris nunc maxime abrasis (2) Prope EDR180222
Bibliography	CIL 04, 08492 (1) A. Varone, Titulorum graphio exaratorum qui in C.I.L. Vol. IV collecti sunt imagines, Roma 2012, vol. I, p. 105, con foto (2) http://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR180224 (3)
Link to EDR	#EDR180224
Suggested Citation	AGP-EDR180224, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR180224> [accessed: 04 Apr 2025]
Contributions	Editor: Rebecca Benefiel Principal Contributor: Reeve Fenstermacher Last Revision: 2021-06-26