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Graffito in Greek

Graffito:

Φάβ(ιος)
Translation: Fab(ius)
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Bicentenary (V.15)
CIL: 10574b
ID: AGP-EDR140186
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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
ID: AGP-EDR154593
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Statement about love

Graffito:

Hic amor sapiet
Translation: Here love will be wise
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Cardo IV (V.1-9)
CIL: 10562
ID: AGP-EDR140135
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Graffito

Graffito:

Vinum a(sses) III
Quatusui++I VIII
Nig[---] ((denarius)) V s(emis)
Capitoni
Nigro ((denarius)) V
Nig[---]
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: (VI.2-3)
CIL: 5448
ID: AGP-EDR159777
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Poetic graffito (?)

Graffito:

Ursi me comedan[t]
Translation: Let the bears devour me.
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Palaestra (InsulaOrientalisII.4)
CIL: 10660
ID: AGP-EDR153853
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Drawing of a head with the name Gaius repeated

Graffito:

((:magnum caput viri cum nomine Γαιοϲ in collo))

Κα+++ (:ΚAÊS? KASTR?)
〈:columna I〉
Γαιοϲ
Γαιοϲ
Γαιοϲ
Γαιοϲ
Γαιοϲ
Γαιοϲ
Γαιοϲ
Γαιοϲ
Γα[ι]οϲ
Γαιοϲ
Γαι[ο]ϲ
Γα[---]
Γ[---]

〈:columna II, in litteris maioribus〉
Γαιοϲ
Γαιοϲ
Γαιοϲ
Γαιοϲ
〈:textus non legitur〉
Description of Drawing (English): head of a man with the name Γαιοc written on his neck
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Locus incertus
CIL: 12030
Drawing Category: Human figures
ID: AGP-EDR159886
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Greetings

Graffito:

[---]lius CINT 〈:vacat〉 genius suae sal(utem)
[---]CIN N AGIO GORC R
Translation: [---]lius sends greetings to his (girlfriend?). (...other letters here...)
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Grand Taberna (IV.15-16)
CIL: 10540
ID: AGP-EDR140219
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Series of letters

Graffito:

PAPAVLIN
Translation: Paulin(us?)
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1)
CIL: 10699
ID: AGP-EDR154537
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Graffito naming Gaius (H)ostius

Graffito:

C(aius) Ostius (:Hostius)
Translation: Gaius Hostius (here, pronounced Ostius)
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Stags (IV.21)
CIL: 10558
ID: AGP-EDR151863
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Graffito

Graffito:

((:gladiatores inter se dimicantes))
Euhodus
et Satura
Puteolani
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Grand Taberna (IV.15-16)
CIL: 10528
ID: AGP-EDR140190
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Drawing of a camel

Graffito:

((:camelus dromedarius cum cauda, lodicem gerens, ad dext. incedens))
Description of Drawing (English): camel, wearing blanket, with tail, walking to the right
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Samnite House (V.1)
Drawing Category: Animals
ID: AGP-EDR144514
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Initials (?)

Graffito:

MAL
Translation: M(arcus) A(---) L(---?)
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Cardo IV (V.1-9)
CIL: 10563c
ID: AGP-EDR140129
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Graffito in Greek

Graffito:

Πρόκλα
Translation: Πρόκλα
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Upstairs apartment (V.18)
CIL: 10577
ID: AGP-EDR140200
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Warning for Timinia

Graffito:

Caves (:caveas), Timinia,
Iures
Translation: Beware, Timinia: thieves!
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Central Baths (VI.1,7-10)
CIL: 10600
ID: AGP-EDR140248
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Tally marks

Graffito:

IIIIIIIIIIII
Translation: 12
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Wineshop of Antigonus (InsulaOrientalisII.9)
CIL: 10663d
ID: AGP-EDR154441
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Graffito naming Suellius

Graffito:

Hic situs
Suellius
Translation: Suellius is located here.
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Mosaic Atrium (IV.2)
CIL: Varone 2000
ID: AGP-EDR156999
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Greek alphabet

Graffito:

ΑΒΓΔΕΖΗΘΙΚΛΜΝΞ̲ΟΠΡΣΤΥΦΧΨΩ
Translation: (The whole alphabet in Greek)
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Wineshop of Antigonus (InsulaOrientalisII.9)
CIL: 10717
ID: AGP-EDR154595
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List of names

Graffito:

Vin(icius?)
Florus
Paris
C(aius) Messenius
Translation: Vin(icius?), Florus, Paris, Gaius Messenius
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1)
CIL: 10701
ID: AGP-EDR154539
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Graffito naming Euhodus

Graffito:

Euhodụs̲
Translation: Euhodus
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Terme Suburbane (VII.16.a)
CIL: 10679
ID: AGP-EDR154189
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Series of letters

Graffito:

CEN
Translation: (series of letters)
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Wooden Shrine (V.31)
CIL: 10586a
ID: AGP-EDR140167
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Beginning of a name (?)

Graffito:

REST ((:tres lineae aequae))
Translation: Rest(itutus?)
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Stags (IV.21)
CIL: 10560
ID: AGP-EDR151865
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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
ID: AGP-EDR153355
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Graffito

Graffito:

CVEN
Translation: to whom in . . .
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Wooden Shrine (V.31)
CIL: 10586d
ID: AGP-EDR140178
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Complaint (?)

