Graffito

ARI


Findspot Pompeii, Amphitheatrum (II.6.1-11)
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Language Latin
Writing Style Graffito/incised
Apparatus Criticus Textus et mensurae secundum (2).
v. 1: A = 5,5 cm; I = 13,0 cm (2).
v. 1: M. MAIIVS AIR [littera I in verbo AIR intra litteram A scripta est] (1). Zangemeister: 'Garrucci ... male coniunxit cum n. 2491' (2); vide etiam CIL 04, 02491 = EDR196526.
Textus litteris quadratis est (2), litteris crassis penitus scariphatis nunc corrosis (3)(5).
v. 1: Linea interior litterae A ut linea diagonalis scripta est (2)(5).
Fortasse de gente Arria Pompeis, vide Castrén (4). Solin: 'Castrén ... ad gentem Arriam refer[t], sine ulla necessitate' (3).
Locus inventionis: in aditus d pariete septentrionali 542 cm ab angulo inter septentriones ac occidentem versus, 155 cm a solo (3)(5). Ad dextram EDR196526 (interstitio est 300 cm) (2).
Bibliography Bull. Arch. Nap., n.s. n. 35, 1853–1854, p. 82 (R. Garrucci) (1)
CIL 04, 02492 (2), cf. Add. p. 1776 (3)
P. Castrén, Ordo Populusque Pompeianus (2 ed.), Roma 1983, p. 137–138 n. 42 (4)
A. Varone, Titulorum graphio exaratorum qui in CIL vol. IV collecti sunt Imagines, Roma 2012, vol. I, p. 114 con foto D/112161 (5)
http://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR196527 (6)
Link to EDR #EDR196527
Suggested Citation AGP-EDR196527, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR196527> [accessed: 14 Dec 2025]
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Last Revision: 2025-03-27

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