Drawing of a boat

((:navis))


Description of Drawing (English) boat
Findspot Smyrna, Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category Boats
Writing Style charcoal
  • Graffito Height: 25
  • Graffito Length: 72
Bibliography Bagnall, R. S. et al., Graffiti from the Basilica in the Agora of Smyrna (2016): 205.
Commentary Dipinto of a ship. The drawing is very damaged by a large lacuna in the plaster toward the center and in the upper half. What is extant is a very schematic rendering of a rounded hull, with a rockered keel, of which it is difficult to discern the stern from the prow.
Suggested Citation AGP-SMYD00172, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-SMYD00172> [accessed: 03 Apr 2025]
Contributions

Editor: Roger S. Bagnall

Principal Contributor: Roger S. Bagnall

Last Revision: 2016-10-03