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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 SMYT00221 AGP AGP-SMYT00221 Graffito/incised Area: 7 16 Letter heights: 1.5-2.5 cm high Smyrna 0180-0300 C.E. Basilica of the Agora of Smyrna, Izmir, Turkey

Julian calendar
φιλῶ ἧς ὁ ἀριθμὸς χις οπολλ

1. See Bagnall, R. S. et al., Graffiti from the Basilica in the Agora of Smyrna (2016): 48. 2. There is no name or other element following the formula in the other instances of this formula, and, given the break at right, it is not obvious what the letters visible here are intended to mean.

“I love a woman whose number is 616.”

Bagnall, R. S. et al., Graffiti from the Basilica in the Agora of Smyrna (2016): 226.

Declaration of love, isopsephism