Graffito:

Algemus
Translation: We are cold.
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Cardo IV (III.11-19)
CIL: 10508b
ID: AGP-EDR140149
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Drawing of a gladiator helmet

Graffito:

((:galea gladiatoria cum crista ad dext.))
Description of Drawing (English): gladiator helmet with crest facing right
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Grand Portal (V.35)
CIL: 10711
Drawing Category: Gladiators
ID: AGP-EDR143832
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Drawing of a gladiator helmet

Graffito:

((:galea gladiatoria cum crista ad dext.))
Description of Drawing (English): gladiator helmet with crest facing right
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Grand Portal (V.35)
CIL: 10711
Drawing Category: Gladiators
ID: AGP-EDR143815
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Graffito mentioning the city Tomis

Graffito:

[- - -]cio s(alutem?) morieris Tomi.
Feliciter
Translation: (... other letters here...) you will die in Tomis. Good luck!
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Central Baths (VI.1,7-10)
CIL: 10595
ID: AGP-EDR151890
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Graffito

Graffito:

((:phallus))
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Grand Taberna (IV.15-16)
CIL: 10535
ID: AGP-EDR163853
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Drawing of a column base

Graffito:

((:basis columnae))

Description of Drawing (English): column base
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Stags (IV.21)
CIL: 10561
Drawing Category: Other
ID: AGP-EDR144353
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Greetings (?) to Isidorus

Graffito:

va(le?)
[---]rio [I?]sidoru
IX
((:viri caput))
Translation: Greetings . . . to Isidorus(?). 9
Description of Drawing (English): head of a man
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Decumanus Inferior
CIL: 10493
Drawing Category: Human figures
ID: AGP-EDR145941
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Graffito mentioning a date

Graffito:

XI k(alendas) Febarias (:Februarias)
Translation: The 11th day before the Kalends of February.
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Gem (InsulaOrientalisI.1)
CIL: 10617
ID: AGP-EDR140037
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Graffito naming Severus

Graffito:

Severus
Translation: Severus
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Bicentenary (V.15)
CIL: 10570
ID: AGP-EDR140181
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Greek alphabet

Graffito:

ΜΝΞΟΠΡϹΤΥΦΧΨΩ
Translation: Second half of Greek alphabet
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Wooden Shrine (V.31)
CIL: 10710
ID: AGP-EDR140180
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Greetings to Echio

Graffito:

Echio va(le)
Translation: Goodbye Echio.
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Central Baths (VI.1,7-10)
CIL: 10596
ID: AGP-EDR145936
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Graffito mentioning a price

Graffito:

Saturnina[e]
matr(i) uncus
a(ssibus) III
Translation: For Saturnina, a mother, a hook that costs three asses (coins).
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Cardo IV (IV.1-9)
CIL: 10519
ID: AGP-EDR140171
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Graffito about Diogenes the Cynic philosopher

Graffito:

Διογένης ὁ κυνικὸς φιλόσοφος
ἰδὼν γυναῖκα ὑπὸ ποταμοῦ φε=
ρομένην, εἶπεν· ἄφες φέρεσσθαι(:φέρεσθαι)
τὸ κακ⌜ὸ⌝ν ὑπὸ κα`κοῦ´ ΚΙΥΣ.
Translation: Diogenes the Cynic philospher, seeing a woman being carried off by the river, said: let the bad thing be carried away by the worse.
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Grand Taberna (IV.15-16)
CIL: 10529
ID: AGP-EDR112869
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Drawing of a phallus

Graffito:

((:phallus))
Description of Drawing (English): phallus
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1)
CIL: 10704
Drawing Category: Erotic images
ID: AGP-EDR154541
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Tally mark

Graffito:

I
Translation: 1
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Skeleton (III.3)
CIL: 10495b
ID: AGP-EDR140246
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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
ID: AGP-EDR153110
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Drawing of a stag

Graffito:

((:cervus a cane assultatus))

Description of Drawing (English): stag attacked by dog
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Stags (IV.21)
CIL: 10561
Drawing Category: Animals
ID: AGP-EDR145005
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Graffito

Graffito:

[---]ASV M umor[---]
Translation: (Other letters here...) moisture
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Palaestra (InsulaOrientalisII.4)
CIL: 10661
ID: AGP-EDR153854
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Graffito mentioning travel

Graffito:

Spedio Antymo [- - -]
[redi?]bis e Pompeian[o]
a Colono sạ(lutem?)
est augusta̲l̲[is]
Translation: To Spedius Antymus (... other letters here...) from Colonus (... other letters here...)
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Central Baths (VI.1,7-10)
CIL: 10592
ID: AGP-EDR151877
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Initials

Graffito:

AḶṢ
Translation: A(ulus) L(---) S(---?)
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Stags (IV.21)
CIL: 10557
ID: AGP-EDR151861
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Insult

Graffito:

Lasius cinedus (:cinaedus)
Translation: Lasius is a pervert.
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Water Tower (WithinWalls.ww2)
CIL: 10671
ID: AGP-EDR154575
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Grammatical exercise

Graffito:

〈:columna I〉
Branc
broc
trans
nus

〈:columna II〉
Nos=
ter
tros
men

〈:columna III〉
Quod
quid
quae
quas

〈:columna IV〉
Rum
quis
que
dem

〈:columna V〉
Con
les
lis
muḷ

〈:columna VI〉
Mol
ma
me
mae
Translation: (Series of syllabus and words)
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of Neptune and Amphitrite (V.7)
CIL: 10567
ID: AGP-EDR140039
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Numerical graffito

Graffito:

Quatuor (:quattuor) cer[---]
Translation: Four (...)
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
CIL: 10632a
ID: AGP-EDR154567
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Graffito

Graffito:

