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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 SMYT00211 AGP AGP-SMYT00211 Graffito/incised The first graffito is in a tabula ansata, 28 cm wide × 16 cm high. Below the first graffito, there is the second graffito in a partly-preserved tabula ansata ca. 21 × 12 cm. The third graffito is incised below the second in a space 19 cm wide. First tabula ansata: 28 16 Second tabula ansata: 21 12 Area of third graffito: 19 The first graffito has large block capitals letters8 cm high. The second and the third are in 2 and 3.5-7 cm high letters respectively. Smyrna 0180-0300 C.E. Basilica of the Agora of Smyrna, Izmir, Turkey

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This comes from ψύχω. Cf. T15.2 and T29.5. “I have been chilled!” Is the reference to the cooling shade of the basement level? The case of T29.5, however, where it is written on a testicle, suggests that a sexual meaning (or double-entendre?) may be intended, whether that refers to the cooling of emotion or more specifically to the loss of an erection. There appears to be one stroke after the word, whether connected with it cannot be determined.

“May you live!”

Bagnall, R. S. et al., Graffiti from the Basilica in the Agora of Smyrna (2016): 221-223.

Good wishes