Ancient Graffiti Project :: Graffito Information

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Findspot:	Smyrna, Basilica (Agora.1) Location metadata ➜
Language:	Greek
Writing Style:	charcoal
	Graffito Length: 19 Min Letter Height: 2.3 Max Letter Height: 4.0
Apparatus Criticus:	This is the beginning of a riddle, of which whatever else was written is now lost under the new layer of plaster applied just below it (cf. T8.1). It is possible also that nothing more was written. cf. T28.1. ἀπόλωλε is a possible interpretation, but the apparent iota in the last circle is puzzling. as it stands at the extreme left of the available space inside the circle, perhaps nu was intended or written but now mostly lost. We do not know why the letters are written inside circles.
Bibliography:	Bagnall, R. S. et al., Graffiti from the Basilica in the Agora of Smyrna (2016): 106-107. Bagnall, R., Everyday Writing in the Graeco-Roman East (2011): 19.
Suggested Citation:	AGP-SMYT00082, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-SMYT00082> [accessed: 23 Oct 2024]
Contributions:	Editor: Roger S. Bagnall Principal Contributor: Roger S. Bagnall Last Revision: 2016-10-03