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 R.S. Bagnall R. Casagrande-Kim A. Ersoy C. Tanriver B. Yolaçan Graffiti from the Basilica in the Agora of Smyrna First published by the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World and the New York University Press, 2016. New York 2016 EDR SMYDP1031 AGP AGP-SMYDP1031 Charcoal Dimensions upper: 17 10 Dimensions lower: 14 8.5 ((:duo stellae)) two stars Smyrna 0180-0300 C.E. Basilica of the Agora of Smyrna, Izmir, Turkey

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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).

Bagnall, R. S. et al., Graffiti from the Basilica in the Agora of Smyrna (2016): 442.<br/> Langner, M. 2001. Antike Graffitizeichnungen. Motive, Gestaltung, und Bedeutung. Palilia, 11.<br/> Wiesbaden: nos. 161 to 164).

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