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Drawing of a boat

Graffito:

((:navis))
Description of Drawing (English): boat
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Boats
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Good wishes

Graffito:


- - - - - -
+++[--]+[-]++++[---]
ταθίου καὶ πρωτο +[---]
ε̣ὐχόμεθα ε̣ὐτυχεῖ[ν]
μετὰ ἡμῶν. εὐτύχ[ει]
Σ̣αβεῖνε μετὰ Εὐστα =
〚ΥΤΩ〛θίου. <:vacat>
εὐθόμεθα (:εὐχόμεθα) σὲ εὐτυχεῖ[ν]
μετὰ ὑμ̣ῶν (:ἡμῶν)
πολλοῖς ἔτεσιν.

Translation: “. . . [Eus]tathios (?) and first . . . We pray to have good fortune with us. Good luck, Sabinus with Eustathios. We pray that you may have good fortune with us for many years.”
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Drawing of a boat

Graffito:

((:navis))
Description of Drawing (English): boat
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Boats
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Drawing of a boat

Graffito:

((:navis))
Description of Drawing (English): boat
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Boats
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Riddle

Graffito:

ζήτημα
Εἴσιδι αδι
αδι διασω =
θείς αδι α =
δ[ι’] <Ἰσ>ίδωρ̣ος̣
<:textus non legitur> ΕΝ

Translation: “Riddle: To Isis (adi adi), having been saved (adi adi), Isidoros . . .”
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Label of phallus

Graffito:


ψωλή
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Uncertain

Graffito:

ΚΟ+ΤΗ
ΤΟ++Ο̣ΥΔΙΝ
Ἀσίας̣ τύχη
〚+++[--]Ω[--]Σ〛
ΦΥΛΑΞΕΥ+ΟΖΥ
ΓΟΚΑΜΕ̣+ΜΕ
τώπος (:τόπος)
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Uncertain

Graffito:

τ̣ί̣τθη
[---] Τ+++ O
[--]πλευς
πινκίρνας
πρῶτος
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Drawing of a gladiator

Graffito:

((:gladiator ad dext.))
Description of Drawing (English): gladiator facing right
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Gladiators
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Drawing of a boat

Graffito:

((:navis))
Description of Drawing (English): boat
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Boats
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Drawing of a gladiator

Graffito:

((:gladiator cum scuto, provocator))
Description of Drawing (English): gladiator with shield, provocator
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Gladiators
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Uncertain

Graffito:

ΚΑ̣ΤΑΧ̣
ΑΜ̣ΑΛ+
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Uncertain

Graffito:


- - - - - -
[---]+
[---]Μ̣
[---]ΟΣΑ
[---]ΟΝΑ
[---]++Α
[---]+
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Riddle

Graffito:


ζήτημα
++ΝΙΕ+++
traces
+ΑΡ++++++
++ΔΩ̣++++++
ζ̣ήτημ̣α̣++++
+Τ+++++Α
++Ν++++ΤΙ̣Α̣
ΕΧ̣++++Ο̣Ν̣+
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Drawing of a boat

Graffito:

((:navis))
Description of Drawing (English): boat
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Boats
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Address to reader

Graffito:

[ὁ] ἀ̣ν̣α̣γ̣εινώ̣σ̣[κων]
Translation: "The reader ..."
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Uncertain

Graffito:


- - - - - -

euseb++
euseb++
pit+++
er

City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Gladiator

Graffito:

((:gladiator, murmillo cum scuto))
Description of Drawing (English): gladiator, murmillo with shield
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Gladiators
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Uncertain

Graffito:

ΑΝ <:vacat> Θ
ΚΕ
Υ

City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Drawing of a boat

Graffito:

((:navis))
Description of Drawing (English): ship
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Boats
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Uncertain

Graffito:

[-------]++Α
[-----]++ΕΝΗ
[---]Σ̣ΑΠ̣ΑΤΡΟΣ
Ε̣Π̣Ε̣Θ̣Η̣+Η
<:textus non legitur> Ι ΤΩ
<:textus non legitur> Ι ΡΑ

City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Uncertain

Graffito:

ΑΜΠΗΣ
+ΩΣ

City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Signature

Graffito:

Τρύφ[ω]ν
Ἐφέσιος
ἐποίει
Translation: “Tryphon the Ephesian made (this).”
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Drawing of a face

Graffito:

((:caput hominis))
Description of Drawing (English): head of person
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Human figures
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Drawing of a gladiator

Graffito:

