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Greek alphabet

Graffito:

ΔΕΖΗ
Translation: (Part of the Greek alphabet)
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
CIL: 10715
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Graffito naming Polybius (?)

Graffito:

POLY
Translation: Poly(bius?)
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
CIL: 10637
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Greek alphabet

Graffito:

ΑΒΓΔ
Translation: (Beginning of an alphabet)
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
CIL: 10716
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Greetings written in the shape of a boat

Graffito:

f̣eliter (:feliciter)
((:FELICITER in forma navis scriptum))
Translation: Good luck!
Description of Drawing (English): FELICITER written in the shape of a boat
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
CIL: 10622
Drawing Category: Boats
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Greek letters

Graffito:

ΛΙΑΒΙΧΤΛ
Translation: (series of Greek letters)
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
CIL: 10624
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Greek letters

Graffito:

ΚΛΗΒΙΧΝ
Translation: (series of Greek letters)
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
CIL: 10623
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Numerical graffito

Graffito:

Quatuor (:quattuor) cer[---]
Translation: Four (...)
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
CIL: 10632a
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Greetings to Echio

Graffito:

Echio · va(le)
Translation: Goodbye, Echio.
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
CIL: 10643b
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Numerical graffito

Graffito:

Extan[+1?+] pisu
[- - -]QVATVS ne
quinque
Translation: There exist (...other letters here...) ...fourth(?) not five
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
CIL: 10632b
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Wordplay (?)

Graffito:

VS SVMM
Translation: the greatest (?) (with letters rearranged?)
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
CIL: 10638
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Series of letters

Graffito:

CA
Translation: CA
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
CIL: 10642
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Drawing of a boat

Graffito:

((:navis))
Description of Drawing (English): boat
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
Drawing Category: Boats
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Drawing of a boat

Graffito:

((:carina navis))
Description of Drawing (English): keel of ship
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
Drawing Category: Boats
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Erotic grafitto

Graffito:

V Bombycion (:Βομβύκιον)
fellat
Translation: Bombycion sucks
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
CIL: 10628
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Graffito naming a man

Graffito:

Q(uintus) M[---] Antu[s ---]
Translation: Quintus M(---) Antu(s--?)
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
CIL: 10630
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Poetic graffito

Graffito:

Qui · se tutari · nescit · nescit · vivere
Minimum · malu (:malum) · fit contemnendo · maximum
Translation: He who does not know to guard himself does not know how to live. The tiniest trouble, if ignored, becomes tremendous (i.e. the smallest evil becomes the greatest).
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
CIL: 10634
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Graffito

Graffito:

〈:ad perpendiculum〉
Numini
Translation: For the numen (divine will).
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
CIL: 10641
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Poetic graffito

Graffito:

Venimus,
venimus
hoc cupidi,
multo magis ire cupimus.
Translation: We came! We came here desiring, much more do we desire to go
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
CIL: 10640
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Graffito naming Albinus

Graffito:

Albinus
Translation: Albinus
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
CIL: 10633
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Initials (?)

Graffito:

PÂM
Translation: P(ublius) A(---) M(---?)
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
CIL: 10625b
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Series of letters

Graffito:

HIMME
Translation: (untranslateable series of letters)
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
CIL: 10639
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Graffito

Graffito:

NO
Translation: NO
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
CIL: 10625a
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Graffito naming Phoebus

Graffito:

Fuibus (:Phoebus)
egrotes (:aegrotes)
Translation: Phoebus - May you fall ill.
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
CIL: 10631
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Graffito

Graffito:

Q(uintus) M[---]ANTV[---]
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
CIL: 10630
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Mention of food

Graffito:

Casium et
tres sc[- - -]rios habes
Translation: You have cheese and three (...)
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
CIL: 10632c
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Graffito

Graffito:

Vidimus
Translation: We saw
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
CIL: 10635
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Graffito mentioning a name

Graffito:

CAI
Translation: Gaius! (vocative... or abbreviated nominative, or set of initials)
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
CIL: 10636
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Series of letters

Graffito:

IVIIRIIHIIRI
Translation: (untranslateable series of letters)
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
CIL: 10627
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Beginning of a name (?)

Graffito:

METI
Translation: Metienus(?) OR Mettius(?)
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
CIL: 10644
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Greetings to Anicetus and Paris

Graffito:

Anicete Paris, va(lete)
Translation: Goodbye, Anicetus (and) Paris.
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
CIL: 10643a
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Graffito

Graffito:

[- - -]o
[- - -]foro
Translation: ... (in the) forum (?)
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
CIL: 10629
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Greetings to Lucius Actius

Graffito:

L(uci) Acti va(le). Mystice mus comici Icui 〈:vacat〉 pro 〈:vacat〉 te fuimus.
Translation: Lucius Actius, farewell. Mysticus, mus(ician), (slave?) of the comedian Icuus...we were for you. (trans. Cooley and Cooley)
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
CIL: 10643c
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