Label

κοντροκυνή=
<:vacat> γις


Findspot Smyrna, Basilica (Agora.1)
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Language Greek
Writing Style Charcoal
  • Graffito Height: 10
  • Graffito Length: 40
  • Min Letter Height: 4
  • Max Letter Height: 4
Apparatus Criticus 1–2. Presumably for *κοντροκυνήγιος, a wild-beast hunter with a pike. LSJ lists κοντροκυνηγέσιον, citing IGRR 4.1632 and SEG 6.608, where L. Robert refers to his discussion of IGRR 3.360 in Rev.Arch. 30 (1929) 29–31 = Opera Minora Selecta 1.696–698. There he comments on the use of σιδηροκόντρα. There are no literary occurrences recorded in TLG. Cf. the fragmentary T12.6 for another possible occurrence at Smyrna.
Bibliography Bagnall, R. S. et al., Graffiti from the Basilica in the Agora of Smyrna (2016): 250.
Bagnall, R., Everyday Writing in the Graeco-Roman East (2011): 16-17.
SEG 61.960.
Suggested Citation AGP-SMYT00255, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-SMYT00255> [accessed: 21 Aug 2025]