Graffito
Quid pote (:potest) tan (:tam) durum saxso (:saxo)? aut quid mollius unda?
dura tamen molli saxsa (:saxa) cavantur aqua.
| Findspot |
Pompeii, Basilica
(VIII.1.1)
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|---|---|
| Language | Latin |
| Writing Style | Graffito/incised |
| Apparatus Criticus | Textus secundum (1) Ovid, Ars Amatoria I.475-476: Quid magis est saxo durum, quid mollius unda? Dura tamen molli saxa cavantur aqua. |
| Bibliography | CIL 04, 01895, con apografo Tab. XXVI 1 (1), cf. p. 1709 (2) CLE 936, cf. CLE 1786 adn. (3) Stud. Philol. Val. 11, 2008, pp. 250-251 (P. Kruschwitz) () A. Varone, Titulorum graphio exaratorum qui in CIL vol. IV collecti sunt, Imagines, Roma 2012, vol. II, p. 379 con foto (4) K. Milnor, Graffiti and the Literary Landscape in Roman Pompeii. Oxford 2014, p. 154 () A. Spal, Poesie-Erotik-Witz, Berlin 2016, pp. 85-86 () http://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR192097 (5) |
| Link to EDR | #EDR192097 |
| Suggested Citation | AGP-EDR192097, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR192097> [accessed: 04 Apr 2025] |
| Contributions |
Editor: Rebecca Benefiel Principal Contributor: Rebecca Benefiel Last Revision: 2024-06-05 |