((:gladiator cum scuto et ferro et palo ad dext., provocator))
Description of Drawing (English): gladiator with shield and sword and prop, provocator
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Gladiators
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Record of healing

Graffito:

ὀφθαλ =
μοὺς [ὑ]=
πὸ θεῶ̣[ν]
εὐχαρι =
στῶ τῇ
[Βαίτῃ]
Translation: “(Being healed in) my eyes by the gods, I give thanks to the Baite.”
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Drawing of a boat

Graffito:

((:navis))
Description of Drawing (English): boat
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Boats
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Uncertain

Graffito:

Πι̣+++ευδον++
ἐπῆλθε̣ν̣
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Drawing of a boat

Graffito:

((:navis))
Description of Drawing (English): boat
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Boats
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Uncertain-Acclamation?

Graffito:


Κ̣ΟΕΣ̣
πρώτοις
[---]ο̣ι̣ς̣ ΜΝΑ ++ΔΕ[-]Ε̣
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Drawing of Palm branches

Graffito:

((:palmae))
Description of Drawing (English): palm branches
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Plants
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Uncertain

Graffito:

[---]ν Φιλεῖνος̣ ΤΗ[---]
[---]ην εἶπεν οφιλ[---]
[---] Ι̣ΛΕΙΠΟ +++++[---]
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Uncertain

Graffito:

++++ΙΚΑ+ΑΚ
Ι+++ Μ+ [--] ἑατὸν (:ἑαυτὸν)
γυνὴ ἀχάριστον
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Drawing of a boat

Graffito:

((:navis))
Description of Drawing (English): boat
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Boats
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Drawing of a geometric pattern

Graffito:

((:lineae interscissae))
Description of Drawing (English): intersecting lines
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Geometric designs
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Drawing of a boat

Graffito:

((:navis))
Description of Drawing (English): boat
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Boats
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Uncertain (see TP84.4.)

Graffito:

ΔΗ̣ ΛΙΚΙΟ

City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Uncertain

Graffito:

εἰς ++[---]
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Drawing of a circle

Graffito:

((:circulus))
Description of Drawing (English): circle
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Geometric designs
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Drawing of a phallus

Graffito:

((:phallus))
Description of Drawing (English): phallus
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Erotic images
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Uncertain

Graffito:

+εχαλ

City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Drawing of stags

Graffito:

((:tria animalia, cervi?))
Description of Drawing (English): three animals, stags?
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Animals
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Scurrilous Allegation

Graffito:

Λειοντισ[ ] [ εὑ]=
ρὼν μοιχο[---]
κατέκτανε [---]
Translation: Leontis[kos?], finding an adulterer, killed [him].
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Drawing of a gladiator

Graffito:

((:gladiator cum scuto))
Description of Drawing (English): gladiator with shield
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Gladiators
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Uncertain

Graffito:

ΔΟ̣
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Uncertain

Graffito:

ὀφθαλ=
μῶι

Translation: “For the eye.”
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Drawing of a face

Graffito:

((:figura viri))
Description of Drawing (English): figure of man
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Human figures
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Exercise?

Graffito:

ω ω ω ω ω ω
ο ο ο ο ο ο
θ̣+ο̣ρι

City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Boats

Graffito:

((:navis))
Description of Drawing (English): ship
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Boats
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Signature

Graffito:

ἐγὼ ὁ γ̣ρά̣φων +++++ς εἰμί.
Translation: “I the writer am . . .”
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Drawing of a checkerboard

Graffito:

((:lineae interscissae))
Description of Drawing (English): possibly a gameboard - checkers?
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Geometric designs
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Uncertain

Graffito:


ΝΦ
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Drawing of a boat

Graffito:

((:navis))
Description of Drawing (English): boat
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Boats
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Number?

Graffito:

ΑΨΟΕ
ΟΒ ΗΘΧΑ
ΕYΗ
ΕΥΗ

City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Drawing of a phallus

Graffito:

((:phallus))
Description of Drawing (English): phallus
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Erotic images
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Uncertain

Graffito:

ΤΙΤ++[--]+ΗΝ++Ω+
+++ΤΟΝΜ++++ΟΥ
++++++++++++++ΛΕ++Η
+++++++++++ΑΝ

City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Drawing of architecture

Graffito:

((:aedes cum columnis et scalis))
Description of Drawing (English): temple with columns and stairs
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Other
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Acclamation?