Q(uintus) ++++++++
Translation: Quintus (...other text illegible)
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Wooden Shrine (V.31)
CIL: 10583a
ID: AGP-EDR151872
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Graffito naming Salvia Superba

Graffito:

Salvia Superba
Translation: Salvia Superba
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Wooden Shrine (V.31)
CIL: 10583b
ID: AGP-EDR140139
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Graffito naming David

Graffito:

David
Translation: David
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Wooden Shrine (V.31)
CIL: 10584
ID: AGP-EDR140134
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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
ID: AGP-EDR140054
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Drawing of a stag and a man

Graffito:

((:vir cervum equitans))
Description of Drawing (English): man riding stag
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Stags (IV.21)
CIL: 10561
Drawing Categories: Human figures , Animals
ID: AGP-EDR145009
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Tally marks

Graffito:

XVII
Translation: 17
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: (InsulaOrientalisII.2-3)
CIL: 10653a
ID: AGP-EDR140193
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Tally marks

Graffito:

IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
Translation: 20
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Wineshop of Antigonus (InsulaOrientalisII.9)
CIL: 10663b
ID: AGP-EDR154439
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Tally marks

Graffito:

IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
Translation: 18
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: (InsulaOrientalisII.2-3)
CIL: 10654f
ID: AGP-EDR140252
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Tally marks

Graffito:

IIII
Translation: 4
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Wineshop of Antigonus (InsulaOrientalisII.9)
CIL: 10663e
ID: AGP-EDR154442
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Graffito mentioning a date

Graffito:

Nonis Iulis MVS[---]N M[---]N[---]
VIII[ Idus Iul]ias nata CV
Prid[ie Nonas?] Non[is? H]erclan (:Herculaneo?) Nol(ae?) Pomp[---]ans
〈:vacat〉 CN I III
Translation: On the Nones of July (... damaged text here...). Eight days before the (...) was born. The day before the Nones and on the Nones (... damaged text here...) at Herculaneum, Nola, Pompeii... (...other text here).
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Wineshop of Antigonus (InsulaOrientalisII.9)
CIL: 10662
ID: AGP-EDR154042
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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
ID: AGP-EDR145036
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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
ID: AGP-EDR145037
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Alphabet

Graffito:

A̲B̲CDEF̲G̲H̲I̲K̲
Translation: (Beginning of an alphabet)
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Two Atria (VI.29)
CIL: 10712
ID: AGP-EDR154590
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Drawing of a phallus

Graffito:

((:phallus))
Description of Drawing (English): phallus
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Grand Portal (V.35)
CIL: 10711
Drawing Category: Erotic images
ID: AGP-EDR158824
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Beginning of a word

Graffito:

SA
Translation: SA
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Cardo IV (V.1-9)
CIL: 10563d
ID: AGP-EDR140146
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Tally marks

Graffito:

IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
Translation: 30
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Skeleton (III.3)
CIL: 10495a
ID: AGP-EDR140055
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Graffito

Graffito:

Mus
Translation: Mus (personal name) OR mouse
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Wooden Screen/Partition (III.11)
CIL: 10498c
ID: AGP-EDR151801
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Graffito naming Nicanor

Graffito:

Ṇicanor ovas̲
Translation: Nicanor (...?)
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Central Baths (VI.1,7-10)
CIL: 10603
ID: AGP-EDR151417
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Graffito mentioning a date and someone teaching

Graffito:

Ηdibus (:Idibus) Ianyaris (:Ianuarias)
mystacogus (:mystagogus, μυσταγωγός) docens
GEBEUM et Ẹṭọẹn
ḷục̣ịạṇ+ VIC̣IC
Translation: On the Ides of January, the guide (religious guide?) teaching Gebeus(?) and Etoe(?) (neither name is otherwise known) (...other letters here...)
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of Wattlework (III.14)
CIL: 10499
ID: AGP-EDR140254
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Poetic graffito (?)

Graffito:

P P P redire si minus innecteb(is?) et te [---]
Translation: To return, to return, if (I? he? she?) was not entangling (being entangled?) ... and you...
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Grand Taberna (IV.15-16)
CIL: 10542
ID: AGP-EDR140223
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Graffito

Graffito:

Qu[aesi]vi hic facias re[s s]erva omnes res tuas [- - -] quem nol[i - - -] nobi[s iun]ge neque servabo
ne q[ui]s ius lum(inum) salvum

Translation: ... I asked that you do this... all your affairs... which... safe.
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Taberna (IV.10)
CIL: 10522
ID: AGP-EDR151831
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Names written in the shape of boats

Graffito:

Θ
Faustus
Nothus
Nothus
((:nomina FAVSTVS et NOTHVS scripta in forma trium navium, NOTHVS bis))
Translation: Θ Faustus Nothus Nothus
Description of Drawing (English): names FAVSTVS and NOTHVS written in the shape of three boats, NOTHVS twice
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Grand Taberna (IV.15-16)
CIL: 10532
Drawing Category: Boats
ID: AGP-EDR144354
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Graffito mentioning an office

Graffito:

P S edituis (:aedituus)
Translation: P S For the temple-attendants(?)
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Wooden Shrine (V.31)
CIL: 10587
ID: AGP-EDR140179
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Drawing of a stag

Graffito:

((:cervus a viro laqueo captus))

Description of Drawing (English): stag captured by a man with a rope
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Stags (IV.21)
CIL: 10561
Drawing Categories: Other , Animals
ID: AGP-EDR145007
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Graffito mentioning a date

Graffito:

