Drawing of a boat
((:navis))
| Description of Drawing (English): | boat |
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| Findspot: |
Smyrna, Basilica
(Agora.1)
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| Drawing Category: | Boats |
| Writing Style: | charcoal |
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| Bibliography: | Bagnall, R. S. et al., Graffiti from the Basilica in the Agora of Smyrna (2016): 90. Pfuhl, E. and H. Möbius. 1977. Die ostgriechischen Grabreliefs. Mainz am Rhein, vol. 2, no. 1183, 290–1. |
| Commentary: | Dipinto of a ship sailing on starboard tack. Most of the ink used to draw this ship has faded. Still visible are the mast (ἱστός), part of the yard (κέρας), and the sail (ἱστίον) that opens toward the prow. A figure, shown in profile and possibly representing the magister navis, is positioned on a higher platform or forecastle. No elements suggesting the presence of a deck or oars are visible, and the whole bulwark of the ship (ἴκρια) has faded. The shape, for what is visible, is reminiscent of a cargo ship of small dimensions. The shape of the hull finds a close comparison in a ship represented on a gravestone from the necropolis of Sinope dated to the third century CE. See Pfuhl and Möbius 1977: vol. 2, no. 1183, 290–1. |
| Suggested Citation: | AGP-SMYD00041, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <http://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-SMYD00041> [accessed: 25 Apr 2024] |
| Contributions: |
Editor: Roger S. Bagnall Principal Contributor: Roger S. Bagnall Last Revision: 2016-10-03 |
