Drawing of uncertain image

((:imago incerta))


Description of Drawing (English) drawing unclear
Findspot Smyrna, Basilica (Agora.1)
Drawing Category Other
Writing Style charcoal
  • Graffito Height: 63
  • Graffito Length: 34
Bibliography Bagnall, R. S. et al., Graffiti from the Basilica in the Agora of Smyrna (2016): 370.
Commentary Dipinto in black ink, located on the northern face of Pier A73, looking into the Basilica’s northern corridor. The iconography is uncertain: the dipinto is damaged at the top where the plaster has fallen off the pier, but it seems to be finished both at the bottom and at the two sides. The spiral motif at the center recalls the ἀκροστόλιον of a ship’s prow, but such an identification is uncertain.
Suggested Citation AGP-SMYDP0732, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-SMYDP0732> [accessed: 02 Apr 2025]
Contributions

Editor: Roger S. Bagnall

Principal Contributor: Roger S. Bagnall

Last Revision: 2016-10-03