III non(as) M̂âi(as)
VII idus paeriit (:periit)
Translation: Three days before the Nones of May. Seven days before the Ides, he (it?) died.
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Shop (InsulaOrientalisII.16)
CIL: 10668
ID: AGP-EDR154574
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Greetings to Phyllis

Graffito:

Phyl va(le)

Translation: Goodbye, Phyllis.
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1)
CIL: 10692
ID: AGP-EDR154432
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Series of letters

Graffito:

IPIVS · VI · DV
Translation: (untranslatable series of letters)
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1)
CIL: 10696
ID: AGP-EDR140982
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Greetings

Graffito:

[---]inibu[s? ---] feliciter
Translation: May things go happily for (some group of people - text damaged)
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1)
CIL: 10705
ID: AGP-EDR154542
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Graffito mentioning a name

Graffito:

Careius
Translation: Careius (OR Gaius Areius)
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1)
CIL: 10702
ID: AGP-EDR154540
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Greek alphabet

Graffito:

ΑΒΓΔΕΖΗΘΙΚΛΜ
Translation: Beginning of Greek alphabet
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Inn (III.19)
CIL: 10707
ID: AGP-EDR154588
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Drawing of circles

Graffito:

((:sex circuli quorum duo simplices et quattuor duplices sunt))
Description of Drawing (English): six circles, two single and four double
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Central Baths (VI.1,7-10)
Drawing Category: Geometric designs
ID: AGP-EDR144356
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Graffito in Greek

Graffito:

Κογιτάτουϲ S
Translation: Cogitatus (i.e. a name)
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Mosaic Atrium (IV.2)
CIL: 10505
ID: AGP-EDR140142
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Drawing of a monster (?)

Graffito:

((:gryllus feminae cum cornibus, unguibus, dentibus, et alis, falcem aut baculum tenentis))
Description of Drawing (English): caricature of a woman with horns, claws, teeth, and wings, holding a scythe or staff
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Samnite House (V.1)
Drawing Categories: Human figures , Animals
ID: AGP-EDR145030
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Graffito in Greek

Graffito:

Ἑρμία(ς)
Translation: Hermias (i.e. a name)
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Central Baths (VI.1,7-10)
CIL: 10594
ID: AGP-EDR151884
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Graffito mentioning a name (?)

Graffito:

Quartu
Translation: Quartu(s)
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Two Atria (VI.29)
CIL: 10615
ID: AGP-EDR152999
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Graffito

Graffito:

Quid
Translation: What
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Cardo IV (V.1-9)
CIL: 10563b
ID: AGP-EDR140125
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Graffito

Graffito:

Burṛ[us] 〈:vacat〉 p̣edad (:petat) H
Translation: Burr(us) seeks (?)
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Wooden Shrine (V.31)
CIL: 10582
ID: AGP-EDR140138
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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
ID: AGP-EDR154535
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Drawing of a column base

Graffito:

((:basis columnae))

Description of Drawing (English): column base
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Stags (IV.21)
CIL: 10561
Drawing Category: Other
ID: AGP-EDR144349
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Graffito

Graffito:

Mortus (:Mortuus)
Sumpo(rus) (:Symphorus)
Translation: Symphorus is dead
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Terme Suburbane (VII.16.a)
CIL: 10680
ID: AGP-EDR154190
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Greetings to Anicetus

Graffito:

Anicete va(le)
Translation: Goodbye, Anicetus
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Grand Taberna (IV.15-16)
CIL: 10535
ID: AGP-EDR140230
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Insult

Graffito:

IINIIDII (:c̣inaede)
Translation: Pervert!
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: (InsulaOrientalisII.2-3)
CIL: 10654d
ID: AGP-EDR154573
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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
ID: AGP-EDR153485
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Drawing of a gladiator helmet

Graffito:

((:galea gladiatoria cum crista))
Description of Drawing (English): gladiator helmet with crest
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Grand Portal (V.35)
CIL: 10711
Drawing Category: Gladiators
ID: AGP-EDR144784
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Tally marks

Graffito:

IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
Translation: 16
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Shop of the Gem-cutter (InsulaOrientalisII.10)
CIL: 10666d
ID: AGP-EDR154446
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Graffito naming Bucolus

Graffito:

Bucolus
Translation: Bucolus
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Gem (InsulaOrientalisI.1)
CIL: 10620
ID: AGP-EDR140050
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Initials (?)

Graffito:

PÂM
Translation: P(ublius) A(---) M(---?)
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
CIL: 10625b
ID: AGP-EDR140150
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Graffito

Graffito:

Ara
Translation: Altar
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Mosaic Atrium (IV.2)
CIL: 10518
ID: AGP-EDR140192
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Drawing of a gladiator helmet

Graffito:

((:galea gladiatoria))
Description of Drawing (English): gladiator helmet
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Grand Portal (V.35)
CIL: 10711
Drawing Category: Gladiators
ID: AGP-EDR147158
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Graffito mentioning money

Graffito:

assis IIIIHIINII
CCCXXX
Translation: Coins (...series of characters) / 330
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Taberna (IV.10)
CIL: 10523c
ID: AGP-EDR140177
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Graffito naming Vibidius (?)

