The following pregnancy announcements reveal to us the scope of literacy among Pompeiian women.
GRAVIDO* ME TENE[t]
ATM[etus?]
Atimetus made me pregnant
*gravido is an alternative spelling for gravidam, found frequently in Pompeiian inscriptions
--CIL IV.10231, found written in charcoal in a graveyard in Pompeii
GRAVIDO ME
TENET
RA[?????]
Ra.... made me pregnant
--CIL IV.7080; found inscribed on insula 7 of Regio V in Pompeii
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Little is known about the authors of these inscriptions, but their words was preserved by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 CE. |  |
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