Decorative-Geometric
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| Findspot |
Smyrna, Basilica
(Agora.1)
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| Writing Style | Graffito/incised |
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| Bibliography | Bagnall, R. S. et al., Graffiti from the Basilica in the Agora of Smyrna (2016): 404. |
| Commentary | Two graffiti of stylized flowers, located at the southern face of Pier A84, immediately below the arch’s spring and at the beginning of the spring, looking into the Basilica’s southern corridor. The two geometric motifs have similar shapes but different dimensions. The upper half of each motif is characterized by a large rhombus divided in half by a straight vertical line running exactly in the middle. The line continues downward connecting the upper half of the drawing with the lower one. Two of the rhombi are further decorated at their center with two teardropshaped details. The lower halves are characterized by two oblique rectangles placed symmetrically along the central vertical line. They are possibly the indication of the flowers’ leaves. During the 2014 survey it has been ascertained that the lower flower has been damaged by the detachment of a portion of the plaster, so that the leaves are no longer extant. |
| Suggested Citation | AGP-SMYDP0843, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-SMYDP0843> [accessed: 21 Aug 2025] |