Graffito:

Ἀσίας
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Drawing of a phallus

Graffito:

((:phallus))
Description of Drawing (English): phallus
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Erotic images
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Declaration of love, isopsephism

Graffito:

Εὐπρέπης
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Uncertain

Graffito:

/Δφξβ

City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Name

Graffito:

[---] ἐ̣ξ̣ώ̣λη σου
[---] ἀ̣δε̣λ̣φὸς̣ ἐξώλη
[τῷ] [ἀναγιν]ώ̣σ̣κοντι
[---Τ]ροφίμη
[---] +ΝΕΘΗΣ
[---] +ΑΙ ΕΝΟΗΓΑΣ
Θάλλος
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Drawing of a phallus

Graffito:

((:phallus))
Description of Drawing (English): phallus
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Erotic images
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Acclamation

Graffito:

[χ]αῖρε Τράλ =
[λε]ις πρώτ =
η̣ Ἀνατο =
λῆς (or ἀνατο=
λῆς)
Π+ΡΕΙΣ
ΗΧΑ+Η

Translation: “Greetings Tralleis, first of Anatolia (or ‘of the East’).”
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Drawing of architecture

Graffito:

((:aedes))
Description of Drawing (English): temple
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Other
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Uncertain

Graffito:

οξ

City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Drawing of a bird

Graffito:

((:avis))
Description of Drawing (English): bird
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Animals
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Drawing of faces

Graffito:

((:duo capita hominum))
Description of Drawing (English): two heads of people
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Human figures
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Uncertain; Obscene Graffito

Graffito:

δῆμος
σ̣ὺν ε̣ +
Ε ++ Ι̣
πυγίζε =
ται
Translation: “He is being buggered.”
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Portrait / Drawing of a face

Graffito:

((:caput hominis ad sin.))
Description of Drawing (English): head of a person facing left
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Human figures
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Uncertain

Graffito:

ΦΑΙ
ΙΙ
ΙΙ
ΦΙΛΩ ++++++++++ΑΡΑ

City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Drawing of spectators

Graffito:

((:figurae hominum))
Description of Drawing (English): figures of people
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Human figures
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Uncertain

Graffito:

Ε[---] +Σ ΔΕΙ[---]
ΚΑΤΑΠΟΤΑ [---]
Γ̣ΡΑΦΙΤΑΥ[---]
ΣΙΠΙΛΑΣ[---]
ΜΑΝΗ̣Σ+[---]
ταῦτα λεγόμ̣[ε]νο̣ς̣ [---]
ἂν σοὶ δοκεῖ [---]
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Drawing of an ivy leaf

Graffito:

((:folium hederae))
Description of Drawing (English): ivy leaf
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Plants
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Name?

Graffito:

καρπο̣[---]
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Uncertain

Graffito:

[---]ιοι̣ς

City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Record of healing

Graffito:

Χαρίας ὁ κα[ὶ] Λ̣ου =
κος εὐξάμενος
περὶ τῶν ὀφθα̣λ̣μῶν
τοὺς λύχνους ἀπέδωκε
ἔτους σι
Translation: “Charias also called Louk(i?)os, having prayed concerning his eyes, dedicated the lamps. Year 210.”
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Uncertain

Graffito:

ΚΕΗΡ

City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Drawing of a circle

Graffito:

((:quattuor circuli))
Description of Drawing (English): four circles
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Geometric designs
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Uncertain

Graffito:

ΑΛΙ[---]
ΔΕ̣Ι[---]
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Uncertain

Drawing Description:
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Name

Graffito:

Ἀλέξανδ =
ρε
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Signature

Graffito:

Δι̣ο̣γένης
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Uncertain

Drawing Description:
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Drawing of a phallus

Graffito:

((:phallus))
Description of Drawing (English): phallus
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Erotic images
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Riddle

Drawing Description:
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Signature?

Graffito:

Εὐφροσύνη
Ὀνησίμου
Translation: “Euphrosyne daughter of Onesimos.”
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Good wishes

Graffito:

εὐτύχε̣ι̣
ΠΟΛΥΠΟΥ̣ ++
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Drawing of a boat

Graffito:

((:navis))
Description of Drawing (English): boat
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Boats
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Uncertain

Graffito:

Ε̣ΥΟ̣+++
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Exercise

Graffito:

Κέλσου
Κέλσου
Κέλσου
Κέλσου
Κέλσου
Κέλσου
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Drawing of architecture

Graffito:

((:ianua))
Description of Drawing (English): doorway
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Other
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Drawing of uncertain image

Graffito:

((:imago incerta))
Description of Drawing (English): drawing unclear
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Other
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Riddle

Graffito:

ζήτη =
μα
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Greetings

Graffito:

ἐλάινος
ὁ πᾶσι φί =
λητος
ἐλάινε
χαίροις
πολλὰ̣
ἀγαθώτατε
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Label?

