Declaration of love
φιλῶ ἧς ὁ <ἀ>ριθμὸς
Ατη
| Translation | “I love (a woman) whose number is 1,308.” |
|---|---|
| Findspot |
Smyrna, Basilica
(Agora.1)
|
| Language | Greek |
| Writing Style | charcoal |
| Apparatus Criticus | 2. The number 1308 corresponds with near certainty to the name Τύχη (300+400+600+8). See introduction, p. 48, for other isopsephisms referring to a woman. |
| Bibliography | Bagnall, R. S. et al., Graffiti from the Basilica in the Agora of Smyrna (2016): 267. Bagnall, R., Everyday Writing in the Graeco-Roman East (2011): 14. SEG 61.955. |
| Suggested Citation | AGP-SMYT00273, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-SMYT00273> [accessed: 03 Apr 2025] |
| Contributions |
Editor: Roger S. Bagnall Principal Contributor: Roger S. Bagnall Last Revision: 2016-10-03 |
