Ancient Graffiti Project :: Graffito Information

ὀφθαλ =
μοὺς [ὑ]=
πὸ θεῶ̣[ν]
εὐχαρι =
στῶ τῇ
[Βαίτῃ]

Symbol	Meaning
[abc]	Letters once present, now missing due to damage to the surface or support
ạḅ	Characters damaged or unclear that would be unintelligible without context

Translation	“(Being healed in) my eyes by the gods, I give thanks to the Baite.”
Findspot	Smyrna, Basilica (Agora.1) Location metadata ➜
Language	Greek
Writing Style	charcoal
	Graffito Height: 29 Graffito Length: 18 Min Letter Height: 4 Max Letter Height: 6
Apparatus Criticus	See Bagnall, R. S. et al., Graffiti from the Basilica in the Agora of Smyrna (2016): 42 and 44, for healings of eyes and for Baite.
Bibliography	Bagnall, R. S. et al., Graffiti from the Basilica in the Agora of Smyrna (2016): 264. Bagnall, R., Everyday Writing in the Graeco-Roman East (2011): 22 and 21, fig. 9. SEG 61.969.
Suggested Citation	AGP-SMYT00271, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-SMYT00271> [accessed: 03 Apr 2025]
Contributions	Editor: Roger S. Bagnall Principal Contributor: Roger S. Bagnall Last Revision: 2016-10-03