Ancient Graffiti Project :: Graffito Information

[ὀφθα]λμοὺς +[---]
[---] [ε]ὐχαρειστῶ τῇ [Βαίτῃ] [---]
[--] ̣θ̣ειῶδ’ ἀγῶνα σ++
[--] ὑγείᾳ

Symbol	Meaning
[abc]	Letters once present, now missing due to damage to the surface or support
[- - -]	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

Findspot	Smyrna, Basilica (Agora.1) Location metadata ➜
Language	Greek
Writing Style	Charcoal
	Graffito Height: 24 Graffito Length: 58 Min Letter Height: 3 Max Letter Height: 4
Apparatus Criticus	The lacuna at right is of uncertain size and could be larger than indicated here. 1. θ, as the beginning of a form (perhaps passive participle) of θεραπεύω, is possible at the end of the line. The word would have continued, in all likelihood, in the next line. 2. See introduction, pp. 44–45, for (the) Baite. Read ε]ὐχαριστῶ. 3. If θειῶδ’ is correctly read, it might indicate that a contest had imperial sanction or was being held in connection with the imperial cult. At the end, read σοι?
Bibliography	Bagnall, R. S. et al., Graffiti from the Basilica in the Agora of Smyrna (2016): 173. Bagnall, R., Everyday Writing in the Graeco-Roman East (2011): 22. SEG 61.971.
Suggested Citation	AGP-SMYT00141, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-SMYT00141> [accessed: 21 Aug 2025]