Star
((:duo stellae))
| Description of Drawing (English) | two stars |
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| Findspot |
Smyrna, Basilica
(Agora.1)
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| Drawing Category | Geometric designs |
| Writing Style | charcoal |
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| Bibliography | Bagnall, R. S. et al., Graffiti from the Basilica in the Agora of Smyrna (2016): 442. Langner, M. 2001. Antike Graffitizeichnungen. Motive, Gestaltung, und Bedeutung. Palilia, 11. Wiesbaden: nos. 161 to 164). |
| Commentary | Dipinto of two stars, located on the southern face of Pier A103, at the start of the arch’s spring, looking into the Basilica’s southern corridor. The two five-pointed stars, similar in shape and size, have been clearly executed by the same hand. They are both drawn with one uninterrupted line defining two intersecting triangles. Five pointed star graffiti have been found in Pompeii, Boscoreale, and Stabiae (those examples are all dated to the first century CE; see Langner 2001: nos. 161 to 164). |
| Suggested Citation | AGP-SMYDP1031, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-SMYDP1031> [accessed: 02 Apr 2025] |
| Contributions |
Editor: Roger S. Bagnall Principal Contributor: Roger S. Bagnall Last Revision: 2016-10-03 |
