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 R.S. Bagnall R. Casagrande-Kim A. Ersoy C. Tanriver B. Yolaçan Graffiti from the Basilica in the Agora of Smyrna First published by the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World and the New York University Press, 2016. New York 2016 EDR SMYD00053 AGP AGP-SMYD00053 CharcoalPainted Dimensions: 48 26 ((:gladiator cum scuto)) gladiator with shield Smyrna 0180-0300 C.E. Basilica of the Agora of Smyrna, Izmir, Turkey

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The drawing is extremely schematic, in the “stick figure” style, so that is impossible to determine which kind of gladiator is meant to be depicted. The limbs are rendered as diagonal lines terminating in triangular extremities. The helmet is drawn as a pointed triangle, and very thick lines to its right might represent a shield as seen in profile. Two red, thick, and long lines to the left of the figure possibly indicate the blood of the enemy slain by the gladiator.

Bagnall, R. S. et al., Graffiti from the Basilica in the Agora of Smyrna (2016): 98.

Drawing of a gladiator