Ancient Graffiti Project :: Graffito Information

φιλῶ ἧς ὁ ἀρι[θμὸς]
χις ο̣πολλ+[---]

Symbol	Meaning
[abc]	Letters once present, now missing due to damage to the surface or support
[- - -]	Damage to the surface or support; letters cannot be restored with certainty
ạḅ	Characters damaged or unclear that would be unintelligible without context
+	Illegible/unclear character

Translation	“I love a woman whose number is 616.”
Findspot	Smyrna, Basilica (Agora.1) Location metadata ➜
Language	Greek
Writing Style	Graffito/incised
	Graffito Height: 7 Graffito Length: 16 Min Letter Height: 1.5 Max Letter Height: 2.5
Apparatus Criticus	1. See Bagnall, R. S. et al., Graffiti from the Basilica in the Agora of Smyrna (2016): 48. 2. There is no name or other element following the formula in the other instances of this formula, and, given the break at right, it is not obvious what the letters visible here are intended to mean.
Bibliography	Bagnall, R. S. et al., Graffiti from the Basilica in the Agora of Smyrna (2016): 226.
Suggested Citation	AGP-SMYT00221, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-SMYT00221> [accessed: 14 Dec 2025]
Contributions	Editor: Roger S. Bagnall Principal Contributor: Roger S. Bagnall Last Revision: 2016-10-03