Drawing of a monster (?)
((: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 |
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| Findspot |
Herculaneum, Samnite House
(V.1)
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| Drawing Categories | Human figures , Animals |
| Writing Style | Graffito/incised |
| Apparatus Criticus | Textus et mensurae secundum (1). Contulerunt et mensuras prehenderunt Beall, Bey IV, McCrory, Opdenhoff, Tomasi, Zimmermann Damer (HGP) a. 2014. HGP mensurae, alt.: 40,0 HGP mensurae, lat.: 26,5 Prope EDR144514 et EDR145032 |
| Bibliography | M. Langner, Antike Graffitizeichnungen: Motive, Gestaltung und Bedeutung. Wiesbaden 2011, n. 1372 (Figur) (1) http://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR145030 (2) |
| Link to EDR | #EDR145030 |
| Suggested Citation | AGP-EDR145030, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR145030> [accessed: 05 Dec 2025] |
| Contributions |
Editor: Rebecca Benefiel Principal Contributor: Erika Damer Last Revision: 2017-08-10 |
| More info | Trismegistos: 697905 |
