'Whoever reads this is a prick' and a written reply
About the work
Imported from the workbook's Full reassessment sheet, revised 7 October 2026 (record ID 25). The assessment below is the workbook's comparative judgment under its stated criteria; source links and limits are retained.
Workbook assessment: Plausible
Date or witness: Before 79 CE
Region: Pompeii
Workbook date-sort bounds: unknown to 79 CE; these bounds are not automatically invention or disappearance dates.
Description
An inscription insults the person reading it; a different hand replies to the writer. A phallus drawing accompanies the exchange.
Evidence of adoption or transmission
Different hands contribute an insult and response on a wall, showing participatory interaction.
What remains uncertain
One exchange proves local participation, not independent spread of the same content beyond it.
Candidate-index family 13: 'Whoever reads this is a prick' and a written reply
The workbook groups records 25 here and rates the family Plausible. This is a research shortlist, not proof of an independently established meme family.
Dated evidence: Before 79 CE
Region: Pompeii
Shortlist uncertainty: One exchange proves local participation, not independent spread of the same content beyond it.
Workbook revision note: Reassessed using grassroots criteria