Graffito:

εἰ γνώμο =
νος τόπος
Translation: “The place of the gnomon.”
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Uncertain

Drawing Description:
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Declaration of Love and Literary Allusion

Graffito:

[φι]λ̣ῶ φιλοῦσα μὴ φι =
λοῦσαν. ἐκράφη σου
δακτυλε̣ι̣ς̣.
<:vacat> τί πόλεμον
<:vacat> εἴπεις; τοῦ δὲ σοῦ
<:vacat> διώλεσεν̣;

Translation: “I love, loving one who does not love (me). It was written with your fingers (?). What war do you mean? Who killed these?”
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Exercise?

Graffito:

[---]ΓΒΑΒ

City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Acclamation?

Graffito:

[---] Ἀ̣σ̣ίας
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Exclamation

Graffito:

ἔψυγμ̣[αι]
Translation: “I’ve been chilled.”
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Uncertain (see figure on Tp100.1)

Graffito:

θελητὴ
ἡ κυρία
Translation: “The lady is desired (?).”
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Uncertain

Drawing Description:
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Drawing of a cat

Graffito:

((:feles))
Description of Drawing (English): cat
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Animals
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Drawing of a bird

Graffito:

((:avis))
Description of Drawing (English): bird
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Animals
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Uncertain

Drawing Description:
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Drawing of a boat

Graffito:

((:navis))
Description of Drawing (English): boat
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Boats
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Uncertain

Graffito:

τρηθ̣η̣ει
δειχει

City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Healing Inscription

Graffito:

ἐξαπίνης ΕΥ++++++++Η
ὀφθαλμοῖς+++ <:vacat> Ε
ΑΛΛΑ ΛΕΓ ̣
πολλὰ Λ++++
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Uncertain

Graffito:

+++
se
e++++
++
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Drawing of a face

Graffito:

((:caput hominis ad sin.))
Description of Drawing (English): head of person facing left
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Human figures
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Uncertain

Graffito:

[---]ΗΚΟΥ̣
[---]ΚΙΟΙΣ

City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Uncertain

Graffito:

ΑΜ+++++
ΠΕΙΠ++
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Alphabetical exercise

Graffito:

ΑΒΓΥΚΦΚ
ΨΕΖΗΚ
ΕΖ++Κ

City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Uncertain

Graffito:


- - - - - -
ψας τοὺς ἐμοῦ
ὅλου̣ς̣ ++π++
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Label

Graffito:

+
[---] τόπος
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Drawing of a boat

Graffito:

((:navis))
Description of Drawing (English): boat
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Boats
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Drawing of a boat

Graffito:

((:navis))
Description of Drawing (English): boat
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Boats
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Word square

Graffito:

μῆλον
ἡδονή
λ̣ό̣γ̣[ος]
[ὄνομα]
ν̣ή̣σ̣α̣ς̣
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Uncertain

Graffito:

++[---]
φιλι+[---]
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Greetings

Graffito:

χαῖρε

City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Drawing of a boat

Graffito:

((:navis))
Description of Drawing (English): boat
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Boats
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Drawing of a gladiator

Graffito:

((:gladiator cum scuto et ferro ad sin., provocator))
Description of Drawing (English): gladiator with shield and sword facing left, provocator
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Gladiators
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Good Wishes

Graffito:

ζήθι
ΠΝ
ζοή

City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Drawings of boats

Graffito:

((:navis))
Description of Drawing (English): boat
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Boats
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Drawing of a phallus

Graffito:

((:phallus))
Description of Drawing (English): phallus
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Erotic images
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Memorial and Greetings

Graffito:

ἐμήσθη Χα̣[---]
τῆς καλῆς̣ κ̣υ̣λίας
εὐτύχει Χαρίτων̣
μετ̣ὰ Ὑιείνου
Translation: “He remembered (e.g.) Charis the beautiful lady. Fare well, Chariton, with Hyginos.”
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Uncertain

Graffito:


- - - - - -
+[-]+ΠΟΤΑΙ
Ι̣ΔΕΙΝ
ΔΕΣΟΥ++
+++++Ν

City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Drawing of a gladiator

Graffito:

((:gladiator cum scuto et corona))
Description of Drawing (English): gladiator with shield and wreath
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Gladiators
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Drawing of a boat