Graffito:

Vibidi
Translation: Of Vibidius (?) OR Vibidi(us...?)
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Grand Taberna (IV.15-16)
CIL: 10537
ID: AGP-EDR140237
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Insult

Graffito:

Iustus cinaedu[- - -]
Translation: Iustus (is a) pervert
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: (InsulaOrientalisII.2-3)
CIL: 10654c
ID: AGP-EDR154572
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Series of characters

Graffito:

〈:textus non legitur〉
Translation: (Incomprehensible series of characters)
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Fabric (IV.19)
CIL: 10554b
ID: AGP-EDR142439
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Graffito naming Remnius Rufus

Graffito:

Rẹmmius Rufus
Translation: Remnius Rufus
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Wooden Screen/Partition (III.11)
CIL: 10496
ID: AGP-EDR151948
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Alphabet

Graffito:

ABCDEFGHIKLMNOPQRTV
Translation: Most of a Latin alphabet
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Grand Portal (V.35)
CIL: 10711
ID: AGP-EDR140130
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Graffito mentioning the city of Cumae

Graffito:

Cereales sint Cums (:Cumis)
Translation: Cerialis and Cerialis might be at Cumae.
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Grand Taberna (IV.15-16)
CIL: 10538
ID: AGP-EDR140213
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Greetings to Urbanus

Graffito:

Urban(e) v̂a(le)
Translation: Goodbye, Urbanus
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1)
CIL: 10689
ID: AGP-EDR154429
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Drawing of a boat

Graffito:

((:navis oneraria))
Description of Drawing (English): cargo ship
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Decumanus Maximus
Drawing Category: Boats
ID: AGP-EDR159869
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Graffito mentioning dates

Graffito:

K(alendas) Aug̣(ustas)
Nonaṣ A̲p̲r̲(ilis)
At̲i̲n̲a̲s̲
Translation: Kalends of August, Nones of April at Atina.
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Two Atria (VI.29)
CIL: 10614
ID: AGP-EDR152964
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Prayer to Venus

Graffito:

Fo̲rtunatus · amat · Ampl̲i̲a̲nda (:Ampliandam).
Ianuarius · amat · Veneria (:Veneriam).
Rogamus · damna (:domina) · Venus
ut · nos · in · mente · h̲a̲bias (:habeas)
quod te · modo · introrgamus (:interrogamus)
Translation: Fortunatus loves Amplianda. Ianuarius loves Veneria. We ask mistress Venus that you keep us in mind (and also) that which we now ask of you.
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1)
CIL: 10697
ID: AGP-EDR140983
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Graffito naming Modestus

Graffito:

Modesti
Translation: of Modestus
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1)
CIL: 10691
ID: AGP-EDR154431
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Graffito

Graffito:

Quant(?)
Translation: How much?
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: (InsulaOrientalisII.2-3)
CIL: 10654a
ID: AGP-EDR154570
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Graffito

Graffito:

Est res INCOSID
Translation: The matter is in ...
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Grand Taberna (IV.15-16)
CIL: 10530
ID: AGP-EDR151835
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Beginning of a name

Graffito:

Bal̂b(us)
Translation: Balbus
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Decumanus Inferior (V.34-35)
CIL: 10588a
ID: AGP-EDR140127
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Graffito naming Verus(?)

Graffito:

VERIII
Translation: Verus(?)
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Bicentenary (V.15)
CIL: 10573
ID: AGP-EDR140185
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Erotic graffito

Graffito:

Salar[ius] glabe (:glaber) RVSIVNNAE Lavinia (:Laviniam) futui
Translation: Bald Sala(rius?)... Lavinia...
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1)
CIL: 10684
ID: AGP-EDR154371
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Graffito

Graffito:

Soli
Translation: Alone...
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Gem (InsulaOrientalisI.1)
CIL: 10621
ID: AGP-EDR140052
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Beginning of a name (?)

Graffito:

IANV
Translation: Ianu(arius?)
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Taberna (IV.10)
CIL: 10524
ID: AGP-EDR140170
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Series of letters

Graffito:

[---] DIII VII
Translation: (series of letters)
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Wooden Shrine (V.31)
CIL: 10586c
ID: AGP-EDR140175
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Series of letters

Graffito:

ON
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Taberna (IV.10)
CIL: 10523b
ID: AGP-EDR140176
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Graffito mentioning a name (?)

Graffito:

Eueno
Translation: to Euenus(?)
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Taberna of Priapus (IV.17)
CIL: 10549
ID: AGP-EDR140199
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Drawing of a gladiator's head

Graffito:

((:caput gladiatoris ad sin. versum et galea armatum))
Description of Drawing (English): head of a gladiator with helmet, facing left
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Sewer Access (WithinWalls.ww3)
CIL: 10673
Drawing Category: Gladiators
ID: AGP-EDR156782
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Graffito

Graffito:

M̂M̂M̂Mu̲s̲
Translation: MMMMus (personal name) OR MMMMouse
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Wooden Screen/Partition (III.11)
CIL: 10498d
ID: AGP-EDR151802
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Graffito

Graffito:

Augu
Translation: (Something about augury or the emperor?)
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Grand Taberna (IV.15-16)
CIL: 10536
ID: AGP-EDR140231
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Graffito naming Colonus

Graffito:

Col=
((denarius))
ono (:Colono)
Translation: A denarius to (for?) Colonus
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Wooden Screen/Partition (III.11)
CIL: 10497
ID: AGP-EDR140046
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Graffito mentioning a senatorial decree

Graffito:

Ex se[na]tu (:senatus) con=
sul[to] VVCA
[---]E ICA
m̂ansi solus
Translation: By decree of the senate (... other letters here...), I remained alone
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of Wattlework (III.14)
CIL: 10503
ID: AGP-EDR140036
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Graffito

Graffito:

M̲O̲E̲ƆCIA C̲C̲
Translation: (untranslateable series of characters)
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Cardo IV (III.11-19)
CIL: 10504
ID: AGP-EDR140137
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Graffito

