Ancient Graffiti Project :: Graffito Information

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euseb++
euseb++
pit+++
er

Symbol	Meaning
+	Illegible/unclear character
– – – – – –	Lost lines, quantity unknown

Findspot	Smyrna, Basilica (Agora.1) Location metadata ➜
Language	Greek
Writing Style	charcoal
	Graffito Height: 25 Graffito Length: 32 Min Letter Height: 4 Max Letter Height: 7
Apparatus Criticus	1. One would perhaps read Ou[a]l[erius or Ou[a]l[ens; the form would represent the Greek rendering of a Latin name turned back into Latin, perhaps a sign of a Hellenophone writer with little Latin but the alphabet; cf. also the note to l. 2. 2. The traces after euseb look most like Greek ην. In line 3, the letter after b also looks as if it could be an eta. Were it not for that Eusebius would be an attractive interpretation.
Bibliography	Bagnall, R. S. et al., Graffiti from the Basilica in the Agora of Smyrna (2016): 124-125.
Suggested Citation	AGP-SMYT00097, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-SMYT00097> [accessed: 03 Apr 2025]
Contributions	Editor: Roger S. Bagnall Principal Contributor: Roger S. Bagnall Last Revision: 2016-10-03