Ancient Graffiti Project :: Graffito Information

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Symbol	Meaning
[- - -]	Damage to the surface or support; letters cannot be restored with certainty
ạḅ	Characters damaged or unclear that would be unintelligible without context
+	Illegible/unclear character

Findspot	Smyrna, Basilica (Agora.1) Location metadata ➜
Language	Greek
Writing Style	charcoal
	Graffito Height: 35 Graffito Length: 90 Min Letter Height: 5 Max Letter Height: 7
Apparatus Criticus	We see no sign of Ἀσίας, but it seems likely that the second line of the lower inscription began with a short ethnic. What follows that is unclear; it may be another hand. The upper inscription is entirely unclear to us; cf. T29.2.1.
Bibliography	Bagnall, R. S. et al., Graffiti from the Basilica in the Agora of Smyrna (2016): 353.
Suggested Citation	AGP-SMYTP0701, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-SMYTP0701> [accessed: 03 Apr 2025]
Contributions	Editor: Roger S. Bagnall Principal Contributor: Roger S. Bagnall Last Revision: 2016-10-03