Graffito:

IVSTAR
Translation: Iusta (i.e. a name)...
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Bronze Herm (III.16)
CIL: 10507
ID: AGP-EDR140148
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Graffito naming Epicurus

Graffito:

A Epicurus
si es Utica
Translation: A(ulus?) Epicurus, if you are at Utica . . .
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Mosaic Atrium (IV.2)
CIL: 10515
ID: AGP-EDR140172
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Graffito mentioning a senatorial decree

Graffito:

M̂ansi solus x (:ex) s(enatus) c(onsulto)
Translation: I remained alone by decree of the senate
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of Wattlework (III.14)
CIL: 10501
ID: AGP-EDR151818
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Drawing of a phallus

Graffito:

((:phallus))
Description of Drawing (English): phallus
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Grand Taberna (IV.15-16)
CIL: 10535
Drawing Category: Erotic images
ID: AGP-EDR158823
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Drawing of a man wearing a helmet

Graffito:

((:caput viri galeati))
Description of Drawing (English): head of man wearing helmet
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Decumanus Maximus
Drawing Category: Human figures
ID: AGP-EDR159880
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Graffito mentioning the cities of Puteoli and Herculaneum

Graffito:

[---]A̲S̲[---] conclave Puteolis
C̣[-]AṆẠ
[---]V̲LII consitont (:consistunt) Herculaneses (:Herculanenses) navculae (:naviculae)
Translation: ... the place at Puteoli... the small Herculanean boats dock.
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Painted Papyrus (IV.8)
CIL: 10520
ID: AGP-EDR140147
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Series of letters

Graffito:

ovas EVCL E VA M X P vectat
Translation: You rejoice (...other letters here...) it carries.
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Grand Taberna (IV.15-16)
CIL: 10539
ID: AGP-EDR140217
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Greetings (?)

Graffito:

suis P ave viban (:vivant)
Translation: Greetings to his own (family? friends?). May they live...
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Grand Taberna (IV.15-16)
CIL: 10544
ID: AGP-EDR140232
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Graffito naming Crocale

Graffito:

Croca̲ḷe
barbat̲a̲
Translation: Bearded Crocale
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Taberna of Priapus (IV.17)
CIL: 10547
ID: AGP-EDR140131
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Series of characters

Graffito:

〈:textus non legitur〉
Translation: (Incomprehensible series of characters)
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Fabric (IV.19)
CIL: 10555a
ID: AGP-EDR142440
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Series of letters

Graffito:

Ad Ner[---]
Translation: To Nero (?)
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Fabric (IV.19)
CIL: 10555b
ID: AGP-EDR142441
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Drawing of a stag and a dog

Graffito:

((:cervus a cane assultatus))
Description of Drawing (English): stag attacked by dog
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Stags (IV.21)
CIL: 10561
Drawing Category: Animals
ID: AGP-EDR145004
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Drawing of a man

Graffito:

((:figura hominis))
Description of Drawing (English): figure of a man
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Stags (IV.21)
CIL: 10561 (nota)
Drawing Category: Human figures
ID: AGP-EDR145771
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Drawing of a stag

Graffito:

((:cervus))

Description of Drawing (English): stag
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Stags (IV.21)
CIL: 10561
Drawing Category: Animals
ID: AGP-EDR145764
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Graffito

Graffito:

Quis d
Translation: Who...
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Cardo IV (V.1-9)
CIL: 10563a
ID: AGP-EDR140124
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Beginning of a name (?)

Graffito:

MAM
Translation: Mam(ius?)
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Samnite House (V.1)
CIL: 10564
ID: AGP-EDR140132
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Statement about a transaction

Graffito:

XI K(alendas) pane factum
III Nonas pane factum
〚III〛
Translation: Eleven days before the Kalends, bread was made. Three days before the Nones, bread was made. Three
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Upstairs apartment (V.18)
CIL: 10575
ID: AGP-EDR140195
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Beginning of a name (?)

Graffito:

ROM
〈:vacat〉
R
Translation: Rom(ulus?), or Rom(a?)
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Upstairs apartment (V.18)
CIL: 10576
ID: AGP-EDR140197
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Mention of a name (?)

Graffito:

[---]bius
Translation: Vibius?
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Central Baths (VI.1,7-10)
CIL: 10599b
ID: AGP-EDR140709
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Graffito

Graffito:

Ἄρτος
((signum incertum))
MME
Translation: Cake (or loaf of bread). (symbol). MME.
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Two Atria (VI.29)
CIL: 10612
ID: AGP-EDR152962
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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
ID: AGP-EDR140835
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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
ID: AGP-EDR153111
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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
ID: AGP-EDR154568
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Statement about a transaction

Graffito:

[+1?+]anthi
trama
p(ondo) IX
stame(n)
p(ondo) VII
VIII
Translation: Cloth for (literally of) Xanthus: weft - 9 (units by weight), warp - 7 (units), 8
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of Granianus (InsulaOrientalisI.1a)
CIL: 10645
ID: AGP-EDR154576
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Graffito

Graffito:

Charca miam (:meam?), Sira (:Syra?)
Translation: (unknown meaning)
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: (InsulaOrientalisII.2-3)
CIL: 10648
ID: AGP-EDR140211
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Tally marks

Graffito:

IIIIIII
Translation: 7
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: (InsulaOrientalisII.2-3)
CIL: 10653b
ID: AGP-EDR140250
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Name written in the shape of a boat

Graffito:

