Exercise?

ΩΔΙ
ΝΩΖ
ΟΥ+
μιμοῦ
Ν++ΥΩ


Findspot Smyrna, Basilica (Agora.1)
Location metadata ➜
Language Greek
Writing Style Charcoal
  • Graffito Height: 57
  • Graffito Length: 40
  • Min Letter Height: 4
  • Max Letter Height: 5
Apparatus Criticus 4. The use of μιμοῦ, “imitate,” might suggest that the preceding lines were a teacher’s model to be copied by the student, or, more likely, a burlesque of one. Cf. Cribiore 1996: 206 no. 136 with R. Cribiore and P. Davoli, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 187 (2013) 9 and n. 17.
Bibliography Bagnall, R. S. et al., Graffiti from the Basilica in the Agora of Smyrna (2016): 137-138.
Suggested Citation AGP-SMYT00113, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-SMYT00113> [accessed: 21 Aug 2025]