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Vit
Vitalio baliat (:valeat?) car (:carus?) est.
Musicus

Symbol	Meaning
(:abc)	Gives standard spelling to explain non-standard text in an inscription (used by EDR and AGP)
?	Represents uncertainty

Translation:	May Vitalio be well. He is dear. Musicus.
Findspot:	Pompeii, Terme del Sarno (VIII.2.17-23) Location metadata ➜
Language:	Latin
Writing Style:	Graffito/incised
Apparatus Criticus:	Textus et mensurae secundum (3). Locus inventionis: VIII.2.20, in andronis (3). Totum aedificium, Terme del Sarno, continet VIII.2.17-23 et multos ingressus habet. v. 1: VII (2) v. 2: BALIATOR IIST (2), CAR pro CAR(E) = QUARE (4), BALIAT scriptum est pro valeat. II pro littera E scriptum est. v. 3: musicus non ut nomen sed adiectivum legitur (4). Nomen Vitalio est notum Herculaneo (EDR154433) et Pompeiis (EDR146087). Nomen Musicus est notum Herculaneo (EDR129306) et Pompeiis (EDR163530). Locus inventionis in aedificio: in pariete sinistro portae membri χ (2), (4). Fortasse Musicus de amico suo Vitalione scripsit?
Bibliography:	Mitt. Deutsch. Arch. Inst.(Roemisch.), 5, 1890, p. 139 n. 5 (A. Mau) (1) Not. Sc., 1893, p. 42 n. 1 (A. Sogliano) (2) CIL 04, 04874 con apografo (3) Latin vulgaire - latin tardif, VIII, Hildesheim 2008, p. 67 (H. Solin) (4) Journ. of Cultural Heritage, 40, 2019, p. 253 (L. Bernardi et al.) (5) http://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR174880 (6)
Link to EDR:	#EDR174880
Suggested Citation:	AGP-EDR174880, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR174880> [accessed: 31 Oct 2024]
Contributions:	Editor: Rebecca Benefiel Principal Contributor: Matthew Panciera Contributor: 20 Last Revision: 2022-08-17