Silentiolus
((:nomen SILENTIOLUS in forma navis scriptum))
Translation: Silentiolus
Description of Drawing (English): name SILENTIOUS written in the shape of a boat
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: (InsulaOrientalisII.2-3)
CIL: 10655b
Drawing Category: Boats
ID: AGP-EDR153743
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Tally marks

Graffito:

IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
Translation: 21
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Wineshop of Antigonus (InsulaOrientalisII.9)
CIL: 10663a
ID: AGP-EDR154437
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Drawing of a column base

Graffito:

((:basis columnae))
Description of Drawing (English): column base
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Stags (IV.21)
CIL: 10561
Drawing Category: Other
ID: AGP-EDR144350
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Graffito naming a slave

Graffito:

[--- acce]pit Secundus Crusali ser(vus?)
et Valentina ((:phallus))
Translation: Secundus, the slave of Crusalus(?), along with Valentina, received (...?)
Description of Drawing (English): phallus
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Central Baths (VI.1,7-10)
CIL: 10604a
Drawing Category: Erotic images
ID: AGP-EDR140061
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Name written in the shape of a boat

Graffito:

Silentiolus
((:nomen SILENTIOLUS in forma navis scriptum))
Translation: Silentiolus
Description of Drawing (English): name SILENTIOUS written in the shape of a boat
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: (InsulaOrientalisII.2-3)
CIL: 10655a
Drawing Category: Boats
ID: AGP-EDR153742
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Drawing of a head

Graffito:

((:caput viri barbati))
Description of Drawing (English): head of bearded man
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Taberna of Priapus (IV.17)
Drawing Category: Human figures
ID: AGP-EDR159866
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Drawing of a man

Graffito:

((:herma viri cum palma))
Description of Drawing (English): bust of man with palm
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Central Baths (VI.1,7-10)
CIL: 10604
Drawing Categories: Plants , Human figures
ID: AGP-EDR147607
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Greek alphabet

Graffito:

ΑΒΓΔΕ
Translation: Beginning of Greek alphabet
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Mosaic Atrium (IV.2)
CIL: 10708
ID: AGP-EDR154589
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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
ID: AGP-EDR154594
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Graffito naming Paris

Graffito:

R̲
P̲a̲r̲i̲s̲
a̲mas̲
Translation: R(?). Paris, you love
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Black Salon (VI.13)
CIL: 10607
ID: AGP-EDR140053
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Roman numerals

Graffito:

XXVIIII
Translation: 29
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Taberna of Priapus (IV.17)
CIL: 10550
ID: AGP-EDR140203
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Graffito naming Mercurius

Graffito:

Mercurius
Translation: Mercurius
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Taberna of Priapus (IV.17)
CIL: 10551
ID: AGP-EDR140208
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Initials (?)

Graffito:

C C ego
Translation: C. C. I (myself)....
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Gem (InsulaOrientalisI.1)
CIL: 10618
ID: AGP-EDR140040
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Drawing of a gladiator

Graffito:

((:gladiator gladio et scuto longo armatus))
Description of Drawing (English): gladiator armed with sword and long shield
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of Argus (II.2)
Drawing Category: Gladiators
ID: AGP-EDR145384
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Graffito

Graffito:

Mus nequa(m)
Translation: Mus never(?)
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Wooden Screen/Partition (III.11)
CIL: 10498a
ID: AGP-EDR140258
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Series of characters

Graffito:

Phlavia (:Flavia) Θ̲ l̲i̲g̲i̲s̲ (:lingis)
Translation: Flavia (other letters here)
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Central Baths (VI.1,7-10)
CIL: 10602
ID: AGP-EDR151898
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Graffito naming Albinus

Graffito:

Albinus
Translation: Albinus
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
CIL: 10633
ID: AGP-EDR153151
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Graffito

Graffito:

Vidimus
Translation: We saw
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
CIL: 10635
ID: AGP-EDR153356
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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
ID: AGP-EDR153609
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Roman numerals

Graffito:

LXXII
Translation: 72
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of Granianus (InsulaOrientalisI.1a)
CIL: 10647
ID: AGP-EDR153615
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Graffito naming Polybius (?)

Graffito:

POLY
Translation: Poly(bius?)
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Telephus Relief (InsulaOrientalisI.2)
CIL: 10637
ID: AGP-EDR153358
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Graffito mentioning a game player

Graffito:

TVS lusor
Translation: (Ius)tus, the game player
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: (InsulaOrientalisII.2-3)
CIL: 10654b
ID: AGP-EDR154571
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Graffito mentioning a vow

Graffito:

L(uci) Aviani votus (:votum)
Translation: A vow (literally, something vowed) of Lucius Avianus
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Bicentenary (V.15)
CIL: 10574a
ID: AGP-EDR150399
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Roman numerals

Graffito:

PR XXX CV[+]XXX
Translation: Price: 30 Cu(?): 30
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Grand Portal (V.35)
CIL: 10591
ID: AGP-EDR151876
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Tally marks

Graffito:

IIIIIIIIIIIIIII
Translation: 15
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Shop of the Gem-cutter (InsulaOrientalisII.10)
CIL: 10666a
ID: AGP-EDR154443
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Tally marks

Graffito:

S IIIII
Translation: S 5
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: (InsulaOrientalisII.2-3)
CIL: 10651a
ID: AGP-EDR153800
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Tally marks

Graffito:

Omnes
XXXI
Translation: All of them, 31
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Shop of the Gem-cutter (InsulaOrientalisII.10)
CIL: 10666b
ID: AGP-EDR154444
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Graffito

Graffito:

〈:ad perpendiculum〉
Iuvari
Translation: To be helped
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Bicentenary (V.15)
CIL: 10572
ID: AGP-EDR140184
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Poetic graffito (?)

