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): 342. |
| Commentary: | Dipinto of a ship sailing on port tack, located on a retaining wall closing Bay P14, along the Basilica’s southern perimeter wall. As of the latest survey in 2014, this seems to be the only painted or incised graffito drawing made along this end of the building. The upper part of the dipinto is completely missing due to the detachment of the plaster. The ship is characterized by a flat keel, tapering upward toward the stern and the prow, and a tall mast moved forward toward the prow. The poles of the two rudders (πηδάλια) are rendered as long lines, while the blades have been lost due to a gap in the plaster. The stern is very tall, terminating in a pointed aplustre (ἄφλαστον), also damaged by missing plaster. The ink at the prow is faded. The bulwark of the ship is characterized by a series of four parallel lines, indicating that the ship had an upper deck. No oars or sail are visible. |
| Suggested Citation: | AGP-SMYD00601, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <http://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-SMYD00601> [accessed: 19 Apr 2024] |
| Contributions: |
Editor: Roger S. Bagnall Principal Contributor: Roger S. Bagnall Last Revision: 2016-10-03 |