Originally published at: Harrowing and grim graffiti discovered in 1,600-year-old prison - Boing Boing
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Archaeologists were puzzled to find a fresco of a woman covering the entrance to a carefully excavated tunnel leading out of the cell.
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Contributed by Allan Rose Hill
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Did any of the graffitti happen to read “let all forget this place ever stood and all regret that it did no good”?
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Keeping prisoners confined for months at a time, some without even the benefit of a legal hearing? Good thing we’ve moved on from such barbarity. /s
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I must say, those imprisoned back then seemed to have an eloquent way of speaking, unlike today’s convicted felons who blurt out stupid things like “Rigged witch Hunt!!”
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You might like the Bath Curse Tablets
“Solinus to the goddess Sulis Minerva. I give to your divinity and majesty [my] bathing tunic and cloak. Do not allow sleep or health to him who has done me wrong, whether man or woman or whether slave or free unless he reveals himself and brings those goods to your temple.”
“Docimedis has lost two gloves and asks that the thief responsible should lose their minds [sic] and eyes in the goddess’ temple.”
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Quidquid Latine dictum sit altum videtur.
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I had to look that up.
That’s why you got a smiley from me.
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