Drawing of a boat
((:navis))
| Description of Drawing (English) | boat |
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| Findspot |
Smyrna, Basilica
(Agora.1)
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| Drawing Category | Boats |
| Writing Style | charcoal |
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| Bibliography | Bagnall, R. S. et al., Graffiti from the Basilica in the Agora of Smyrna (2016): 204. |
| Commentary | Very long dipinto in thick black and red lines. The shape, narrow and elongated, tapers at the two ends. A packed series of parallel straight lines are drawn within the form’s outline. A long line, parallel to the lower margin, runs throughout the whole width. Other lines seem to have continued below the main outline, but they are now completely faded. The dipinto can be interpreted as a ship: two very faded lines at the center identify the tapering shape of a mast, decorated with two horizontal lines defining the ropes tied around it. This suggests that the upper portion of the drawing has to be understood as a furled sail. The bulwark and the keel are completely faded. |
| Suggested Citation | AGP-SMYD00171, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-SMYD00171> [accessed: 03 Apr 2025] |
| Contributions |
Editor: Roger S. Bagnall Principal Contributor: Roger S. Bagnall Last Revision: 2016-10-03 |
