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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 SMYT00061 AGP AGP-SMYT00061 Charcoal Three lines. Dimentions: 48 19 19 48 Detached majuscule letters 4.5 cm high, rather effaced. Smyrna 0180-0300 C.E. Basilica of the Agora of Smyrna, Izmir, Turkey

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Λειοντισ εὑ ρὼν μοιχο κατέκτανε

The last preserved letter is definitely sigma rather than omicron. The participle shows that the name is not the feminine Λεοντίς, but either Λεόντι(ο)ς or Λεοντίσκος can be intended. Both names are moderately common in Ionia and elsewhere in Asia Minor (see LGPN 5A 265, 5B 256), but only the second is known so far at Smyrna. 2. As the length of the lacuna is not determinable, it is not obvious whether we should restore only a nu or imagine something more. At a minimalist restoration, Λεοντίσκος εὑ|ρὼν μοιχὸν| κατέκτανε αὐτόν?. But an adverb could easily be added in line 2.

Leontis[kos?], finding an adulterer, killed [him].

Bagnall, R. S. et al., Graffiti from the Basilica in the Agora of Smyrna (2016): 100.<br/> Bagnall, R., Everyday Writing in the Graeco-Roman East (2011): 16.<br/> SEG 61.959.

Scurrilous Allegation