Graffito:

((:navis))
Description of Drawing (English): boat
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Boats
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Uncertain

Graffito:

[---]ος δικα[---]
[---] ζοη [---]
ἄγγελος π̣υγίζει μ̣έ
Translation: A messenger (or angel) is buggering me.”
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Name

Graffito:

Tύχη
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Riddle; Multiplication; Advice

Graffito:


ζήτημα
δέκα ἐ̣[πὶ]
δέκα
ρ
πρὼ γαμε =
[ῖ]ν μὴ̣ πίνετε
ΗΝΗΝ

Translation: “Ten by ten, 100.”
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Drawing of geometric pattern

Graffito:

((:quadrum cum linea))
Description of Drawing (English): square with line
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Geometric designs
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Drawing of an axe

Graffito:

((:securis))
Description of Drawing (English): axe
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Other
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Label

Graffito:

τόπος
ΑΔ++ΙΣ

City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Drawing of an ivy leaf

Graffito:

((:folium hederae))
Description of Drawing (English): ivy leaf
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Plants
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Drawing Description:
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Address to the reader

Graffito:

ὁ καὶ πυγίσε τὸν ἀναγινόσκοντα
Translation: “And bugger the reader also.”
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Drawing of a boat

Graffito:

((:navis))
Description of Drawing (English): boats
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Boats
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Uncertain

Graffito:

[---]ΜΩΣ

City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Drawing of a face

Graffito:

((:duo capita hominum ad sin.))
Description of Drawing (English): heads of two people facing left
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Human figures
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Declaration of love

Graffito:

φιλῶ ἧς ὁ <ἀ>ριθμὸς
Ατη
Translation: “I love (a woman) whose number is 1,308.”
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Drawing of a bird

Graffito:

((:avis, olor?))
Description of Drawing (English): long-necked bird, swam?
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Animals
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Signature

Graffito:

Νεικήτης
ἐποίει
Translation: “Niketes made it.”
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Star

Graffito:

((:duo stellae))
Description of Drawing (English): two stars
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Geometric designs
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Drawing of a large feline

Graffito:

((:feles magna, leo?))
Description of Drawing (English): large feline, lion?
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Animals
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Drawing of a boat

Graffito:

((:navis))
Description of Drawing (English): boat
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Boats
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Portrait / Drawing of a face

Graffito:

((:caput hominis ad sin.))
Description of Drawing (English): head of person facing left
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Human figures
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Drawing of a gladiator

Graffito:

((:gladiator ad dext., eques))
Description of Drawing (English): gladiator facing right, eques
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Gladiators
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Drawing of a symbol

Graffito:

((:tres circuli cum linea))
Description of Drawing (English): three circles with line
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Other
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Drawing of a boat

Graffito:

((:navis))
Description of Drawing (English): boat
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Boats
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Drawing of a gladiator

Graffito:

((:galea gladiatoris ad sin.))
Description of Drawing (English): gladiatorial helmet facing left
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Gladiators
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Drawing of architecture

Graffito:

((:aedificium))
Description of Drawing (English): square building
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Other
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T25.3: Uncertain

Graffito:

ΕΤ[----]ΤΑΣ
Ε[---]+Λ+Λ

City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Drawing of a series of wavy lines

Graffito:

((:lineae))
Description of Drawing (English): lines
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Geometric designs
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Drawing of a gladiator

Graffito:

((:gladiator cum scuto ad sin., hoplomachus))
Description of Drawing (English): gladiator with shield facing left, hoplomachus
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Gladiators
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Drawing of an ivy leaf

Graffito:

((:folium heredae))
Description of Drawing (English): ivy leaf
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Plants
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Drawing of a boat

Graffito:

((:navis))
Description of Drawing (English): boat
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Boats
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Uncertain / Drawing of elephant?

Graffito:

((:elephantus))
Description of Drawing (English): elephant
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Other
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Uncertain

Graffito:

[---]α
[---]ντλ
[---]+ατο

City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Drawing of a phallus

Graffito:

((:phallus))
Description of Drawing (English): phallus
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Erotic images
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Uncertain (see above figure)

Graffito:

ΥΦΑΜΤ

City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Uncertain

Graffito:

εὐφήμει
τοῦ παιδίου
τόπος
διὰ θεόν
παίδω̣ν
δή̣μο̣υ̣
III
ΑΥ̣Ρ[-]Λ̣[--]Υ̣
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Uncertain

Graffito:

