Acclamation


Ἀσίας πρώτοις
Ἐφεσίοις

Translation (Text 1) "To the first of Asia! (Text 2) To the Ephesians!”
Findspot Smyrna, Basilica (Agora.1)
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Language Greek
Writing Style Charcoal
  • Graffito Height: 12
  • Graffito Length: 98
  • Min Letter Height: 11
  • Max Letter Height: 11
Apparatus Criticus A second hand has added [the second line to the Ephesians], inserting small letters similar in style into and after those of the first hand (see photo).
Bibliography Bagnall, R. S. et al., Graffiti from the Basilica in the Agora of Smyrna (2016): 116.
Bagnall, R. S., Everyday Writing in the Graeco-Roman East (2011): 19-20.
SEG 61.965.
Suggested Citation AGP-SMYT00091, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-SMYT00091> [accessed: 21 Aug 2025]