Graffiti from the house of Pompeius Axiochus, 19, Regio Vi, Insula XIII.
Graffiti from the house of Pompeius Axiochus, 19, Regio Vi, Insula XIII. Pleasant greetings to a girl named Modesta, and a couplet from the poet Propertius (II, 5. 9-10). Illustration drawn by Discanno and lithographed by Victor Steeger from Emil Presuhn's "Pompeji. Die Neuesten Ausgrabungen von 1874-1881," Weigel, Leipzig, 1882. German archeologist Presuhn (1844-1881) lived in Italy for eight years and, with Mr. Discanno and Miss Amy Butts, made exact copies of many wall paintings that are now lost.
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