Drawing of a gladiator
((:gladiator cum scuto))
| Description of Drawing (English) | gladiator with shield |
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| Findspot |
Smyrna, Basilica
(Agora.1)
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| Drawing Category | Gladiators |
| Writing Style | painted |
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| Bibliography | Bagnall, R. S. et al., Graffiti from the Basilica in the Agora of Smyrna (2016): 98. |
| Commentary | The drawing is extremely schematic, in the “stick figure” style, so that is impossible to determine which kind of gladiator is meant to be depicted. The limbs are rendered as diagonal lines terminating in triangular extremities. The helmet is drawn as a pointed triangle, and very thick lines to its right might represent a shield as seen in profile. Two red, thick, and long lines to the left of the figure possibly indicate the blood of the enemy slain by the gladiator. |
| Suggested Citation | AGP-SMYD00053, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-SMYD00053> [accessed: 02 Apr 2025] |
| Contributions |
Editor: Roger S. Bagnall Principal Contributor: Roger S. Bagnall Last Revision: 2016-10-03 |
