Ancient Graffiti Project :: Graffito Information

((:denarius?))

Symbol	Meaning
((:abc))	Description of a figural graffito (used by EDR and AGP)
(:abc)	Gives standard spelling to explain non-standard text in an inscription (used by EDR and AGP)
?	Represents uncertainty

Description of Drawing (English)	symbol for denarius?
Findspot	Smyrna, Basilica (Agora.1) Location metadata ➜
Drawing Category	Geometric designs
Writing Style	Graffito/incised
	Graffito Height: 15 Graffito Length: 16
Bibliography	Bagnall, R. S. et al., Graffiti from the Basilica in the Agora of Smyrna (2016): 220.
Commentary	Graffito of a radial pattern located on the south face of Pier A32, between Bay 20 and Bay 21, looking into the Basilica’s northern corridor. The distribution of the lines suggests that they are diameters that could have been used as guidelines in the incision of a rosette (see similar graffiti in the Basilica: DP81.1 and DP81.2).
Suggested Citation	AGP-SMYDP0321, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-SMYDP0321> [accessed: 02 Apr 2025]
Contributions	Editor: Roger S. Bagnall Principal Contributor: Roger S. Bagnall Last Revision: 2016-10-03