Graffito

Surda sit oranti tua ianua laxa ferenti
audiat exclusi verba recepta [a]man[s].
Ianitor ad dantis vigilet si pulsat inanis
surdus in obductam somniet usqu[e] seram.


Findspot: Pompeii, Basilica (VIII.1.1)
Language: Latin
Writing Style: Graffito/incised
Apparatus Criticus: Textus secundum (1)
vv. 1-2: Ovid, Amores I.8.77-78
vv. 3-4: Propertius IV.5.47-48
Bibliography: CIL 04, 01893 et 01894 (1), cf. p. 1708 (2)
cf. CLE 1785 adn. (3)
A. Varone, Titulorum graphio exaratorum qui in CIL vol. IV collecti sunt, Imagines, Roma 2012, vol. II, p. 378 (4)
K. Milnor, Graffiti and the Literary Landscape of Roman Pompeii, Oxford 2014, p. 151 (5)
http://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR192093 (6)
Link to EDR: #EDR192093
Suggested Citation: AGP-EDR192093, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR192093> [accessed: 31 Oct 2024]
Contributions:

Editor: Rebecca Benefiel

Principal Contributor: Rebecca Benefiel

Last Revision: 2024-05-01

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