Record of healing

ὀφθαλ =
μοὺς [ὑ]=
πὸ θεῶ̣[ν]
εὐχαρι =
στῶ τῇ
[Βαίτῃ]


Translation “(Being healed in) my eyes by the gods, I give thanks to the Baite.”
Findspot Smyrna, Basilica (Agora.1)
Location metadata ➜
Language Greek
Writing Style charcoal
  • Graffito Height: 29
  • Graffito Length: 18
  • Min Letter Height: 4
  • Max Letter Height: 6
Apparatus Criticus See Bagnall, R. S. et al., Graffiti from the Basilica in the Agora of Smyrna (2016): 42 and 44, for healings of eyes and for Baite.
Bibliography Bagnall, R. S. et al., Graffiti from the Basilica in the Agora of Smyrna (2016): 264.
Bagnall, R., Everyday Writing in the Graeco-Roman East (2011): 22 and 21, fig. 9.
SEG 61.969.
Suggested Citation AGP-SMYT00271, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-SMYT00271> [accessed: 05 Dec 2025]
Contributions

Editor: Roger S. Bagnall

Principal Contributor: Roger S. Bagnall

Last Revision: 2016-10-03