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Idibus Apri (:Aprilis) vas a
a quo Philẹros [-]FOR

Symbol	Meaning
[- - -]	Damage to the surface or support; letters cannot be restored with certainty
ABC	Letters whose reading is clear but meaning is incomprehensible
ạḅ	Characters damaged or unclear that would be unintelligible without context
(:abc)	Gives standard spelling to explain non-standard text in an inscription (used by EDR and AGP)

Translation	On the Ides of April (=April 13th), a vase by which Phileros...(?)
Findspot	Pompeii, Casa delle Colombe a mosaico (VIII.2.34) Location metadata ➜
Language	Latin
Writing Style	charcoal
Apparatus Criticus	Textus secundum (3). Periit (2). II pro E scriptum est (3). v.1: URSA pro VAS A legitur (1)(2). v.2: CMI pro FOR legitur (1)(2).
Bibliography	Not. Sc., 1885, p. 162 (G. De Petra) (1) F. Niccolini, Le case ed i monumenti (IV), Nuovi scavi, p. 19 (2) CIL 04, 04896 con apografo (3) http://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR175728 (4)
Link to EDR	#EDR175728
Suggested Citation	AGP-EDR175728, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-EDR175728> [accessed: 03 Jun 2025]
Contributions	Editor: Rebecca Benefiel Principal Contributor: Matthew Panciera Contributor: 34 Last Revision: 2022-07-15