Label of phallus
ψωλή
| Findspot |
Smyrna, Basilica
(Agora.1)
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|---|---|
| Language | Greek |
| Writing Style | charcoal |
| Apparatus Criticus | The word, written here over D11.5, a drawing of a phallus, is defined by lsJ as membrum virile praeputio retracto. But this is too specific and genteel; aristophanes’ usage (Aves 560, Lys. 979) does not support it. Modern Greek usage, no doubt little different, is defined in Babiniotis 1988: 2022 as το ανδρικό μόριο, το πέος and marked as vulgar: “prick” would be a good english rendering. an excellent parallel to our text is furnished by SEG 49.1385a, where the word is written over a drawing of a phallus from a latrine in rome. |
| Bibliography | Bagnall, R. S. et al., Graffiti from the Basilica in the Agora of Smyrna (2016): 135. |
| Suggested Citation | AGP-SMYT00111, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-SMYT00111> [accessed: 03 Apr 2025] |
| Contributions |
Editor: Roger S. Bagnall Principal Contributor: Roger S. Bagnall Last Revision: 2016-10-03 |
