Ancient Literacies

(Marvins-Underground-K-12) #1

12.CIL4.9131: FULLONES ULULAMQUE CANO, NON ARMA
VIRUMQ[UE
size: 29.5 cm long
location: 9. 13. 5, on the outside wall to the left of the door


13.CIL4.10055c QUI PR(IMUS?) ... / U
size: 10 cm long10 cm high
location: 1. 12. 16, on the outside wall to the left of the door above a bench
other notes: The location given by della Corte inCIL(2. 2. 16) is incorrect
according to the system of numbering regiones and insulae currently used.


14.CIL4.10059 ARMA VIR(UMQUE)
size: 10 cm long6 cm high
location: 1. 13. 1, on the eastern wall of the atrium
other notes: The location given by della Corte inCIL(2. 3. 1) is incorrect
according to the system of numbering regiones and insulae currently used.


15.CIL4.10086a ARMA VIRUMQUE
size: 24 cm long3 cm high
location: 2. 1. 10, on the wall of the street to the right of the door
other notes: The location given by della Corte inCIL(2. 4. 10) is incorrect
according to the system of numbering regiones and insulae currently used.


16.CIL4.10111a CAELUS / [A]RM[A VI]R[UMQUE]
size:14 cm long10 cm high
location: 2. 3. 3, in the space off of the portico to the east
other notes: Below is written CAM (CIL4.10111b), which might be interpreted
as CAN[O]. The location given by della Corte inCIL(2. 6. 3) is incorrect
according to the system of numbering regiones and insulae currently used.


1.126 stagna refusa vadis, graviter commotus; et alto


17.CIL4.2066, w. add. pp. 215, 465, 704: (MOLES?) MULTA MIHI CURAE
CUM [PR]ESSERIT ARTUS, / HAS EGO MANCINAS, STAGNA REFUSA,
DABO.
size: 14.5 cm long3 cm. high
location: 8. 4. 4, in the hallway which runs along the west side of the tablinum, on
the left hand wall.
other notes: The inscription can be translated as ‘‘When the weight of cares
oppresses my limbs, I use my left hand to let the liberating gushes spurt out’’
(Varone 2002, 94). The author has taken the phrasestagna refusafrom Vergil and
redeployed it as part of his own couplet. The supplement of MOLES at the
beginning is by Bu ̈cheler inCLEn. 956.


1.135 Quos ego—sed motos praestat componere fluctus


18.CIL4.4409 QUOS EGO SED
size: unknown
location: 5. 5. 3, to the right of the exedra that opens off of the back of the
peristyle near the right corner
other notes: Della Corte 1940 also includesCIL4.8798 (sever(us): / ego quos /
Pompei(i)s) and 8641 (QUOS) as quotations ofAeneid1.135. To my mind,


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