[---]+χην ἐκρ <:textus non legitur>
Α̣Π

City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Drawing of a gladiator

Graffito:

((:gladiator, secutor))
Description of Drawing (English): gladiator, secutor
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Gladiators
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Uncertain

Graffito:

ΟΥΔΕΝΝΟΣ

Translation: “No one’s (place)”?
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Drawing of a gladiator

Graffito:

((:gladiator cum scuto))
Description of Drawing (English): gladiator with shield
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Gladiators
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Riddle (beginning)

Graffito:


ζητη
ΛΥΚΟ

City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Exercise

Graffito:

Ἀσία
Ἀσία
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Drawing of a radial pattern

Graffito:

((:denarius?))
Description of Drawing (English): symbol for denarius?
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Geometric designs
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Drawing of gladiatorial combat

Graffito:

((:certamen gladiatorum))
Description of Drawing (English): gladiator combat
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Gladiators
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Uncertain

Graffito:

[---]ΛΧΙΘΑΙ

City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Declaration of love, isopsephism

Graffito:

φιλῶ ἧς [---]ΤΩΝ
ὁ ἀριθμὸ̣[ς] [---]+HN+[---]
ψλα [-------]+[---]
Translation: “I love a (woman) whose number is 731.”
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Drawing of a boat

Graffito:

((:navis))
Description of Drawing (English): boat
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Boats
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Drawing of a bird

Graffito:

((:avis))
Description of Drawing (English): bird
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Animals
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Drawing of an ivy leaf

Graffito:

((:folium heredae))
Description of Drawing (English): ivy leaf
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Plants
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Drawing of a boat

Graffito:

((:navis))
Description of Drawing (English): boat
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Boats
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Drawing of gladiatorial combat

Graffito:

((:certamen gladiatorum))
Description of Drawing (English): gladiator combat
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Gladiators
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Uncertain

Graffito:

++Τ+ΚΑΘΟΥΡΟΚΕΝ
<:vacat> ΤΕ

City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Uncertain

Graffito:

[---]++ ἐπ’ ἀφροδισίας
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Drawing of a circle

Graffito:

((:duo circuli))
Description of Drawing (English): two circles
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Geometric designs
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Uncertain

Graffito:

κρόκης

City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Drawing of uncertain image

Graffito:

((:imago incerta))
Description of Drawing (English): drawing unclear
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Other
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Uncertain

Graffito:

ΟΣ
[---]+ΝΗΡΘΗ
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Uncertain

Graffito:

+ Ω ++
ΜΟΥΣ
ΑΔΕΛΦ
ΤΗΣΜ
ΤΡΟΣ +
+ΟΝΑ
ΑΡΑ+
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Obscene graffito

Graffito:

ἐπύγισα καὶ γω
ἐπύγισα
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Uncertain

Graffito:

Φοῦσ =
κος δ[ι]-
κάζων
ΛΑΡΙΑ

City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Decorative—Geometric

Graffito:

((:imago incerta))
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Riddle?

Graffito:

Ζ[-]Τ[--]+ΟΑΝΑ
Π++ΣΑΜΕΝΟΣ
[-]+ ζήτημα
[-]+ΓΕΤΡ+ΦΟΡ+
[-]+Ω+++Τ++
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Drawing of a boat

Graffito:

((:navis))
Description of Drawing (English): boat
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Boats
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Uncertain

Graffito:

[---]Μ̣ΟΣΕ

City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Uncertain

Graffito:

[----]+ΕΙΝ
[----]+ΕΙΩ

City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Uncertain

Graffito:


- - - - - -
<:textus non legitur>
+++ΘΩΙ
++++ΕΙ
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Ε̣Ι̣ΠΟΝΑΝ
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City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Drawing of a gladiator

Graffito:

((:caput gladiatoris ad sin.))
Description of Drawing (English): head of gladiator facing left
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Gladiators
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Name

Graffito:

Π̣αρθένα Ζ̣μυρνιαία (:Σ̣μυρναία)++
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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Drawing of a gladiator

Graffito:

((:figura gladiatoris))
Description of Drawing (English): figure of gladiator
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Gladiators
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Drawing of a face

Graffito:

((:herma viri))
Description of Drawing (English): bust of man
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Human figures
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Drawing of a fish

Graffito:

((:piscis nat ad sin.))
Description of Drawing (English): fish swimming to the left
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category: Animals
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Uncertain

Graffito:

ΗΚΑΙΑ+
City: Smyrna Smyrna
Findspot: Basilica (Agora.1)
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