Graffito:

Ursi me comedant
Translation: Let the bears devour me.
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Palaestra (InsulaOrientalisII.4)
CIL: 10656
ID: AGP-EDR153849
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Graffito

Graffito:

S nequa(m)
Translation: S never(?)
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Wooden Screen/Partition (III.11)
CIL: 10498b
ID: AGP-EDR151800
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Graffito

Graffito:

Ultas
Translation: The (women?) who have avenged (?)
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Palaestra (InsulaOrientalisII.4)
CIL: 10658
ID: AGP-EDR153851
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Graffito

Graffito:

〈:columna I〉
Urso
〈:columna II〉
Urso
Translation: To the bear, to the bear
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Ramp (OutsideWalls.ow1)
CIL: 10698
ID: AGP-EDR140986
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Graffito naming Cilix

Graffito:

[F]usci Cilix
Cilix
Translation: Cilix, (slave) of Fuscus. Cilix.
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Terme Suburbane (VII.16.a)
CIL: 10681
ID: AGP-EDR154368
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Drawing of a stag

Graffito:

((:cervus a viro laqueo captus et a cane assultatus))

Description of Drawing (English): stag captured by a man with a rope and attacked by a dog
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Stags (IV.21)
CIL: 10561
Drawing Categories: Human figures , Animals
ID: AGP-EDR145008
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Drawing of a column base

Graffito:

((:basis columnae cum parte columnae ornamentae et fortasse scalae))

Description of Drawing (English): base and part of a decorated column and perhaps a ladder
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Stags (IV.21)
CIL: 10561
Drawing Category: Other
ID: AGP-EDR144347
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Name written in the shape of a boat

Graffito:

C(aius) Iunius
((:nomen C(AIUS) IUNIUS in forma navis scriptum))
Translation: Gaius Iunius
Description of Drawing (English): name CAIUS IUNIUS written in the shape of a boat
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: (InsulaOrientalisII.2-3)
CIL: 10652
Drawing Category: Boats
ID: AGP-EDR140239
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Graffito naming Tiberius Claudius

Graffito:

Ti(berius) Claud(ius)
Translation: Tiberius Claudius
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Dye shop (InsulaOrientalisII.11-12)
CIL: 10667
ID: AGP-EDR154045
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Graffito

Graffito:

[---]at veniat
Translation: ...let him/her come.
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Shop (InsulaOrientalisII.16)
CIL: 10669
ID: AGP-EDR154046
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Drawing of a head

Graffito:

((:facies))
Description of Drawing (English): face
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Taberna of Priapus (IV.17)
Drawing Category: Human figures
ID: AGP-EDR159867
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Beginning of a name

Graffito:

Romu(lus)
Translation: Romu(lus?)
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Stags (IV.21)
CIL: 10559
ID: AGP-EDR151864
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Inventory

Graffito:

Cunei
Translation: Wedges
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Upper Aula (InsulaOrientalisII.19)
CIL: 10670a
ID: AGP-EDR154047
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Alphabet

Graffito:

ABCD
Translation: (Beginning of an alphabet)
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Decumanus Maximus
CIL: 10714
ID: AGP-EDR154592
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Greetings to Aulus Tertius

Graffito:

[---]gius a Tertio S
Translation: [---]gius says hello to Aulus Tertius. Hello!
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Grand Taberna (IV.15-16)
CIL: 10534
ID: AGP-EDR140224
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Graffito

Graffito:

〈:columna I〉
CΤΡΑ=
ΤΟΝΙ=
ΚΟC (:Στρατόνικος)

〈:columna II〉
Stra=
tonicos (:Stratonicus)
scrips(it)
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of Argus (II.2)
CIL: 2513
ID: AGP-EDR159772
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Drawing of a stag

Graffito:

((:cervus stans))
Description of Drawing (English): standing stag
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Central Baths (VI.1,7-10)
CIL: 10600
Drawing Category: Animals
ID: AGP-EDR145935
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Drawing of a gladiator helmet

Graffito:

((:galea gladiatoria cum crista ad dext.))
Description of Drawing (English): gladiator helmet with crest facing right
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Grand Portal (V.35)
CIL: 10711
Drawing Category: Gladiators
ID: AGP-EDR143814
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Drawing of a gladiator helmet

Graffito:

((:galea gladiatoria))
Description of Drawing (English): gladiator helmet
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Grand Portal (V.35)
CIL: 10711
Drawing Category: Gladiators
ID: AGP-EDR144659
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Drawing of an erotic scene

Graffito:

((:scaena erotica))
Description of Drawing (English): erotic scene
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of Argus (II.2)
Drawing Categories: Erotic images , Human figures
ID: AGP-EDR145943
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Drawing of a stag

Graffito:

((:cervus))

Description of Drawing (English): stag
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: House of the Stags (IV.21)
CIL: 10561
Drawing Category: Animals
ID: AGP-EDR145766
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Drawing of a man

Graffito:

((:vir baculo nixus))
Description of Drawing (English): man leaning on staff
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Central Baths (VI.1,7-10)
CIL: 10596
Drawing Category: Human figures
ID: AGP-EDR156776
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Drawing of a rooster

Graffito:

((:gallus cum crista alisque))
Description of Drawing (English): rooster with comb and wings
City: Herculaneum
Findspot: Samnite House (V.1)
Drawing Category: Animals
ID: AGP-EDR145032
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