Ancient Graffiti Project :: Graffito Information

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Symbol	Meaning
[- - -]	Damage to the surface or support; letters cannot be restored with certainty
ạḅ	Characters damaged or unclear that would be unintelligible without context
+	Illegible/unclear character
〈:abc〉	Explanation of editor, either subaudible word or regarding the layout of the text, e.g.〈:col. I〉 (used by EDR and AGP)

Findspot	Smyrna, Basilica (Agora.1) Location metadata ➜
Language	Greek
Writing Style	Charcoal
	Graffito Height: 16 Graffito Length: 13 Min Letter Height: 5 Max Letter Height: 6
Apparatus Criticus	1. Scanty as the traces are, they suggest the possibility of reading [φιλῶ] ἧς ὁ [ἀρι\|θμὸς] ψν . There may be a trace before psi in line 2, but this is not certain. If this interpretation is correct, it indicates a love object whose name was valued isopsephistically at 750 or at a number in the range 751–759. There are at least seven feminine names in LGPN 5A in this range. Cf. Bagnall, R. S. et al., Graffiti from the Basilica in the Agora of Smyrna (2016): 48.
Bibliography	Bagnall, R. S. et al., Graffiti from the Basilica in the Agora of Smyrna (2016): 157.
Suggested Citation	AGP-SMYT00127, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-SMYT00127> [accessed: 21 Aug 2025]