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        <title>AGP-SMYD00181</title>
        <editor>Roger S. Bagnall</editor>
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          <name>David M. Ratzan</name>
          <name>Patrick J. Burns</name>
          <name>Georgios Tsolakis</name>
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          <name>Hammad Ahmad</name>
          <name>Mackenzie Brooks</name>
          <name>Kyle Helms</name>
          <name>Sara Sprenkle</name>
          <name>Trevor Stalnaker</name>
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          <resp>Principle Contributor</resp>
          <name>Roger S. Bagnall</name>
          <date>2016-10-03</date>
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        <publisher>Ancient Graffiti Project</publisher>
        <idno ref="URI">https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-SMYD00181</idno>
        <date>2026</date>
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          <p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.</p>
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          <name>R.S. Bagnall</name>
          <name>R. Casagrande-Kim</name>
          <name>A. Ersoy</name>
          <name>C. Tanriver</name>
          <name>B. Yolaçan</name>
          <title level="m">Graffiti from the Basilica in the Agora of Smyrna</title>
          <publisher>First published by the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World and the New York University Press, 2016.</publisher>
          <pubPlace>New York</pubPlace>
          <date>2016</date>
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            <repository>EDR</repository>
            <idno>SMYD00181</idno>
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            <repository>AGP</repository>
            <idno>AGP-SMYD00181</idno>
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                  Graffito/incised Dimensions:
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                    <height unit="centimeter">20</height>
                    <width unit="centimeter">16</width>
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              <decoNote xml:lang="la">((:lineae interscissae))</decoNote>
              <decoNote xml:lang="en">intersecting lines</decoNote>
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                <placeName ref="https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/550771">Smyrna</placeName>
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              <origDate notBefore-custom="0180" notAfter-custom="0300" datingMethod="#julian">0180-0300 C.E.</origDate>
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            <provenance type="found">
              <placeName ref="ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/properties/Smyrna/Agora/1">Basilica of the Agora of Smyrna, Izmir, Turkey</placeName>
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          <p>Julian calendar</p>
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        <p>The graffito is composed of two parallel vertical lines and two diagonal and parallel lines that cross them. One horizontal line is visible near the bottom. At present no interpretation is offered.</p>
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        <p>Bagnall, R. S. et al., Graffiti from the Basilica in the Agora of Smyrna (2016): 206.</p>
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        <p>Drawing of a geometric pattern</p>
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