Drawing of a gladiator
((:gladiator, provocator))
| Description of Drawing (English) | gladiator, provocator |
|---|---|
| Findspot |
Smyrna, Basilica
(Agora.1)
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| Drawing Category | Gladiators |
| Writing Style | charcoal |
| Bibliography | Bagnall, R. S. et al., Graffiti from the Basilica in the Agora of Smyrna (2016): 197-198. |
| Commentary | Dipinto of a gladiator. Only the upper half of the body is still preserved. The man is drawn in the act of striding forward toward the left, the body in three-quarter while the face is in profile. The head of the gladiator is completely covered by a visored helmet with flaring neck-guard. The helmet descends down to the front and the back to protect the neck; two feathers depart from right above the temples. The helmet, together with the medium-sized shield of the blunted oval type, here decorated with a circular motif (possibly meant to represent a boss), indicates that the gladiator can be identified as a provocator. |
| Suggested Citation | AGP-SMYD00156, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-SMYD00156> [accessed: 02 Apr 2025] |
| Contributions |
Editor: Roger S. Bagnall Principal Contributor: Roger S. Bagnall Last Revision: 2016-10-03 |
